Re: Clothes Dryer Heat-Settings Comparision?

 it depends I guess.

What ever way you go the dryer motor will run to spin the drum. This is a
fair amount
of  power isn't it?

Im kinda guessing but i'd guess you pay like 25 cents an hour for fluff and
like 40 cents an hour for spin with heat from electric.

I think the gas dryer will burn like 25 cents an hour in gas (lp @ 1.00/gal)
+ the 25 for the drum.
so 50 cents an hours for the gas

So if you can dry on fluff in an hour then yes it is cheaper.
if you had jeans and sweatshirts on a humid day it might take hours on fluff
but with heat it will be done in 1 hour, in this case fluff costs much more.

I might be off on the actual costs but I think I got the proportions right.




"jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Nehmo Sergheyev wrote:
> >
> > A gas clothes dryer has an "air fluff" setting. This means it turns
> > around and blows un-heated room-temperature air over the clothes.
> > Eventually, the clothes will dry using this setting.
> >
> > Assuming average natural gas and electricity costs, assuming average
> > household humidity, disregarding the inconvenience of the longer time
> > for the job using air fluff, disregarding ware & tear on the machine,
> > would it cost more or less in utilities to use air fluff rather than
> > some heat setting?
> >
> > What if it were an electric heating-element dryer? What would the
> > utilities' cost comparison be then?
> >
> > --
> > --
> >      ********************
> >      *   Nehmo Sergheyev   *
> >      ********************
> the air fluff setting is for the type of clothes you are using, not to
> save money on the utilities..... if you need to figure it out just go
> for it for one month with and then without the heat and figure it out..
> hope this helps.