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Re: Looking for advice on buying a clothes dryer

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From: Ray Haddad
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:07
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On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:59:38 GMT, jg <jg@nospam.com> wrote:

>David Clayton wrote:
>> On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:08:05 +0000, jg wrote: ......
>>> No real efficiencies have ever been introduced to the basic electric
>>> design. It helps a bit to have an exhaust fan in the room, bit generally
>>> people too lazy or stupid to hang clothes on the line or a rack won't
>>> take advantage of that.
>> 
>> I simply put damp (because my washing machine does a decent job of spin
>> drying most of the moisture out) clothes onto a drying rack in a room with
>> a partially open window, and they dry within 8 (or so) hours on their own.
>> 
>> I don't really understand why people trade a little extra time for the
>> "benefit" of clothes that are dry in one hour because this costs an
>> absolute fortune.
>> 
>> IMHO clothes dryers are basically in the same category as tongue cleaning
>> toothbrushes, except far more people are sucked in to believing that they
>> need a clothes dryer than those who have fallen for the clean tongue con.
>
>There are legit. uses such as someone who has a baby or three in 
>nappies, or works long hours and gets home late at night, but most of 
>the time most people can well do without them.

Well, if he must have an indoor dryer, here's the one that uses the
least energy. Guaranteed!
http://www.icon.co.za/~retractali/Pluto%20Pic.jpg

Low, low purchase price, too. Best of all worlds.
--
Ray
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From: Ray Haddad <ray@perthmagic.com>
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Subject: Re: Looking for advice on buying a clothes dryer
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