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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Interesting! Our firm
often gets to do forensic investigations of homes which dry
clothes (or firewood is another common one) inside during cool
weather.<br>
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I live in a climate that gets below 30F for months. And I have a
very energy efficient house with triple glazed fiberglass
windows. Drying clothes on a rack is possible, but results in
condensation streaming from the windows. But I can run a 200 cfm
exhaust fan during drying but this costs lots of energy too. I
grew up in a very leaky energy inefficient house. We dried
clothes inside, although in winter it was often annoying enough
that my Mom would drive into town to use the laundromat.<br>
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The solutions for clothes drying are specific to household makeup,
lifestyle patterns, house design etc. Simply saying that any
solution that involves a clothes drier is bad may be the moral
high ground but is unlikely to convince a lot of people not on
this list (and quite a few on this list apparently). It works for
some people, and sure could work for more than it does, but
ignoring the 8 loads per week households (both my sisters do more
than this), and ignoring the inconveniences to people in some
households is not a solution.<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">Dr John Straube, P.Eng. <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.BuildingScience.com">www.BuildingScience.com</a></div>
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On 12-07-22 7:22 PM, Reuben Deumling wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 3:08 PM, John
Straube <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jfstraube@gmail.com" target="_blank">jfstraube@gmail.com</a>></span>
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It is odd to have a discussion on payback when others are
saying we should not even consider using clothes driers as
it is always dry and sunny outside when they do their
laundry!<br>
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I live in a climate with rather little sun and high humidity.
We dry our clothes inside on a rack most of the year. <br>
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As for payback, the risk here is to assume the 8 loads/week
rates as a reasonable figure, because at those rates it will
be easier to imagine paying these machines back. But if you
have one load every two weeks, then I suspect you'd never see
a payback. And for that matter if you compare the heat pump
dryer to the clothesline it would be even more difficult to
pay back the extra cost. The majority of US households (and
it isn't dramatically different in other industrial nations)
are one- and two-person affairs. If we're talking anywhere
near 8 loads/week for those households we have bigger issues
to worry about.<br>
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