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1. Wowfun+N2[view] [source] 2022-10-07 12:07:40
>>taraka+(OP)
> dryer use accounts for about 6 percent of U.S. residential electricity use

That's a huge amount! I didn't realize it was so much!

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2. blakes+63[view] [source] 2022-10-07 12:11:23
>>Wowfun+N2
I thought for SURE that was going to be one of those made up stats from stupid magazine... nope... seems like that's actually true!? That's WAY higher than I would've ever guessed.
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3. refurb+W7[view] [source] 2022-10-07 12:44:11
>>blakes+63
It's 6% of residential use.

Residential use is 39% of all electrical generation.

So driers are 2.3%.

That number doesn't surprise me in the least. Residential electrical consumption is trivial if you don't include heating. So having an appliance use 5% of all home electricity seems pretty low?

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4. Billin+Cd[view] [source] 2022-10-07 13:14:45
>>refurb+W7
There are commercial dryers to consider too
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5. lotsof+7h[view] [source] 2022-10-07 13:32:46
>>Billin+Cd
I do not think I have ever seen an electric commercial dryer (hotels/laundromat/etc). The electric costs would be insane in comparison to gas.
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6. bombca+rf1[view] [source] 2022-10-07 17:56:41
>>lotsof+7h
Here's one: https://unimac.com/product/tumble-dryers/industrial-tumble-d...

Bigger than that goes to gas or steam only.

Note that if you're using that, you'd use an extractor, also (big centrifuge that spins the clothes so fast you can enrich uranium with it).

https://unimac.com/product/washer-extractors/uw-series-high-...

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