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Post# 241313   10/9/2007 at 17:50 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241314 , Reply# 1   10/9/2007 at 17:50 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241315 , Reply# 2   10/9/2007 at 17:51 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241316 , Reply# 3   10/9/2007 at 17:52 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241317 , Reply# 4   10/9/2007 at 17:53 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241318 , Reply# 5   10/9/2007 at 17:54 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241320 , Reply# 6   10/9/2007 at 17:55 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241321 , Reply# 7   10/9/2007 at 17:55 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241323 , Reply# 8   10/9/2007 at 17:59 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241325 , Reply# 9   10/9/2007 at 18:02 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241326 , Reply# 10   10/9/2007 at 18:04 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241335 , Reply# 11   10/9/2007 at 18:42 (6,015 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 241348 , Reply# 12   10/9/2007 at 20:23 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241358 , Reply# 13   10/9/2007 at 20:41 (6,015 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Even most laundromats rarely have AC, it just is not cost effective to run them with dryers going all the while. Well then again suppose that would depend upon what energy costs are in the area. Large commercial laundries don't need heating. *LOL* Who needs to spend money on heating when one has all those dryers, steam boilers, ironers, mangles and so forth running. L |
Post# 241364 , Reply# 14   10/9/2007 at 20:58 (6,015 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)   |   | |
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Don't some large laundries use co-generation to try to recapture some of the energy? There are also things like using the drain line to pre-warm incoming water. Still, not a place I'd like to be during a heat wave. My backyard shop has one of those gas heaters with a fan suspended from the rafters. Never had it running, though, as it would be hugely expensive to try to heat that place in the winter. It was built in the 60's, when energy was much cheaper (gas was less than $.50/gallon, as I recall). I suspect the two Miele washers in there will be the sole source of heat during this winter ;-). |
Post# 241366 , Reply# 15   10/9/2007 at 21:13 (6,015 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Laundromats here usually use of of those huge above the door mounted fans to pull out the hot air, and if possible open a back door and or window for cross ventilation. Problem is during a heatwave or very not and humid day all that fan does is pull hot moist air in to the laundromat, where it gets heated even more and loaded with yet more moisture, then pushed out the front. Rather like standing in the exhaust flow of a dryer. Cannot imagine large commercial laundries bothering with heating if they have much steam equipment going full blast. While those loading and unloading washing machines, and other workers might get "cold", think of the poor pressers and ironers. |
Post# 241375 , Reply# 16   10/9/2007 at 21:42 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241380 , Reply# 17   10/9/2007 at 22:00 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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An average sized dryer, say in a laundromat, uses gas to enerate 60,000 to 100,000 BTU/hr. A gas home-style dryer uses 22,000 BTU/hr. As a point of reference, the typical gas burner on a stove is 9,000 to 12,000 BTU/Hr with a SUPER-FAST burner at 15,000 BTU/hr. A typical room needs 4,000 to 6,000 BTU/hr to cool it. So, I'd be curious to learn what those huge Wascomats dryers are fired-up at. CLICK HERE TO GO TO toggleswitch's LINK |
Post# 241382 , Reply# 18   10/9/2007 at 22:06 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241385 , Reply# 19   10/9/2007 at 22:11 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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PDF format 280,000 BTU/hr for the big dryer! OMG! The house I grew up in had 100,000 Btu/hr to heat 12 rooms! CLICK HERE TO GO TO toggleswitch's LINK |
Post# 241525 , Reply# 20   10/10/2007 at 12:02 (6,014 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241526 , Reply# 21   10/10/2007 at 12:03 (6,014 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241527 , Reply# 22   10/10/2007 at 12:04 (6,014 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241528 , Reply# 23   10/10/2007 at 12:05 (6,014 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241529 , Reply# 24   10/10/2007 at 12:05 (6,014 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241690 , Reply# 27   10/11/2007 at 07:28 (6,013 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241738 , Reply# 28   10/11/2007 at 10:21 (6,013 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241739 , Reply# 29   10/11/2007 at 10:23 (6,013 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241742 , Reply# 30   10/11/2007 at 11:10 (6,013 days old) by dj-gabriele ()   |   | |
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Of course, but as I told before first I'll have to meet again my parents... I hope to be able to make a trip at the end of the month and visit them (and make all those photos you asked me) :D |