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Post# 543337 , Reply# 1   9/13/2011 at 00:13 (4,580 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Did a load of micro fiber dust cloths in the Hoover TT last weekend. Even with the excellent extraction of the spin tub one cycle of "air fluff" in my Whirlpool dryer left them slightly damp. Mind you the dryer is only a compact 1300watt model, but since wasn't using heat it shouldn't have mattered.
Long story short ended up bunging the lot back into the dry and setting it to the final few heated minutes of the PP cycle. That short blast of heat followed by the long cool down (air only)did the trick. Mind you probably could have reset the dryer to another air fluff cycle and may have gotten the same results, but didn't have that kind of time. When using "Air Fluff" cycles you pretty much are relying upon the ambient temperature of room air around the dryer. |
Post# 543344 , Reply# 3   9/13/2011 at 00:41 (4,580 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Takes place during "Air Fluff" dryer cycles. The thing is mainly designed for fluffing items previously laundered and now have storage wrinkles. It is also good for fluffing sweaters and other woolens/wool items.
If it is leaving your ironing damp dry enough for running through the mangle, try the PP cycle or just several minutes of heated drying on normal before the cool down kicks in. Most vintage dryer owner's manuals have something to say about what cycles to use for laundry that will be ironed. Yes, have to love Hyacinth! You see one understands what the dear lady goes through. It isn't so much that we are superior as they are inferior. *LOL* |
Post# 543347 , Reply# 5   9/13/2011 at 01:16 (4,580 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Are we the only two here, Launderess, with compact dryers?
In Hawaii, I could take a shirt from the TT and wear it. Or use towels. Can't fold/store damp stuff, even slightly, they will mildew. I'd think your mangle would finish off sheets from a TT spinner, but you'd have to be the judge of that. You mangle sheets? Not since grandma have I seen anyone do that. Check your dewpoint. If it's under 50, ambient heat will dry clothes with just circulation/tumbling. Much above that, it's going to take a while. Wish I had my 1800RPM TT back. |
Post# 543358 , Reply# 7   9/13/2011 at 02:51 (4,580 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Post# 543375 , Reply# 9   9/13/2011 at 07:17 (4,580 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Clothing will dry just fine @ ambient air temperatures in a standard vented dryer. The main problem is that the air-tumble cycles are not long enough to do this on the vast majority of dryers ever built. But if you modify the machine by say disconnecting the timer, maybe the heat source and then plug the dryer into a separate appliance timer and let it run for 2-6 hours you will save considerable amount of electricity and the clothes will dry.
But Launderess is correct in that you can not just throw a load of damp clothing in most dryers on air-tumble and expect much actual drying to occur. And no matter how fast you spin a load of towels it still takes a good deal of time and energy to dry them. |
Post# 543382 , Reply# 10   9/13/2011 at 07:38 (4,580 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Since I purchased a machine with high-speed extraction I line dry a lot more stuff than I used to. I took a page from my grandparents' and installed a couple of lines in my basement for foul weather drying as well. Basically, anything I want fluffy like socks and towels and/or anything I want lint removed from like t-shirts and underpants get baked in the dryer. Pants, shirts, sheets, washcloths (which are terry but I want them stiff as boards and scratchy) get thrown on the lines, indoors or out and dry in no time.
Still waiting for one of our in-house geniuses to come up with revolutionary new dryers that will make them millionaires and revolutionize our lives. Tap, tap, tap. This post was last edited 09/13/2011 at 13:30 |
Post# 543426 , Reply# 12   9/13/2011 at 14:27 (4,579 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)   |   | |
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"Are we the only two here, Launderess, with compact dryers? "
LOL No, you're not. I have now about 5 different makes of 120v portable dryers from 1970 through 2005. Maytag, Hoover, Hitachi, Haier, and Whirlpool and some variants. I also now have about 11 twin-tubs made by Hoover, Maytag, Easy, SQ/Servis, Danby and Hitachi. Yes I do love me some compact laundry. -Tim |
Post# 543430 , Reply# 13   9/13/2011 at 14:54 (4,579 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Tim, if I came to visit, could you get all your neighbors to contribute their laundry? I could spend 12 hours a day in your collection. Nothing is as fascinating as twintubs, where you actually DO laundry.
My compact dryer is Lady Kenmore from 1984. No pump? Alas, dealbuster. Apartments don't have floor drains. |
Post# 543474 , Reply# 14   9/13/2011 at 20:05 (4,579 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)   |   | |
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Post# 543484 , Reply# 15   9/13/2011 at 21:48 (4,579 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Post# 543500 , Reply# 17   9/13/2011 at 23:41 (4,579 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 543503 , Reply# 18   9/13/2011 at 23:53 (4,579 days old) by vintagekitchen ()   |   | |
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Do they really get out that much water after the super high spin speeds in a twin tub? |
Post# 543505 , Reply# 19   9/14/2011 at 00:12 (4,579 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 543509 , Reply# 20   9/14/2011 at 00:49 (4,579 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Post# 543635 , Reply# 21   9/14/2011 at 21:28 (4,578 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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What's interesting with my late 70s GE dryer is that it has instructions for both 110 and 220V hook up. Just recently installed in my Wash House that has only 110V hookups, I wired it for 110. Veeerrrry low heat, but it does warm up a bit. Would folks really hook up a "full size" dryer with 110V for daily drying?
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