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Post# 114394 , Reply# 1   3/10/2006 at 10:34 (6,592 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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BEWARE of the need for 220v power. Wrinkle-avoidng cooldowns take HOURS, BTW. Clothes emerge "dew-y" and take a few minutes in the open air to dry a bit more. I'm looking for one of these in std. (North American) 120v As far as I know only avaiable as an LG brand combo washer/dryer. Can anyone direct me to just a 110v condenser dryer? |
Post# 114399 , Reply# 3   3/10/2006 at 10:52 (6,592 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK)   |   | |
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My computer is letting me post!!! |
Post# 114424 , Reply# 4   3/10/2006 at 12:42 (6,592 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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on 110v!~~ it would take hours! I meant the cool-down takes hours! The ones I have seen here are water-cooled to date, so the heat is not really pumped back into the room on those. Worst-case scenario I would vent a small portable electric dryer to the out-of-doors in summer and indoors in winter. Why? Tell-tale stream of dryer vapor (steam) [visible in winter] via exhaust hose could get me in trouble with the future landlord. We shall see. |
Post# 114425 , Reply# 5   3/10/2006 at 12:45 (6,592 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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I may just get a large regular US electric dryer and modify to use 110v.(regular house current, here) 1- The heat ouptput is equivalent to a hair-dryer. 2- The moisture level will be the same indoors whether I rack-dry [heaven forbid!] or use a machine. Just must remember to space loads two days apart! |
Post# 114548 , Reply# 10   3/11/2006 at 03:54 (6,591 days old) by askomiele (Belgium Ghent)   |   | |
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Lavamat_jon: All dryers from AEG and other brands reverses only 10 seconds. Indeed it's a problem with sheet, but even towels and bigger stuff get sometimes wrinkeld. So they just have to deconnect the fan from the drum motor. Problem solved!! |
Post# 114672 , Reply# 14   3/12/2006 at 02:48 (6,590 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Personally I'd suggest looking into a spin dryer such as those sold under the "Spin-X" brand name, and put the money set aside for the dryer for buying a TOL front load washer. Like yourself have lived in a small apartment and used "compact" 120v clothes dryers. In all cases except for drying lightweight items like sheets, drying took ages. The only saving grace was we had the dryer installed near the kitchen window, so could exhaust that way. Spin dryers are laundry appliances which spin at 3,300 or so rpms. This removes much of the moisture and detergent residue, leaving many items almost dry. So dry in fact even the most heavy terry cloth towels will hang dry in less than one hour or so. You can of course couple a spin dryer with a small portable dryer, and that would be the best of both worlds. The spin dryer would remove much of the remaining moisture/water leaving the dryer with little work. This would leave the dryer's function to mainly "fluff" and finish drying items that are pretty much "damp dry" already. On 120v this is perfectly fine. P.S. Older Malber units were made in Italy by SPA Compo (sp?) company and had a great record for use and life span. We had a Malber P1-8 that ran for 9 years or so without any problems. Malber has their own NYC area service rep as well. L. |
Post# 114923 , Reply# 16   3/13/2006 at 11:46 (6,589 days old) by bearpeter ()   |   | |
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...AEG or Zanussi in the states! The drying of their Washer dryers is exceptional as far as combined units go! Good luck with your search! |
Post# 119101 , Reply# 19   3/31/2006 at 16:41 (6,571 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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Jon is right, stay away from Merloni...worthless. Pity, too - they bought out a lot of good European brands and now just put junk into them. Like Whirlpool did with Bauknecht. My AEG condenses, no way to vent here. Like all German Dryers, only 16A X 230v = 3,680 watts...but not all of that is heat. So, yeah - drying takes time. When I spin dry in the spinner (2,800 rpm) after washing, drying time drops to less than half - 'bout 45 minutes for a full load. Buy Miele or AEG or even Bosch before Malber. Pros: No steam, no heat vented to outside Cons: Louder than a vented dryer, higher energy costs (double) Oh, the 120 V solution costs more (technical reasons) for the same amount of work as the 240 V double phase would. And takes forever. Plese don't even consider it without a spinner. |