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Thread Number: 5184
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| Post# 112353 2/27/2006 at 13:09 (6,626 days old) by awooff (Peoria, Illinois) | ||
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Post# 112355 , Reply# 1 2/27/2006 at 13:27 (6,626 days old) by coldspot66  (Plymouth, Mass) |
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Fixed temperature dryer thermostats are not adjustable. You could put a lower temp thermo in, say 125 degrees, but would be too low for towels and heavy fabrics. Drying would take longer. | ||
| Post# 112405 , Reply# 2 2/27/2006 at 17:39 (6,625 days old) by spinout (Phoenix) | ||
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Exactly what Kenmore do you have? | ||
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Post# 112428 , Reply# 3 2/27/2006 at 19:16 (6,625 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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How old is the Maytag? I believe they selected a temperature t-stat that aws kinda all-fabric for no temp setting dryers. A case in point, the electronic control dryers that didn't have specific temp buttons to the right were an all-fabric temp. The only difference between regular & wash'n'wear/perm press is a slightly dryer sensing of the fabrics and a longer cool-down with the bell dinging periodically. Gansk1 told me this. As for the Kenmore, how old is that dryer and what does it look like? It could be a softheat model which gradually reduced the temp as the timer counted down the minutes or just does have one temp.
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Post# 112477 , Reply# 4 2/27/2006 at 22:09 (6,625 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 112651 , Reply# 7 3/1/2006 at 08:31 (6,624 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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22,000 BTU/hr @ 3.4 BTU/watt= 6,470+/- watts. IIRC electric dryers here have a 5,200 watt heating element. So I have to agree, the heat inputs are close. This makes more sense when we factor in nearly 100% gas efficiency(on site) in that even the heat from the products of cumbustion is used to help dry clothing. As with the burning of all fossil fuels, some water / moisture is created so that the flame would have to be a bit "bigger/stronger" than the exact electircal equivalent which does NOT produce moisture. It can be argued, perhaps, that a gas dryer is less "harsh". www.simetric.co.uk/sibtu.htm... CLICK HERE TO GO TO toggleswitch's LINK | ||
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Post# 112682 , Reply# 8 3/1/2006 at 11:29 (6,624 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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But you can recover the heat of an electric dryer in the winter, when electric rates are lower than in the air conditioning months, to help add heat and humidity to your house. With the gas dryer you are forced to pump heated inside air outside which wastes both sources of heat when you need heat most. | ||
| Post# 112784 , Reply# 10 3/1/2006 at 20:59 (6,623 days old) by awooff (Peoria, Illinois) | ||
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