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Thread Number: 88513
/ Tag: Modern Dryers
Dehumidifier or Tumble Dryer |
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| Post# 1130754 , Reply# 1 10/9/2021 at 11:01 (926 days old) by Awooff (Peoria, Illinois) | ||
Dehumidifier 
Central illinois here and most people here use a dehumidifier almost year around else a musty basement smell will result. My dehumidifier can run constant and barely keeps up, thinking its a 30 pint/24hrs. - thinking wet laundry would not dry well as about 47 percent humidity is as low as i can get it. Adding wet laundry to the room would overshoot humidity levels.
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Post# 1130756 , Reply# 2 10/9/2021 at 11:35 (926 days old) by wayupnorth  (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 1130757 , Reply# 3 10/9/2021 at 11:36 (926 days old) by Logixx (Germany) |
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Post# 1130758 , Reply# 4 10/9/2021 at 11:44 (926 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Never heard of using a dehumidifier for drying clothes. That being said if you were to it would probably be best to use it as such in a smaller room that can be closed to other parts of the house. As well when it comes to dehumidifiers it's generally better to go for the largest capacity model rather than smaller. THey extract more, more quickly, and shut off (less usage) whereas a smaller unit will have to run longer to achieve the same result.
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Post# 1130760 , Reply# 5 10/9/2021 at 14:36 (926 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Dry air (as in less damp) is better for drying, but movement of air currents is also important.
This summer was horribly moist and quite warm. We had air conditioner on constantly more to cope with humidity (damp) than anything else. When drying laundry on airer or clothes horse would also have a small fan going to circulate and move air. Things would dry but AC had to cope with all that extra moisture removed from air. If climate and or air is already damp, you're going to be placing more work on a dehumidifier as it must cope with also moisture evaporating off laundry as well. Would think if you could confine laundry and dehumidifier to an area that could be closed off (small room, airing cupboard) might prove more efficient. They were often expensive to run, and could prove dangerous, but those compact drying cabinets were invented for just this sort of dilemma. www.1900s.org.uk/1950s-60... | ||
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Post# 1130785 , Reply# 7 10/9/2021 at 22:44 (926 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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No need to build any such thing IMHO, well not unless sort of person that likes busy work. *LOL*
Asko, Maytag and Whirlpool sold drying cabinets for years in USA. Not sure if one or both still do, but can find units on fleaPay, CL, FB and elsewhere. Many nearly unused with plenty of life left. Americans never really took to concept of drying cabinets, though they had been around since early part of last century. Tumble dryers largely replaced drying cabinets, but if one had room would have the former in a heartbeat. | ||
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Post# 1130797 , Reply# 8 10/10/2021 at 04:11 (926 days old) by Logixx (Germany) |
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Post# 1130798 , Reply# 9 10/10/2021 at 04:52 (926 days old) by Logixx (Germany) |
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The fancy alternative
V-Zug Dual Dry dryer that opens up to dehumidify the air.
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Post# 1130799 , Reply# 10 10/10/2021 at 05:10 (926 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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DualDry - VZug
Interesting concept.
Basically takes in damp air and like an air conditioner cools it to drain out moisture. Cooled air is then heated and then either sent back into room or to drum to dry laundry. All this working off a heat pump dryer system. www.vzug.com/ch/en/DualDr... | ||
| Post# 1130813 , Reply# 11 10/10/2021 at 11:34 (925 days old) by chrisbsuk (Bristol, uk) | ||
Hi Liberator!
I've got a Meaco Dehumidifier that I use to dry laundry with - for the bits like jumpers that I don't put into the tumble dryer. It has a specific laundry setting on it, which basically means it runs continuously until you either turn it off, or the water container fills up. It works exceptionally well, drying a full rail of jumpers that have been spun at 600-800rpm, overnight - the trick however, as I have found (and the instructions tell you this too) is to make sure that at least some of the air exiting the unit blows towards the clothes on the rail, as this helps somewhat. It's also important to have the room it is in at a fairly decent temperate to support the dehumidification process (after all, water doesn't evaporate in a freeing cold garage for example!) - dehumidifiers, particularly ones that have refrigerant systems in, need a little bit of warmth to support their operation. I have a Heat Pump tumble dryer for towels, bed linen etc etc - I suspect however, the dehumidifier would dry these too, albeit may take slightly longer. I've stuck a link in below for the unit that I have here - have a look at the reviews too, most of those cover drying laundry too. Give me a shout with any more questions! Chris CLICK HERE TO GO TO chrisbsuk's LINK | ||
| Post# 1130819 , Reply# 12 10/10/2021 at 12:36 (925 days old) by whatsername (Denver, CO) | ||
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| Post# 1130850 , Reply# 13 10/10/2021 at 13:35 (925 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
 Interesting thread to read! In my part of the world, we have just the opposite issue -- not enough humidity. Here, people often have evaporative coolers (swamp coolers) to cool their homes in summer and to introduce humidity into their homes! But they are only effective at cooling when the humidity outside is low. In seasons with a lot of thunderstorm activity, they don't work so well. | ||
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Post# 1130854 , Reply# 15 10/10/2021 at 14:15 (925 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany)) |
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LG drying cabinet On that - I think it has a dry only function, but I don't think it's intended to be a main feature. But I'd imagine that it isn't much quicker than well spun loads with a dehumidifier in the room. Especially if you have to run multiple loads consecutively, but I guess the same is true for a dryer. | ||
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Post# 1130896 , Reply# 17 10/10/2021 at 23:20 (925 days old) by warmsecondrinse (Fort Lee, NJ) |
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The Flately looks like something people could use today. I'd probably want a few minor updates like a timer, auto-off switches in the event of overheating. tipping, etc. | ||
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Post# 1131095 , Reply# 20 10/14/2021 at 06:37 (922 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Humidity In Your Home A few Thoughts, if your home has central A/C you should not use a dehumidifier at the same time the A/C is on, Dehumidifiers put off a lot of heat which just makes the central air run more, it is probably cheaper and more effective to install a 5000 BTU A/C in a basement window and let it run, these use less power than a dehumidifier and the cooling will assist the central A/C.
You should never let the fan run all the time when the central A/C is in use if you are in a part of the country where humidity is an issue. If you leave the fan running after the compressor shuts off there is 1 or 2 quarts of water on the A coil in the air-handler, this water is quickly evaporated back into the homes air, letting the fan run all the time can raise the humidity level in the whole house nearly 5 % higher.
I often walk into clients homes and wonder why it is so humid yet cool and sure enough they are nearly always running the fan on the constant setting.
This same thing happens on window A/Cs if you leave the fan on, I would always use the energy saver setting that cycles the fan as well.
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Post# 1131327 , Reply# 23 10/17/2021 at 19:40 (918 days old) by warmsecondrinse (Fort Lee, NJ) |
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#22 I don't think I've ever seen a desiccant dehumidifier here in the US. I've only seen compressor (gas?) types. Thank you. That was most interesting. | ||
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Post# 1132374 , Reply# 24 10/31/2021 at 06:45 (905 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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| Post# 1132494 , Reply# 25 11/1/2021 at 17:22 (903 days old) by liberatordeluxe (UK) | ||
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@Chrisbsuk Thanks for the link regarding the Meaco dehumidifier. Reasonably priced too! I don't normally have a problem drying clothes but this year haven't started the central heating as its too mild and too warm to have the log burner running as well. | ||
| Post# 1132543 , Reply# 26 11/2/2021 at 17:23 (902 days old) by richardc1983 (Leeds, UK) | ||
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Post# 1132550 , Reply# 27 11/2/2021 at 19:19 (902 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Provided one has room and or a dedicated area indoor drying of laundry is really way to go. It is better for most types of wash, and is energy efficient.
Main reason why indoor drying fell by wayside in decades post WWII was feeling the thing was lower middle class to poor. I mean you'd never seen Hyacinth Bucket hanging her wash indoors. Daisy OTOH would be another matter.... *LOL* In cooler times of year when one has the boilers or whatever heating going anyway all one needs is some racks, and perhaps fan to move air about. | ||
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