Energy saving tip.

[Woodznutz]

Clothes dryers use a lot of energy. Find out how long it takes for your clothes to dry in the dryer and don't exceed the time. Stop and test dryness to determine this. Also, sign up for "off-peak" electricity use rates if available. The savings for a family are substantial.

 

[1srelluc]

LOL....The clothes dryer is running as I type this.

Pro-Tip.....Speed Queen top-loader commercial (analog) washer for the win.....Buy once, cry once.

The old Maytag analog dryer is still running strong but when it goes, I'll replace it with a Speed Queen analog commercial dryer.

I've gotten 20+ years out of the old Maytag and all I've had to do to it was resecure a paddle bolt that worked loose (I replaced all of them), a belt that broke, and a door switch. I did that stuff myself for next to nothing parts wise. Thank goodness for You Tube.

 

[Dekster]

Clothes dryers use a lot of energy. Find out how long it takes for your clothes to dry in the dryer and don't exceed the time. Stop and test dryness to determine this. Also, sign up for "off-peak" electricity use rates if available. The savings for a family are substantial.

I pay the same rate 24/7

 

[Woodznutz]

LOL....The clothes dryer is running as I type this.

Pro-Tip.....Speed Queen top-loader commercial (analog) washer for the win.....Buy once, cry once.

The old Maytag analog dryer is still running strong but when it goes, I'll replace it with a Speed Queen analog commercial dryer.

I've gotten 20+ years out of the old Maytag and all I've had to do to it was resecure a paddle bolt that worked loose (I replaced all of them), a belt that broke, and a door switch. I did that stuff myself for next to nothing parts wise. Thank goodness for You Tube.

My Maytag washer and dryer are still chugging along after 40 years of use. I've had one service call (can't even remember why).

 

[Crepitus]

Clothes dryers use a lot of energy. Find out how long it takes for your clothes to dry in the dryer and don't exceed the time. Stop and test dryness to determine this. Also, sign up for "off-peak" electricity use rates if available. The savings for a family are substantial.

Modern dryers have a dryness sensor that will turn the machine off when they are dry even if there is time remaining.

Welcome to the 20th century.

 

[Moonglow]

Clothes dryers use a lot of energy. Find out how long it takes for your clothes to dry in the dryer and don't exceed the time. Stop and test dryness to determine this. Also, sign up for "off-peak" electricity use rates if available. The savings for a family are substantial.

Are you trying to run the electric company out of business?

 

[Zincwarrior]

Hanging clothes on a line is free.

 

[Moonglow]

Modern dryers have a dryness sensor that will turn the machine off when they are dry even if there is time remaining.

Welcome to the 20th century.

Of course he's modern, he has a brand new clothes washer.

 

[Moonglow]

Hanging clothes on a line is free.

He lives next to a pig rendering plant

 

[1srelluc]

Hanging clothes on a line is free.

I had a tree fall on my old clothesline but I never replaced it because it's just the two of us.

I cut the 4X4 posts off level with the ground.

You hardly see clotheslines anymore and many HOAs ban them altogether.

 

[Woodznutz]

Modern dryers have a dryness sensor that will turn the machine off when they are dry even if there is time remaining.

Welcome to the 20th century.

So, you want me to ditch my reliable Maytag and pony up big bucks for a new one? You do know that I'm a millionaire because I don't take such advice?

 

[Woodznutz]

I had a tree fall on my old clothesline but I never replaced it because it's just the two of us.

I cut the 4X4 posts off level with the ground.

You hardly see clotheslines anymore and many HOAs ban them altogether.

I grew up with a wringer/washer, clothes lines, and ironing board. It's what you did back then. No one died from it that I'm aware of, although my friends got a chuckle when they had to wait for me to iron a shirt before we went out on a Saturday night (their mommies did that for them).

 

[Dekster]

Hanging clothes on a line is free.

This time a year in my area your clothes will come in off the line with a thick coat of pollen on them.

 

[Zincwarrior]

This time a year in my area your clothes will come in off the line with a thick coat of pollen on them.

Same here now that I think if it.

 

[1srelluc]

I did make use of where one of the clothesline posts was in the ground.

I drilled a 1/2" hole in the post stump, took a 3# hammer and drove a section of 12ga barrel I had sawed off for a riot gun project.

That allowed me to slip a length of 1/2" electrical conduit pipe in it and on the top I put a wind direction indicator.

I got the top part in kit form off eBay years ago.

Now I always know which way the wind is blowing.

 

[Woodznutz]

This time a year in my area your clothes will come in off the line with a thick coat of pollen on them.

We had to time the passing coal-fired trains as they would chuff huge amounts of cinders into the air. Not good for clothes drying on a clothesline.

 

[Woodznutz]

I did make use of where one of the clothesline posts was in the ground.

I drilled a 1/2" hole in the post stump, took a 3# hammer and drove a section of 12ga barrel I had sawed off for a riot gun project.

That allowed me to slip a length of 1/2" electrical conduit pipe in it and on the top I put a wind direction indicator.

I got the top part in kit form off eBay years ago.

Now I always know which way the wind is blowing.

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I thought about making a 'windsock' (I used to be a pilot).

 

[1srelluc]

I thought about making a 'windsock' (I used to be a pilot).

It's nice just to look out the window and see the wind direction.

 

[Woodznutz]

It's nice just to look out the window and see the wind direction.

Helps to know if you have a 'helpful wind' if you're going to blow leaves, without going outside.

 

[Crepitus]

So, you want me to ditch my reliable Maytag and pony up big bucks for a new one? You do know that I'm a millionaire because I don't take such advice?

I don't care what you do, I'm just pointing out that there are alternatives.