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welshboy
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« on: June 29, 2008, 10:33:25 AM » |
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Why dont tumble dryers have a built in dehumidifier as an optional use to recycle dry heat to itself or the house
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kristen
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« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2008, 02:39:36 PM » |
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Can their outlet be plumbed directly into a heat recovery and ventilation system? (I don't have one, but I'm thinking about adding one to a future extension)
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tony.
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« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2008, 02:53:14 PM » |
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my tumble dryer has no external connection to the outside world, cant remember the name you call them, but it has a container that colects water and needs emptying a few times
i keep the door open to the cupboard
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dhaslam
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« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2008, 03:01:40 PM » |
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I don't think you can connect the output of a drier directly to HRV because it would fill up the ducts with water. A condenser drier is OK and the extra energy they need is more than made up by the contribution to house heating.
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NickW
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« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2008, 03:28:18 PM » |
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When I very occasionally use the TD I inherited with this house its invariably in the winter time. I also have a dehumidifier which aside from its design purpose I use to harvest distilled water.
I run the TD and vent the extract into the kitchen with the dehumidifer running full wack. The heat from the electricity offsets heating costs anyway and I do this on economy 7 overnight (probably just using surplus french /British nooklear power.
The water has loads of uses - irons, washer bottles, window cleaning.
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Ivan
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« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2008, 04:52:58 PM » |
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dehumidifier water is also very handy for topping up lead-acid batteries.
Do the condenser driers use more or less electricity than conventional driers?
How about a solar - heated drier?!
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sleepybubble
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« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2008, 06:10:55 PM » |
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How about a solar - heated drier?!
erm... isn't that called a washing line? |
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Ivan
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« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2008, 07:51:58 PM » |
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Ah, that's a relief ours is a washer/dryer. Does that mean it uses more electricity or the same as a vented drier?
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« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2008, 03:51:16 PM » |
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we have a conventional tumble drier on e7,the exhaust is routed via 4m of semi rigid aluminium ducting before it exits through the wall;it gets warm rather than hot,but is at least returning some heat to the room;to get around condensation,the first metre is the standard plastic hose running to ceiling level,then the aluminium runs down hill all the way to outside. Seems to work ok.
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