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Old 11-08-13, 07:49 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
I know a thermodynamics teacher that would hang his wet clothes in a closet and turn on a dehumidifier and it worked really well.
Which is basically how one of those "heat pump" dryers work.

In an area where air conditioning is used for a good part of the year, it might be possible to siphon off some of the heat for drying clothes. An obvious solution is to just hang a clothesline over the outdoor unit. Using a desuperheater would work even better and allow year round use if it's a heat pump, but then you'll need to modify the unit.
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