03-25-18, 08:17 AM | #11 |
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It's worth considering the background heat in the home. I did a $100 hack on the laundry closet that captures the heat of condensation from a condensing clothes dryer. I mounted a bipole light switch wired as A/B along with a snap disk thermostat on the closet ceiling. Forward in the summer vents it through an ERV. Back in the winter vents the closet into the bathroom using a through-wall fan. The condensing dryer itself is a major energy saver in my super-tight house.
Someone here should hack a heat-pump clothes dryer. Just sayin. |
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03-28-18, 08:49 PM | #12 |
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To beat the dryer losses can dry the laundry using a dehumidifier then to soften fluff for 5 minutes in the dryer. Often I hang the heavier cloths then fluff them for a few minutes when dry. A 2nd reason to hang dry is does not shrink cloths.
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03-28-18, 09:36 PM | #13 |
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I've never had anything shrink in the dryer and I dry everything. ..although seeing the lint in the filter is a clear indication that the clothes are losing material and will wear out sooner in the process.
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03-29-18, 06:33 PM | #14 |
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Nothing shrinks for you in the dryer ?
I find that bizarre as EVERYTHING shrinks for me in the dryer especially jeans I do not put jeans in the dryer unless I have lost weight as they get too tight
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04-02-18, 11:14 AM | #15 |
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ASHP with EAHE pre conditioning
I came across a pdf that staes a 30% improvement in a ASHP COP can be realized by pre conditioning the air.
PDF is on a big system requiring 3600 CFM in fan power pushing air through three 8 inch pipes buried 5 feet deep EFFECT OF OUTDOOR AIR PRE-CONDITIONING ON ASHP PERFORMANCE USING EAHE https://www.ryerson.ca/content/dam/g...0S.%20Fung.pdf
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04-02-18, 01:49 PM | #16 |
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I don't know if this has been mentioned here on ER, but I am hoping we see an ultrasonic dryer, in the near future. GE was supposed to be working on this.
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