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Journeyman EcoRenovator
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Maynard, MA Eaarth
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![]() This is a new clothes dryer that is a machine in your house, and it uses solar heat:
http://inhabitat.com/miele-unveils-t...-tumble-dryer/ ![]() Pretty slick. I hope we have a fully integrated heating system that uses solar heat and solar PV to operate 100% fossil fuel free. |
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Administrator
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Germantown, WI
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![]() Interesting, but sounds complex.
I like the idea that some guy on builditsolar had which was to pull hot attic air as the intake for his dryer. http://www.builditsolar.com/Experime...ticToDryer.htm
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Apprentice EcoRenovator
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: PNW
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![]() Our solar clothes dryer is probably on its last day today, will take 7-8 months to get it working again.
Usually store the supporting tensile members over fall/winter, otherwise has worked FLAWLESSLY for over 50 years with minimal maintenance, did paint the vertical cantilever support struts once or twice. Pretty easy to schedule laundry days around the occasional power outages. |
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Supreme EcoRenovator
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Portland, OR
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![]() I recall that Piwoslaw had a wonderful solution to this problem, where in he uses an already existing small part of his house with windows, to hang wet clothes.
I think that this is a very appropriate solution, on so many fronts:
Three cheers for Piwoslaw! -AC
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Home Improvement Goon
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Moose Jaw, SK, CA
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![]() What an absurd expense! A simple clothesline is much more effective alternative. I hang my clothes to dry outside in the summer. In the winter, they hang in front of my boiler. Of course there are exceptions. Sometimes the dryer is necessary (kids :-). I live in a dry climate so this works quite well for me.
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