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I am contemplating buying a dryer, off grid. The Maytag old school is enticing, but given the LG washer we have and it’s extremely low wattage, I am wondering: what is the electrical use of propane dryers? Searched away and can’t find the wattage of gas/propane dryers for the spin usage. Seems there are no on specs for how much electricity is used for a propane dryer.
A bunch of stuff about btu transformed to kWh but nothing about how much electricity is used along the way.
Anyone know about this?
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Kirt
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That would probably be a tough number to come up with since it would depend entirely on the weight of the load of clothes that was placed into the dryer (and, of course that weight would change through the cycle) along with how long it took for a load to dry. I'd guess that, without running a "lab" test yourself, your best approximation would be to find out what the hp rating is for the motor and see if you can find out what the amperage draw is at 25% loading. Next step up would be to find someone with a dryer of interest and put an ammeter on it and track it through a cycle...
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Should be in a the repair manual for the unit
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quote:
Originally posted by geochem
Next step up would be to find someone with a dryer of interest and put an ammeter on it and track it through a cycle...
You nailed it. I have an ampmeter dealio that I have used on the washer, and it is pretty incredibly low on the lg washer. Like a 100 watts or less during most of the cycle, up to 400 watts on on the fastest spin cycle which lasts for a short while.
Seems I almost have to lend my wattmeter out to folks that have a propane dryer, both young and old, to find out what the deal is. Of course, I suspect that the old style dryers are less efficient, but they haven’t the computer chips. Trade off? Dunno.
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Kirt
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quote:
Originally posted by Seeb
Should be in a the repair manual for the unit
One would think so, but no...
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Kirt
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What about a solar clothes dryer?
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your going to average about 300W for the dryer. They like modern ovens have a resistive heater element which ignites the gas and is red hot during the propane burn phases of the dryer cycle.
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We use our clothes line almost 100%. WE do have a fully electric old dryer that still works, rust bucket that it is.
Jon in Keaau/HPP
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This is a little off topic, but I had no clue that with new propane dryers you have to buy an adapter and have a certified plumber install it if you want to keep your warranty. I had no clue.
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Sorry kai thats incorrect
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