Clothes drying cabinet.

[toggleswitch]

Here is an interesting concept. These have existed in Scandinavia for decades. My understanding is that tumble (automatic) dryers there are finally taking over!

What the manufacturer is not saying BTW, is that a USA dryer takes about 2.5 KWH as well for a load. (Mutilply by your electrical rate to see what a load costs you).

Assuming a 5,000 watt element running for an hour (and ignoring the negligible motor draw) we can imply that the element is energized for about half the time, hence 2.5 KWH.

The heater in a dryer works almost constantly towards the beginning of the cycle and then tapers off. The latent heat of vaporization (changing liquid water to a vapor absorbs a huge amount of heat in doing so, and lowers the temperture in the drum; as the clothes become more dry the drum is cooled less and cooled slower, hence the heater goes off more frequenlty and stays off longer as the cycle progresses.

Thermostatic auto-dry (not the electronic auto-dry) is based on this principle as well. When the heater is *OFF* the timer advances. We can see then, that the timer advances more, and for longer periods, as the clothes dry.

If you get a chance, check out Staber's washers too. IIRC the dryer is a rebadged Whirlpool.

TTFN- Ta Ta For Now.

http://www.staber.com/dryingcabinet

 

[Cybrvanr]

This appears to be similar to the Maytag drying center. Only, the drying center combines a tumble dryer with a hanging dryer. I like the concept of a hanging dryer. It dries the clothes more like how they would if you were to hang them on a clothesline outdoors. I imagine most of the drying effect is done through air movement over the clothes than it is out of heat. In humid climates like we have here on the east coast however, it would require a bit more heat than in more arid climates. They sort of remind me of the way the Hobart Kitchenaid dishwashers dry dishes, usuing a blower with hot air. The fact that the clothes aren't tumbling means less lint and less wear and tear.

Staber washing machines are a nice design. They are a technician's dream from what I hear. They do not contain any electronics, it is all electro-mechanical like an old-school american washer. The only issue that I know of with these is that some people have complained about them being a little noisey. They are actually a top-loading horizontal axis washer, and are very popular with off-grid people and other folks looking to minimize power consumption.

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[lederstiefel1]

Clothes drying cabinet

I have a cabinet-dryer for years now and also got one for my sister and my neighbour - they all like very much the way of drying as it helps to prevent ironing so much! Also mine can de-odorise as well as sanitize/desinfect ANY type of fabric and can also dry even leather, wool, silk and fur-coats as well as shoes of any material! At least it doesn't evoke neither shrinking on items nor does it do any abrasion on the clothes. So I cannot see why everybody in the world is keen on tumblers? There's nothing better than cabinet-dryers I guess and in Scandinavia these dryers are to be fit into the central ventilation of the house to use the recycled energy of the waste air (outlet) to get the washing dry! This is absolutely environment friendly!
Ralf

 

[westyslantfront]

Hi Toggle. Is is a clothes drying cabinet or a clothes drying closet?

Miss J

 

[toggleswitch]

Closets are for gowns, darling....

Some must see it as a closet.
We need our closet.

Still, some don't like to air their laundry in public.
A good lesson.

LOL ROFL LMAO

Funny, I had seen a home-made version of a similar device used as a baker's rising rack. electric skillet at bottom for heat and a vent at the top to release excess. Very low-tech. very useful.

No tumbler? EEEK sandpaper towels! See now I thought that a tumbler got rid of more wrinkles than not tumbling.

 

[frigilux]

Togs, I'm skeptical, too. I can't believe that hanging shirts in the cabinet will produce fewer wrinkles than if they are tumbling. It doesn't seem logical. I should think tumbling helps relax wrinkles out of the fabric. Of course, if you're drying a very full load of shirts, then maybe hanging them would be better...

When I do my load of shirts/dress pants, I always dry only 4 shirts at a time, seeing as my teeny, tiny Frigidaire dryer drum causes excess wrinkling if I do any more than that at a time. Then I dry the pants in a load by themselves.

When I had a 7.0 cu.ft. KitchenAid dryer, I recall being able to dry more shirts at one time and not having wrinkle issues.

 

[toggleswitch]

I should think tumbling helps relax

It definitely helps me rest relax and sleep!

 

[frigilux]

 

[gadgetgary]

EEEK sandpaper towels!

Perhaps some of us prefer the roughness once in a while...all in one's perception....

 

[toggleswitch]

Then again, one can put their things into a tumber for 15 minutes (10 heated, 5 cool-down, no heat) to reduce wrinkling and fluff up and soften well; THEN line or cabinet dry. Perhaps the best of both worlds.

 

[lederstiefel1]

Clothes drying cabinet.

Hi all of you!
Have to intervene! Our towels are NEVER like sandpaper since we do not wash them anymore in our frontloader! In our top-loaders (SpeedQueen, Twin Tubs) they never become hard and stiff and also the appearance of the fabric is much better as all the little loops are in one direction and smooth and not crumbled in all directions and flattened like when coming out of a frontloader!
Also, when giving the items a good shake before and after hang-drying them they are like newly bought items - smooth, fast and well absorbing; not that kind of greasy, flappy and not well absorbing feeling like items treated with conditioners have! There was only one conditioner here in Germany available that didn't do it: LENOR DOWNY from Procter & Gamble which even avoided ironing on many items at all. But that has been taken off the market again - nobody knows why...!?
Cheers Ralf

 

[frigilux]

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[frigilux]

I think that was my best post yet!

What I meant to say was Lenor Downy was probably pulled from the market for the same reason anything else gets axed: It either caused cancer or it didn't sell well.

 

[lederstiefel1]

Called the hot-line today and asked!
They told me it didn't sell well - for what reason I don't know.......I think, people have too much time here in Germany to waste it with ironing!
On the other hand I found something in the internet ...
I can't remember where I got that from, but I guess to remember that I once read about the special kationic-surfactant/kationic-tenside that evokes the effect of smoothing the fabric out: quatere-ammonium-..... (or so), so I gave a quick glance to the www....
It is said there, that this is a conditioner but also a strong disinfectant and also affects the celule membranes......oooooogh!!!!!!
So, may-be both facts made it disappear from the market??

Ralf