Do those things mount on the wall? How much can they hold to wash in one load? It would be handy for jaxsunst to have one if his Calypso breaks down again and his DD Kenmore is out of commision. And also because of that whole AC Thingy...
It's been years since I studied Japanese and I can barely read kana anymore, much less the kanji characters, however ... they mention a "hybrid heat pump". I'm wondering if what they're doing is placing the clothes dryer in the path of the a/c heat exchanger. The warm air side of the a/c is exhausted through the dryer so that its heat can be used to dry the clothes. The cold side is exhausted into the room to keep you comfortable in summer. Pretty clever if that's what's happening. I guess you still use it even when you're not drying - there must be some way of keeping the house cool even when you're not doing the laundry. Perhaps it exhausts directly outside at that point. Only problem would be winter - is it reverse cycle to warm the house and do you snap-freeze the clothes to get the moisture out in the colder months?
It's been years since I studied Japanese and I can barely read kana anymore, much less the kanji characters, however ... they mention a "hybrid heat pump". I'm wondering if what they're doing is placing the clothes dryer in the path of the a/c heat exchanger. The warm air side of the a/c is exhausted through the dryer so that its heat can be used to dry the clothes. The cold side is exhausted into the room to keep you comfortable in summer. Pretty clever if that's what's happening. I guess you still use it even when you're not drying - there must be some way of keeping the house cool even when you're not doing the laundry. Perhaps it exhausts directly outside at that point. Only problem would be winter - is it reverse cycle to warm the house and do you snap-freeze the clothes to get the moisture out in the colder months?