Excessive Drying Time

[shanenc14]

@appnut - You know, I thought the same thing just this morning! I actually have a full load of heavy towels in the wash right now, I will try the Energy Prefered auto dry setting and Sanitize heat setting, and report back. I'll actually use a stopwatch on my computer just to see how long the entire cycle takes.

@mark_wpduet - My venting is only about 6 months old, and the run is only around 3 feet... 4 feet max. The gov't just keeps putting their nose where it doesn't belong, and we're having to decode their evil deeds.

 

[jerrod6]

The energy star certification is near the end of the specification list that appears at the bottom section of the page. Specifications are in the product information section below the Description.

 

[henene4]

Energy star dryers

The EU has had energy labels for quite some time now, but before the advent of heatpumps being the norm, there were few A rated dryers.

One particularly interesting aproach was the White Knight A rated vented dryer.
It had 5 electronic dryness settings, 2 heat settings and 2 modes: Speed and Eco.
The "Speed" setting made it operate like a normal vented dryer with a C rating.

On Eco, the rating cycle took 6-8 hours. All it did was tumble, no heat at all.
The motor was about 200-250W, so it never used more than 2kWh and results were apparently just as good as with heat.
Sure you had to use that over night and I wouldn't want my delicate clothing tumbled that long, but for bedding or towels, why not?

Point being that with vented dryers, the closer you get to line drying, the more efficent it gets.

 

[shanenc14]

Not Energy Star

Just pulled up my model on my cell, and the specs state that it's not Energy Star. On my PC the gray "X" next to items in the specs list means "No", a green check mark means "Yes".

 

[appnut]

Shane, I have found Lowes and Home Depot to have incorrect information in the specs/feature listing for their washers, dryers, and dishwashers.  Specifically stating a feature is not present when it actually is and the manufacturer specifically states it does have the feature or vice veresa.  So I've learned to not always trust what they have in their web sites.  However, in this case, it still might be correct.  But they might have "slipped" one by the public and lowered the temps for the corresponding temperatures versus previous versions of this model, which has been around for a while.  And thereby reducing energy consumption.   

 

[shanenc14]

Dumbed down temps...

@appnut - I think you're correct. I did a full load of cotton towels last night, put the temp on Sanitize, Sensor Dry, Energy Pref., and the load was dried in about 50 minutes... on "High" heat, it takes nearly 90 minutes to dry the same type of load... Go figure, gov't putting their noses into something else!

 

[appnut]

Glad I could empart some wisdom in the situation.  I have learned with modern appliances for both laundry, and to a degree dishwashers, I don't utilize what the cycle label says.  I look for the cycle to perform the way I want it to, regardless of label.  Usually ends up being a more intense option of some sort to provide what I used to consider "normal".  

 

[mark_wpduet]

Ha!

So basically santize is high heat and high heat is medium......so use santize if you want high heat. LOL

I'll bet so many people will never use sanitize thinking they don't need it when they really do.