Gas or electric dryer?

[Marky_Mark]

Alex/Logixx: Is your local laundromat unusual in having electric dryers and cold-fill only washers, considering electricity is typically 5x the price of gas in Germany and electricity causes more carbon emissions? 

I have never been able to tell any difference between gas and electric vented dryers in terms of operation or the final result of the laundry.  It is really a question of the fuel source available to you.  If you have the option of a gas or electric vented dryer, then gas is the obvious choice as it is much cheaper and carbon emissions are lower. 

If you have no access to gas or a vent, especially if you only have 120 V available, then a heat pump dryer is a good choice.  It will be slower and will typically cost slightly more to run compared to a gas dryer, but it will be cheaper than any electric vented dryer or traditional condenser dryer (half or even one-third the cost).  

Happy drying

Mark

 

[logixx]

I don't know if electric-only and cold-fill are normal for all EcoExpress laundromat in Germany. The washers are usually Little Giants with plenty of power and that 35 lbs. washer... when it started heating, the snapping sound of the relays was pretty impressive.

I guess I agree with Austin about electric being more common - even in a commercial setting.

 

[panasonicvac]

Hi Mark,

I'm not sure so I really can't answer that. This was quite a while ago and I don't think I even remember seeing them in my home when they were diagnosing the Neptune that died.