What is your average drying time?

[gelaundry4ever]

my average drying time

is 41 minutes. I use the normal cycle with medium heat on my lg and kenmore elite dryers when their matching washers are completely done.

 

[yogitunes]

mine is definitely shorter than the time frame from when this thread was started...

 

[adam-aussie-vac]

On my Westinghouse dryer it takes roughly about an hour and 30 minutes And heating is only one temperature, It pulls about 10 A,
On my general electric dryer it takes roughly 30 minutes Pulling about 13 A on normal heat, this is when the load has been spun in a Bock extractor for five minutes at 1400 rpm Or roughly the same amount of time in my Siemens spin dryer at 3709 rpm, the Bock has a large drum with holes around the sides and the Siemens has a much smaller drum with a row of slots at the bottom of the drum for drainage, The only difference between the two dryers is one seems to probably run hotter than the other in regards to temperature, specifically the GE probably runs more hot compare to the Westinghouse, Speaking of which I had to cancel the drying in the Westinghouse because the idler pulley was starting to get noisy again, First it started with gentle squeaking and then became loud and Obnoxious squeaking which I know that it means “yep it’s time to probably throw some lubrication onto that pulley shaft again”, previously I have oiled it but this time I’m probably gonna try and use some greaseSo that way it would be quieter for longer

 

[syndets2000]

Most of the late morning, to late afternoon...I hang about everything on the line...

 

[thomasortega]

Full load of towels, Maytag neptune drying center, 22-25 minutes.

Spun at 3200 rpm

 

[vacerator]

Eco normal cycle

time on our Wirltag Bravos 7.3 cu. ft. gas @ medium heat is 38 minutes. I use it for regular loads. Towels, clothing. Often dry sooner.
Wrinkle contrl low heat is 35 min. I use it for sheets mostly. I air dry most delicate items with spandex or all cotton that say no tumble dry.

 

[rapunzel]

3200 rpm ? Your towels must be permanently fused to the drum It’s hard enough pulling stuff off the sides after being spun at only 710. What brand is your extractor? SpaceX?

 

[thomasortega]

It's a The Laundry Alternative Ninja spin dryer.

 

[lakewebsterkid]

Dry time

The Kenmore is so big that a ‘full’ mixed load will take 40 mins to dry on Normal/Medium heat. The same load on Casual/Low will take 50 min. A load of towels on Normal will take about an hour, but that is for 15 towels.

 

[DADoES]

 
I can't say that it's average but as an example a load couple days ago took 49 mins 54 seconds from start to end of the cool down on the designated Regular cycle.

 2 bath towels
 2 hand towels
 9 cargo/hiking shorts
17 briefs/underwear

 

[mark_wpduet]

I notice

that sometimes when I have a mixed load of colors - that load might include some shorts that have some thick fabric areas or a polo shirt with a thick collar..the majority of the load will be bone dry, but those pieces of clothing will still be slightly damp in those thick fabric areas...this is why I try to wash things that are the same thickness like jeans, thick shorts but I can't always do that. I usually put them away as is because I feel like they're dry enough to finish drying on their own wherever I put them away to.

My last load I washed was a big mixed load (I'd say it would have been 2 full loads in a traditional TL washer or at the very least, a full load and 1/2. That took right at 60 min's to dry (but 10 min's of that was cool down)

Towels always take the longest to dry....some loads like sheets dry in 40 min's I've even had a few things dry in 35 min's...I don't ever remember anything drying in under 30 min's though. I have put a large load of thick towels in that actually took 70 min's to try (really 60, but total 70) but that doesn't happen that often. This was on auto dry. My duet spins at max 1000 rpm.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

If I use the timer then I set it for 50 out of the 80 minutes maximum and it gets the laundry dried regardless of size/temperature etc. and that’s about how long I believe the automatic drying dries for too…

— Dave

 

[gusherb]

55-60 minutes on high for a large load of bath towels. 40-45 minutes on medium for a large load of clothes. 25 minutes on medium for sheets. If I ever get around to changing the belt on my SQ I'm sure that dry time will drop down by a few minutes. Airflow is great, you can hear a roar from the dryer vent if you step outside.

 

[maytag85]

I usually dry most regular clothes on the normal speed drying temperature on warm and set it at 4 or between 4 and 5 on my 1963 RCA Whirlpool Imperial dryer and have everything come out perfectly dried. I assume the 4 represents 60 minutes so I’ll just say 60 minutes to dry a load of clothes on the normal speed drying temperature on warm.

 

[DADoES]

 
<blockquote>mark_wpduet: ... that load might include some shorts that have some thick fabric areas or a polo shirt with a thick collar..the majority of the load will be bone dry, but those pieces of clothing will still be slightly damp in those thick fabric areas...</blockquote> I avoid mixing items of widely-varying fabric weights but sometimes it's unavoidable to an extent such as heavier 100% cotton casual shirts with other shirts of lighter synthetic or blend fabric.  Either way, that rarely happens with my dryer.  The heavy / Denim-Jeans cycle has the moisture sensor algorithms programmed to compensate accordingly and the load never comes out other than properly dried even at Normal dryness level.  Running a blanket or comforter on Delicate (low) or a medium-temp cycle with the dryness level one step higher than Normal, works nicely, there's only the slightest tinge of dampness (if any) on the heavier seam areas.

 

[yogitunes]

someone recently asked me a question about a dryer....

"Does it dry fast?"

seriously how do you answer that?, there are so many variables that can affect a dryers performance....

I simply stated "A dry load of towels will be completed in under 10 minutes!"...

 

[DADoES]

 
My Regular cycle is Medium+ temperature, 140°F.  Medium temp (for Perm Press) normally uses only the larger of the two elements (2/3 of total heating capacity).  Medium+ may be a reference that the temp is 140° but both elements operate for increased input air temperature.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

My dryer

uses medium heat on the normal cycle. I believe the casuals/permanent press uses both heating elements for a shorter duration while delicate uses 1.