Whirlpool Corporation Introduces New Hybrid Heat Pump Dryer Technology, HybridCare™

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If you click on the (i) symbol on the product details page, a little info box comes up saying:

 

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</xml><![endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The estimated annual energy use is based on the Combined Energy Factor and an annual usage of 283 cycles per year, as referenced by the U.S. Department of Energy test procedure, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Section 430, Subpart B, Appendix D2. Actual energy consumption will vary on your usage patterns, including how often your run the dryer, what cycle you select, and load size. NOTE: For gas dryers the estimated annual energy use is expressed in kilowatt hours to allow for comparison, and represents the equivalent multi-source energy use of the product (e.g., natural gas or propane typically expressed in British thermal units (Btu)).</span>"

 

Also found the test procedure here:

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/pdfs/clothes_dryer_tp_final_rule.pdf

 

[jerrod6]

All well and good but since I am not interested in hearing energy usages expressed in KWH...don't care, cause I don't use that...show me how much it will cost me to use a natural gas dryer for 283 loads, vs how much it will cost me to use an electric dryer for 283 loads.   Let me have the ability to enter my cost per KWH and cost per therm then show me how much it will cost to do 283 loads of each.  That seems like the only way to understand how much it will actually cost me to dry 283 loads using either gas or electricity.  If I don't have a natural gas connection then maybe I don't care, but if I do, I want to be able to compare dollars and cents for both.  This is especially important, if we are now talking about heat pump dryers saving so much energy over standard electric.  Should I keep my natural gas dryer or should I pay to run new wires from my electric box  to a brand new 220V outlet , so that I can use a heat pump dryer?  That's why this would be important, and why I am feeling like the energy star site is not providing the information  needed to make an accurate comparison especially when they tell me it takes more Kwh to dry my clothes with gas....something that is not using electricity to heat, than it does with to dry my clothes with electric which is using a resistance heater, or resistance heater combined with a heat pump...I just don't trust what I see at the energy star site.