So, it's obvious the cost of living has gotten rather high in recent years. Given such, I figure sharing ideas might be a way to help.
I'll start with one:
Get a spin dryer. I picked up the Ninja one (Made in Argentina) over the Panda (Made in China). Mine's able to remove about 1L of water from a load of laundry. That's 1L of water I'm not trying to evaporate in my dryer. Many items are dry enough to put on the hangar. Others are still slightly damp and I'll use the dryer for them, but only a few minutes in the dryer is needed.
I've not measured the energy difference, but it's pretty substantial. The spin dryer uses ~400 watts for 5 minutes, the electric dryer uses 5500 watts for...variable amounts of time. For argument's sake, the dryer's default setting shows 40 minutes, high temperature. So, 0.03kWh for the spin dryer, 3.67kWh for the dryer (normal). The most recent load I did in the dryer took 10 minutes, so 0.92kWh. So, ~$0.41/load saved. and that doesn't include the pure, air conditioned, dehumidified air I've already paid for that the dryer's pumping out of the house, so possible $0.50/load.
I'll start with one:
Get a spin dryer. I picked up the Ninja one (Made in Argentina) over the Panda (Made in China). Mine's able to remove about 1L of water from a load of laundry. That's 1L of water I'm not trying to evaporate in my dryer. Many items are dry enough to put on the hangar. Others are still slightly damp and I'll use the dryer for them, but only a few minutes in the dryer is needed.
I've not measured the energy difference, but it's pretty substantial. The spin dryer uses ~400 watts for 5 minutes, the electric dryer uses 5500 watts for...variable amounts of time. For argument's sake, the dryer's default setting shows 40 minutes, high temperature. So, 0.03kWh for the spin dryer, 3.67kWh for the dryer (normal). The most recent load I did in the dryer took 10 minutes, so 0.92kWh. So, ~$0.41/load saved. and that doesn't include the pure, air conditioned, dehumidified air I've already paid for that the dryer's pumping out of the house, so possible $0.50/load.