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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Energy use by clothes dryer
This spring, we were using an alarming amount of energy compared to our budget billing but for the past 2-3 months, it's been under budget which is so odd to me since it's been so hot. I have been drying clothes on a line outside this summer and I'm wondering if that's the difference-maker. It's one of the biggest energy-suck appliances and ours is definitely an older/less efficient model but for two people worth of clothes drying, is it really making $100+ difference each month? It's really the only big change I can think of besides using the oven slightly less since we're grilling more.
Anyone notice a big change in energy consumption when they stopped using their dryer or got a more efficient model?
Re: Energy use by clothes dryer
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When you were running the dryer was the A/C also on?
We had neighbors who complained about my hanging DD's diapers on our back deck to dry- and I did a bunch of research on how much energy clothes dryers use and it was like 6% of all residential electricity (so not taking into account people who have gas dryers- I believe if you included that it would go up to 10%.) Another factor is that the dryer heats up the house, so if you have the A/C on while you are running the dryer, the A/C works harder because it has to counteract the heat generated by the dryer (I don't ever use the heated dry cycle of my D/W for the same reason, I just open it up at the end of the cycle, crack a nearby window and the dishes pretty much dry off by themselves.)
Still- I can't see how that would have a $100 difference, unless it was also coupled with your electricity prices going down overall- KWIM?
ETA- adding this link, which has a link to a spreadsheet I am too lazy to deal with -http://www.laundrylist.org/en/faq/35-general-laundry-questions/51--how-much-energy-is-actually-used-by-the-clothes-dryer