Sunday, January 13, 2008

Real Life Results - Spin Dryer In Action

Here are the results of using my spin dryer... of course your mileage may vary since the washer/dryer I have is part of the apartment (it is smaller than most households use). I do not have a way to record the amount of KWH the dryer (220V) uses so the best I can do is run time:

Towels (100% cotton)
  • Drying time without spinner: 1 hour 25 minutes 40 seconds
  • Drying time with spinner: 1 hour 07 minutes 39 seconds
  • 30+ ounces of water removed by spin dryer -- do not operate the spin dryer on the kitchen table lest you spill water everywhere! 8-)
  • .02 KWH of electricity used for spin dryer
Socks & Tshirts (99% cotton)
  • Drying time without spinner: 1 hour 18 minutes 16 seconds
  • Drying time with spinner: 1 hour 05 minutes 33 seconds
  • 25 ounces of water removed
  • .02 KWH of electricity used for spin dryer
Sheets (50% cotton/50% poly)
  • Drying time without spinner: 1 hour 05 minutes 50 seconds
  • Drying time with spinner: 0 hour 56 minutes 29 seconds
  • 10 ounces of water removed
  • .01 KWH of electricity used for spin dryer
Pants (100% cotton)
  • Drying time without spinner: 1 hour 11 minutes 05 seconds
  • Drying time with spinner: 1 hour 03 minutes 29 seconds
  • 16 ounces of water removed
  • .01 KWH of electricity used for spin dryer