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Mike Jay wrote:Thanks Mike! I have used a KillaWatt meter to measure all our 110V uses. I was worried after reading your post so I just checked my spreadsheet and our washer (front load but nothing special) uses 0.1 KWH per load. We only do a load a week so our annual electrical use for clothes washing is 5 KWH, or fifty cents. Phew, that's not our problem. [..]
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Mike Jay wrote:I have hot and cold running to it and we do loads on the "warm" setting. I'm pretty sure the meter is working, maybe I messed up. I'll check again on the next load.
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Mike Jay wrote:Sorry about that. It's pretty standard to have hot and cold water going to cloths washing machines around here. I didn't even think to mention it.
Mike Homest wrote:
Mike Jay wrote:Sorry about that. It's pretty standard to have hot and cold water going to cloths washing machines around here. I didn't even think to mention it.
OK, got it. Here those machines are pretty rare and according to tests some are not even that efficient. Of course you need something cheaper then electricity to heat up the water. Solar fluid tubes systems should be in the summer times optimum, but if you want thermosiphon (w/o pumps/etc) a bit tricky to setup, as the panels need to be below the boiler.
David Baillie wrote:
Mike Homest wrote:
Mike Jay wrote:Sorry about that. It's pretty standard to have hot and cold water going to cloths washing machines around here. I didn't even think to mention it.
OK, got it. Here those machines are pretty rare and according to tests some are not even that efficient. Of course you need something cheaper then electricity to heat up the water. Solar fluid tubes systems should be in the summer times optimum, but if you want thermosiphon (w/o pumps/etc) a bit tricky to setup, as the panels need to be below the boiler.
Where abouts are you Mike? I know all front loaders I come across have hot and cold. I generally do a hot wash and cold rinse. Power consumption is usually just shy of 200 WHr. I use a propane hot water tank and a conditioning tank fed off the wood stove. If I time it right the water feeding the propane water heater is almost up to temperature already. In terms of efficiency it depends what you are testing for. The front loaders use more electricity for the same amount of laundry BUT use far less water and remove far more of it in the rinse cycle. If you are heating water to wash and use a dryer the front loader wins hands down. If you are water stressed the front loader also wins. The top load is a simpler machine so should last longer.
Cheers, David
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