Confused about tumble dryers!

squeaky

Hi all,

The regulars in the In My Home forum will, I'm sure, be able to give you all sorts of help here, so I'll move the post across for you.

Good luck

Nile

Hello soba


I have a Zanussi washing machine and a Zanussi condenser dryer. They have both been working trouble free for 11 years. I will definitely buy Zanussi again, when the time comes to replace them.

I used to work in a laundrycare Research & Development laboratory. They had a bank of washing machines and dryers in heavy duty use............they were all Zanussi.

You will hear some people berate Zanussi but I'm a fan.

I agree with the comment about drying outdoors. However, during damp and cold winter days, the condenser dryer is invaluable.

Kind Regards

Nile

andrewmoorcroft

MATH wrote:

Does it really need to be a condenser model?

It must be if a condenser you want an efficient one. There is an important point that may not have been mentioned so far.
The energy rating is all about how much energy is used to dry the clothes. If you have a vented one then most of the heat is lost to outside. With a condenser one none of the heat goes outside and it warms the house instead. So in the winter (when you have your heating on) it reduces the required heating in your house. All electric heaters are virtually the same efficiency so if you use electric heating then it costs you nothing extra to dry your clothes because you turn your heating off to compensate. Even if you use gas central heating then your thermostatic rad should turn off to compensate for the heat from the drier although the heating from the gas would have cost a little less than the heat from the drier.
Of course if you use the drier in the summer then the room will get hotter than required and you may open the window so the heat will be lost to outside. However, some people dry there clothes outside in the summer and on use the drier in the winter. Hope this explaind things!