Gas or an electric tumble dryer? Which is cheapest to run please

booklover

Hello everyone

What works out cheaper to run a gas or an electric tumble dryer?

Many thanks

Fiona

Pink.

Hi booklover,

I haven't seen you around for ages! :hello:

You should get more help with this on the Gas & Electricity board so I'll move your thread over there.

Pink

booklover

Thanks Pink :wave:

I haven't been too well, plus busy at work too.

Hopefully will catch up with you soon and join all the OS threads again. :T

Fiona x

wssla00

Can you get a gas tumble dryer or am i being blonde?

KimYeovil

Surely the much lower production runs (hence higher machine prices), more difficult to find engineers (hence more expensive to repair), higher installation costs, etcetera would mean that even if there are lower running costs they would be more than swamped by the other costs?

JasX

which has this to say:

http://www.which.co.uk/reviews/tumble-dryers/page/gas-tumble-dryers/

(Summary: if you get a high efficiency electric one there is alot less in it but gas still comes out 'just' ahead)

if you need to pay for gas piping modifications to accomodate a gas drier don;t forget to take that into account.

I have no idea of the relative safety records of both but high vibration + gas piping doesn't seem an ideal combination.....

macman

wssla00 wrote: »

Can you get a gas tumble dryer or am i being blonde?

Yes, but they used to be exclusively commercial driers (launderettes etc). Now they are starting to become available for domestic use-but very expensive to buy, so could take you years to recover the extra outlay. Might be worth looking at one if you are a heavy user and have to buy a new one anyway, but not worth swapping from electric just to reduce the running costs.

jackieglasgow

They have been available for years in the domestic market, my grandmother died more than 10 years ago, and she had one! In Comet or Currys it's usually the White Knight brand that's on cale, and they are comparative with electric ones in price. Also, the are usually fitted with a flexible hose like a cooker, so the vibration worry isn't really valid.

spiltmilk

Does the same apply to cooking with gas or electric ovens, i.e. gas is cheaper? What about microwave ovens compared to gas and electric ovens?

macman

The White Knight ones are made by Crosslee, can't see any on the Currys site, but they are advertised by Crosslee at an RRP of £329 and £349 respectively. On top of that you have to get them installed by a Gas Safe engineer, so that's a further extra cost.