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1. Make sure to close the door to your wash room in summer and keep it open in winter. Closing the wash room door will keep the dryer from heating up the whole house in summer. In the winter, keeping the door open will add a bit of extra heat to the house.
2. Clear lint from the lint tray before you use the dryer each time. Proper air flow will cut down the drying time, as well as wear and tear on the dryer and your clothes.
3. When drying clothes, factor in the cool-down cycle to allow the clothes to finish drying with the residual heat in the dryer.
4. Purchase a front-load washer. Front-loading washers leave less water in your clothes than top-load washers meaning your dryer doesn't have to work as hard.
5. When loading your dryer, place similar clothing types together (separate heavy cottons from lighter material clothes) to prevent over drying and wasting energy.
6. When drying more than one load, place the lighter garments in the dryer first. This will mean that the dyer is already hot from the residual heat to help the heavier clothes dry more quickly.
7. Don't overload the dryer. Overloading doesn't allow ample space for the clothes to tumble and they will take longer to dry.
8. Periodically check your outside dryer vent for lint clogs. Obstructed air flow will make your dryer work harder and shorten the life of the dryer.
9. Use an indoor drying rack when possible. Even if you can't let your clothes dry completely with the rack and need to use the dryer to dry the clothes completely, you can still save up to 75% off your dryer energy costs compared to if you did not use the indoor rack at all.
10. Hang clothes on a clothes line instead of using your dryer. If you average a load a day of drying, this can save your about $150 a year.
11. Gas dryers are much more energy efficient than electric dryers. Calculate the savings and it may be less expensive in the long run to have a gas line run from your kitchen to the washroom than to buy and use an electric dryer.
12. For heavy items such as jeans and towels, put them through an additional "spin" cycle after your wash is done. Heavier items retain water even after a regular spin cycle and an additional spin cycle will cut down on their drying time.
13. When drying heavy items, place a clean, dry towel in with the wet load. The dry towel will help absorb moisture cutting down the drying time needed by as much as 25%.
14. Don't over dry your clothes. If you dryer has a moisture censor or automatic dry cycle, be sure to use it over a timed cycle.
15. Try to dry a full load. If you dry a smaller load, this reduces the tumbling effect which will extend the length of time needed to dry the clothes. If you don't have a full load to dry, add a few clean dry towels to make it a full load which will cut down the time needed to dry the load.
16. Use the proper dryer setting. Many dryers have a delicate / permanent press cycle to protect fabrics which might be damaged by high temperatures. This setting also uses less energy for these lighter clothes that don't need the full dryer heat.
2. Clear lint from the lint tray before you use the dryer each time. Proper air flow will cut down the drying time, as well as wear and tear on the dryer and your clothes.
3. When drying clothes, factor in the cool-down cycle to allow the clothes to finish drying with the residual heat in the dryer.
4. Purchase a front-load washer. Front-loading washers leave less water in your clothes than top-load washers meaning your dryer doesn't have to work as hard.
5. When loading your dryer, place similar clothing types together (separate heavy cottons from lighter material clothes) to prevent over drying and wasting energy.
6. When drying more than one load, place the lighter garments in the dryer first. This will mean that the dyer is already hot from the residual heat to help the heavier clothes dry more quickly.
7. Don't overload the dryer. Overloading doesn't allow ample space for the clothes to tumble and they will take longer to dry.
8. Periodically check your outside dryer vent for lint clogs. Obstructed air flow will make your dryer work harder and shorten the life of the dryer.
9. Use an indoor drying rack when possible. Even if you can't let your clothes dry completely with the rack and need to use the dryer to dry the clothes completely, you can still save up to 75% off your dryer energy costs compared to if you did not use the indoor rack at all.
10. Hang clothes on a clothes line instead of using your dryer. If you average a load a day of drying, this can save your about $150 a year.
11. Gas dryers are much more energy efficient than electric dryers. Calculate the savings and it may be less expensive in the long run to have a gas line run from your kitchen to the washroom than to buy and use an electric dryer.
12. For heavy items such as jeans and towels, put them through an additional "spin" cycle after your wash is done. Heavier items retain water even after a regular spin cycle and an additional spin cycle will cut down on their drying time.
13. When drying heavy items, place a clean, dry towel in with the wet load. The dry towel will help absorb moisture cutting down the drying time needed by as much as 25%.
14. Don't over dry your clothes. If you dryer has a moisture censor or automatic dry cycle, be sure to use it over a timed cycle.
15. Try to dry a full load. If you dry a smaller load, this reduces the tumbling effect which will extend the length of time needed to dry the clothes. If you don't have a full load to dry, add a few clean dry towels to make it a full load which will cut down the time needed to dry the load.
16. Use the proper dryer setting. Many dryers have a delicate / permanent press cycle to protect fabrics which might be damaged by high temperatures. This setting also uses less energy for these lighter clothes that don't need the full dryer heat.
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