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Spin Dryer From Laundry Alternative

November 13, 2006

A spin dryer is an appliance that can readily improve the energy efficiency in your laundry. A portable spin dryer like this one from Laundry Alternative, uses centrifugal force to dry clothes. The dryer was out of stock for a while, but it is now available again. Spin drying is much more efficient than electric [...]

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Centrifugal Clothes Dryer: Spin-X

July 11, 2005

Drying clothes with centrifugal force is efficient and quick. The centrifugal dryer Spin-X rotates at 3300 RPM (revolutions per minute) — using 1420 G forces. Most washing machines only spin at 500 RPM.
The dryer removes a quart of water from clothes using the same amount of energy a regular clothes dryer uses in the first [...]

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Clothes Drying Racks: Effective

May 31, 2005

If you dry your clothes on these racks instead of a clothes dryer — they will smell fresher and last longer. In many homes, the clothes dryer is the number two electricity consumer, after the refrigerator.
Used in combination with a Spin-X: metaefficient.
GreenFeet sells clothes drying racks made of reclaimed wood. The Vermont Country Store sell [...]

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