Thread: Buy a heat pump tumble dryer and save £365 a year in electric!

Our LG washing machine packed up after 14 years, bearings and drum worn out.
and as it is insured and was written off we got to pick a brand new one for free

after saving so much electricity after fitting my thermotec pond ASHP
i was also interested in these new ASHP tumble dryers,
so using an energy monitor our condensing tumble dryer was using about £1.90 per load on average. which was quite a shock...
and does 6 loads per week at £11.40. but this adds up to £592 per year roughly.

So after getting a new LG washing machine, i also bought an LG heap pump tumble dryer. it was not cheap at £600
but running it on an energy monitor found it is only using 73p per load on average....
at 6 loads a week = £4.38, which works to out about £227 a year roughly.
thats a £365 a year saving! or £3,650 over 10 years!

admittedly part of the drying cost saving may be due to the fact the new washing machine has a higher 1400rpm spin speed
than the old 1200rpm machine making the clothes a bit drier to start with.
but if you dry all your laundry using a tumble dryer,
it will pay for it's self in 2 years and save you thousands of pounds in it's average 10+ year lifetime...

just a thought on cutting down electric costs, if you don't peg your washing out on the line (no one round here does anymore....)

I will be interested in how much longer it takes to dry a full load. What size drum did you go for?
Until now I’ve always had a gas dryer which has cost next to nothing to run and takes about an hour to dry a full load. Sadly, the manufacturer sold up so there is no option for a gas one anymore. This means I will have to go down the heat pump route when my current one packs in.

Great timing Dave.

I've never had a tumble dryer, and having just come back from holiday with 2 weeks of clothes to wash, I'm fed up of airers scattered all over the house and condensated windows.

So was considering a tumble dryer and wondered if the heat pump type would be worth the extra cost.

Thanks to your post I have a legitimate answer!

Cheers.

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Originally Posted by RS2OOO

Great timing Dave.

I've never had a tumble dryer, and having just come back from holiday with 2 weeks of clothes to wash, I'm fed up of airers scattered all over the house and condensated windows.

So was considering a tumble dryer and wondered if the heat pump type would be worth the extra cost.

Thanks to your post I have a legitimate answer!

Cheers.

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i don't know how you ever managed without a tumble dryer?

we bought a cheap 'white knight' one for £50 iirc...as soon as we got married and moved together in 1990
i know they are not cheap to run, but my missus has never really used a washing line.

but these heat pump ones use so much less electric, its a no brainer...

Probably just bad timing as to why we've never had a tumble dryer.

At the time of buying my first place I didn't really have the space for one but on top of that they were known to shrink clothes, cost a fortune to run, and the press was full of stories about them burning people's houses down (Was that Candy Tumble Dryers?).

And all that stuck with me.

But it is not unusual to have 3 or 4 clothes horses dotted around the house throughout the colder months getting in everyone's way, hence looking into getting one now.

However, I have now bought one of these instead which have outstanding reviews, are compact, and can dry clothes quickly whilst benefiting the air quality in the house:

https://www.meacodehumidifiers.co.uk...SABEgKLuvD_BwE

Will be a few days for delivery, but the reviews are so good I expect it would be a great product for filter houses as well:

https://www.feefo.com/en-GB/reviews/...LJUNIOR&page=4

Does it remove fluff as well as the other type? We have dogs and cats so anything dark has to be tumble dried or I look as though I've slept in the dog's bed :-)

Yeah I've seen those old convents, I went to one for a brief period in the 80's!

Without a tumble dryer our leccy and gas can exceed £400 pcm in winter, and I absolutely know it will become a reason for the kids to leave their washing till last minute so definitely not getting one. Might reconsider if I build a utility room.

We tend to use our conservatory as a shed / gym etc so with the dehumidifier I can imagine that's where it and the washing might end up.

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Originally Posted by RS2OOO

Yeah I've seen those old convents, I went to one for a brief period in the 80's!

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some reason i can't picture you in a habit

Originally Posted by Denise Doherty

Does it remove fluff as well as the other type? We have dogs and cats so anything dark has to be tumble dried or I look as though I've slept in the dog's bed :-)

has a double lint filter, one to remove the bulk, and the second to stop any fluff that get past the first.
other type?