My mother's ~33 year old Whirlpool dryer. Still works amazing!Submitted by vocke t3_xtbjhj in BuyItForLife
biggsteve81 t1_iqsay6d wrote
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A condenser dryer is a vastly different thing from a standard clothes dryer. Generating heat from electricity is already 100% efficient, so unless you are adding a heat pump feature or a more accurate moisture sensor to end the cycle early the old ones are just as efficient as new.
DOE_ZELF_NORMAAL t1_iqsjzca wrote
It must be a translation thing then. Here in the Netherlands you can buy 2 types of dryers, a condenser dryer or a heat pump dryer. I have no idea what you mean with a 'standard clothes dryer' because in the Netherlands it's those 2. Even after googling I couldnt find a different type of dryer from those 2. Maybe the one you mean is so old it hasen't been sold for decades here.
biggsteve81 t1_iqski75 wrote
In the US most clothes dryers (old and new) use an electric heating element and vent to outdoors. Just like the one pictured in this post.
javaavril t1_iqtilnt wrote
In the US there are ventless condenser, ventless heat pump, and the, unfortunately, more popular vented super inefficient gas or electric dryers.
They are so inefficient they're not even legal to use in some European countries.
ohhellperhaps t1_iqtuut7 wrote
The third type (‘afvoerdroger’ as it’s called here) does exist in the NL. Googling for types of dryer (in Dutch) would have resulted in that answer…
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