A clothes dryer is a common household appliance to dry clothes or other fabrics after they have been washed using a washing machine. Clothes dryers use quite a bit energy because they need to spin and produce heat. The energy use of a dryer varies between 1800 watts and 5000 watts, a typical dryer will use around 3000 watts.
Click calculate to find the energy consumption of a clothes dryer using 3000 Watts for 0.25 hours a day @ $0.10 per kWh. This is the same as running the dryer twice for 52.5 minutes a week.
Hours Used Per Day: Enter how many hours the device is being used on average per day, if the power consumption is lower than 1 hour per day enter as a decimal. (For example: 30 minutes per day is 0.5)
Power Use (Watts): Enter the average power consumption of the device in watts.
Price (kWh): Enter the cost you are paying on average per kilowatt hour, our caculators use the default value of 0.10 or 10 cents. To find an exact price check your electricity bill or take a look at Global Electricity Prices.
The best way to reduce energy use when drying clothes or towels is to hang dry them, this will avoid the clothes dryer all together. If you have a backyard or a balcony setup some hang lines and hang your clothes to dry, you will save energy and money. During winter it may not be possible to hang dry clothes, in that case using a dryer might be required. We recommend not to fully over dry clothes, instead dry your clothes until they are almost dry and hang them up in the house to dry completely.
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