A heat pump dryer uses warmed air to dry your clothes rather than warming up cold air, and this significantly reduces the energy needed.
Certain models may take a little longer to dry your clothes, but they do cost less to run, and this is noticeable on your energy bills. A ventless dryer is a good choice if you live in a smaller space because it easily fits under a counter or in an available closet. As long as you have a certain level of airflow and access to an electric socket, you can run a ventless dryer. If you run a ventless dryer under a counter, you need to make sure you have an inch or two around the entire unit.
Both of these options will ensure you have sufficient airflow, and there is no need for a special laundry drying room. Many ventless dryer models are stackable, or they could be placed side by side with your washer. This needs a hole in a nearby wall to install a vent where the exhaust and moisture can be passed to the outdoors. So, if the dryer has to heat cooled air, use it and then waste it by venting it outdoors, it represents a significant waste of energy and money.
A ventless dryer requires no exhaust; it pulls in cooler air and heats it, but the air is cooled by a heat exchanger, and this causes the moisture in the air to turn to water. This water is collected in a containment chamber located inside the dryer. This process is repeated until the clothes in the drum are dry. When the cycle is finished, the water passes into the drain or in a tray that you can empty. This makes a ventless dryer a great option for many homes with less space or a heat pump installed.
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One huge advantage of ventless dryers: you can put them almost anywhere. Many people opt for an under-the-counter installation in the kitchen. Vented dryers are basically hot air vacuums. They pull room-temperature air in from your laundry room, heat it up, tumble your clothes in it, and then blow the exhaust—full of evaporated moisture—outside.
To call this process less than energy-efficient, would be an understatement. Unless you live in a temperate climate, your vented dryer is likely taking in climate-controlled air from your home and pumping it outdoors. In winter, that means your furnace has to work harder to make up for that air. The waste is even worse in summer, where your dryer has to heat up air that's been artificially cooled by your air conditioner.
Mike Peebles, the laundry expert at Bosch, provided this diagram to illustrate the dual air flow system in condenser dryers. The majority of ventless dryers sold in the U. Peebles knows his stuff: Although Bosch's inch ventless dryers are niche models in the U. As he explained it to us, the first airflow loop draws a small amount of ambient air into the dryer—much less than is needed in a conventional unit. The air passes through the condenser for initial heating.
The heated air is then pushed into the drum, where it heats up the wet laundry and causes water to evaporate. Instead of venting that hot, wet air outside, the air is looped back into the condenser where it's cooled down—that's the second airflow loop. Some models, like this new Electrolux condenser, features a tank that you can empty between cycles as an alternative to a drainage hose. The evaporated water either goes down a drain pipe or collects in a tray that the user must empty after a cycle.
Aside from not needing a vent, the most direct advantage to this system is that your furnace or air conditioner doesn't have to make up for any air that's vented outside. Since condenser dryers don't get as hot as vented models, they can also be more gentle on clothes. Though consumers often complain that clothes coming out of ventless dryers lack the warm, toasty feel they're used to, that's actually good news for your fabrics. Ventless dryers also require less maintenance than their vented counterparts.
While the dryers themselves may need to have their secondary lint traps emptied out every month or so, it's far less cumbersome than cleaning a long dryer vent.
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