Washing - drying
Washing machines and tumble dryers
- The electricity consumption of the washing machine depends on the used water quantity and the selected temperature.
- The half program does not mean half water quantity but half clothes quantity, so you do not save electricity with it. Using the half program twice consumes more electricity and water than using the basic program once!
- Always load the washing machine fully, abandon the pre-wash and do the washing at 60 °C instead of 90 °C. The pre-wash is only necessary for strongly soiled clothes.
- Use the energy saving programs.
- A tumble dryer consumes twice as much energy as a washing machine for the same quantity of clothes!
- Because of this dry the clothes in a drying room or in the fresh air, whenever it is possible.
- An ‘air-cupboard' facilitates energy saving drying.
- Though the energy demand of all tumble dryers is quite high, the tumble dryer with an air bleeding outlet is still more beneficial than the condensation one.
- If you use a condensation dryer air the room well in the meantime.
- Use the whole loading capacity of the drum and set the suitable drying temperature.
- Spin dry the clothes always thoroughly preferable at 1200 but at least at 1000 turns/minute speed.
- Clean up the thread filter (air filter) after each drying, otherwise longer drying time will required unnecessarily.