Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="imhotep" data-source="post: 24876050" data-attributes="member: 562115">I am not sure which model you are talking about but generally they combine a front loading washing machine and a condenser dryer together.The washing cycle is similar to a wash only machine - no difference.But the dryer usually takes quite a long time. Also many combo dryers use water for the drying cycle too. This may sound surprising but true. A normal vented dryer uses hot air to dry but the condenser type works a bit differently. It uses warm dry air through your wet clothing to extract moisture, then cooling the now humid air in a heat exchanger to condense the moisture.  This condensation gets stored in a tank and the air is reheated and pushed again. In effect this is an heat exchanger and many combo dryers use water (because it's connected anyway) to cool the exchanger - like a car radiator. The water consumption can be more than 100 litres on some models and al;so depends on your load.Also because of the combination these usually have more problems than a stand-alone.. In many cases a washer and a separate vented dryer is cheaper.Also note that there are heat pump dryers - these are efficient in electricity usage - usually 5 * energy - no water required for the heat exchanger - but very expensive.Hope this is helpful.</blockquote>

Top Bottom