Vented tumble dryer v condenser ?

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peggybetty

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I want to buy a dryer. I will be putting it into shed so knocking a hole for vent is no problem, just want to know which is better. Any views/advice please ?

Thanks
 
Tumble dryer

Of course go for a vented dryer, very economical to run,
much cheaper to buy and does exactly the same job as the condenser
 
If the boiler for your central heating is in the same shed make sure to vent it because we got the bright idea to leave it unvented(?) but the fluff from the machine almost clogged up the boiler. According to serviceman it was just about to stop working.
 
Dryer

Whats the difference? Why would anyone buy the more expensive condensed version? I will be in the market soon myself.
 
icecream

I bought a condenser because I didn't fancy knocking a hole in the wall. I just empty the water tank instead.

Maybe some people don't have an option because they can't position it near an exterior wall.
 
Water

A-ha, so with a condenser one you have to empty the water out by hand is that the difference? I had planned on positioning new dryer away from outside wall so I presume that means I'm stuck with the condenser?
 
This is an old post, but I found it via Google - I'm shopping for dryers and had the same question about Vented versus Condenser.

The unregistered poster is wrong about vented being cheaper to operate.

Ignoring gas dryers and focusing on electric: Condensing dryers considered alone consume slightly more energy than vented in most cases apples to apples. (2 to 10 % increase in the condensing model from what info I've discovred - matching features.) Not a big difference, but still based on the sticker printed on the back of the units, the condensers seem more expensive to operate at first glance.

However!

If you put the dryer in a living space (most of us do) then you must consider the nice comfortable heated or air-conditioned air that vented dryers will SUCK out of your home and blow into the great out doors. This is a considerable amount of air. For every cubic meter of air blown out of your house, outdoor air will find it's way back into your home through any crack or opening it can find. No house is a space ship.

When you factor in this loss of indoor climate control energy the condenser units always beat the vented units. Depending on where you live, you could be facing -very large- "real world" energy cost difference between vented and condensing models. I saw a graph in one study that indicated that Norwegians enjoy a real world energy savings of 90% (yes NINETY percent) with condensing clothes dryers versus vented. Exact numbers asside, the general theory makes sense to me.

This Norwegian effect is probably because colder regions will lose more expensive heated air than temperate regions with a vented dryer. In fact the condensing dryers even add a small amount of heat to the room which suplements your heating bill during the winter.

If you live in a warm region, the savings are less but still real. In the tropics a vented dryer would be pumping your nice air conditioned dry indoor air out into the muggy hot outdoors.

On beautiful warm and tempreate days when all your windows are open, it would be an even wash. A dead heat. (Puns intended.)

I live in north Germany which can get very cold. I'll be buying a Condensing model to help heat my basement. :) I'll just drain the condensed water to the same place my washer empties out.

Thanks to everyone for your posts!
 
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