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Honestly speaking? One of the most valuable things I have enjoyed here is: Eating Panang Gai with Jasmine Rice and a slice of Magroot at a beanery near the university, and overhearing students talk about their inept teachers. By the way, does anybody here know the difference between Magroot and Bai Magroot? And, for that matter, what is the difference between a Farang on a tree, and a Farang in the bush? So many riddles do we encounter here in Thailand.

Only if you wish to speak with stilted tongue.

Aliens from the citadel of the Middle Kingdom. I am not talking about the Lao Bai Xing! The Lao Bai Xing are our friends. But I worry most about the dried up old men in the citadel of the Middle Kingdom, and the power they wield. Basically, we just wish to be left alone here, and left to flourish in our own way with no foreign influence, to speak of. Hope things will continue to proceed swimmingly.

And, in doing so, She is using residual heat for a good purpose, and saving the World, too, in Her own way.

Are Young Americans still part of the Commonwealth? Or, are young Americans, today, just too far gone? Has America already transformed itself into something unimaginable by young Americans of the 1960s? Who recognizes America, these days? Do you? What does it even mean, these days, to say..."I am an American"? Which America are you even talking about when you say, "I am an American"? Maybe America is so fractured, these days, that America has completely lost its identity. Therefore, how would you even know if one might be either American or some smarter guy from Scotland, just pretending to be American? Still, you and I share a common cultural bond, maybe. America has the Boston Celtics, after all.

I used to be a Brooks Brothers guy, wearing everything from Brooks Brothers. That is, until I gave up wearing clothes, almost all together, after moving here. Still, I would like to wear clothes, if they were good quality, and IF I lived in a climate which was suitable for wearing clothes. Do you know Brooks Brothers? Maybe the quality of Brooks Brothers has deteriorated over the years, but I would know nothing about it, if it has. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers

Is your landlord Chinese? Very ingenious are these Chinese, you know. For example, in China, the Chinese have been using residual heat from steel mills to augment the heat needed to power turbines for electric power generation, for over a decade. Our world today requires more solutions of this nature. Thank you for getting into the true spirit of this Glorious Topic. (not joking) "Waste heat recovery and utilization represents a missed opportunity to reduce China's total energy use, decrease carbon dioxide emissions, and improve air quality. Currently, China does not have a standardized or transparent methodology to quantify the waste heat potential in the industrial sector, which accounts for more than two thirds of China's primary energy consumption." Of course, for many years, I have been using the waste heat from my split-ACs to dry my clothes. Therefore, no real need to use a dedicated clothes dryer machine. And, of course, since I seldom wear clothes, wash clothes, or dry clothes, then this solution is the best for me.

Regards. Thank you for understanding this topic, almost completely. Regards, Regards

So, then, concerning one's personal choice whether or not to resort to using a clothes dryer for personal use, regularly, at home: In short, the answer is obvious. YES! By all means! You should buy one, even a used one in good condition, and use your clothes dryer in order to both enhance your quality of life, as well to impress your neighbors. Please feel free to put your new clothes dryer in your living room, to show your neighbors, as you once did with your electric refrigerator, decades ago. After all, are we not developing nations? Therefore, we should develop! And is there anyone who would disagree? Every home around the world should have a clothes dryer. Just as every family in the world should have a functional toilet, too. So, then, how many clothes dryers will be required to meet the demand? Just divide 8 billion by 4. We have a huge potential market for clothes dryers around the world. Also, who will service the 2 billion clothes dryers? By 2035, we may add another billion to our plentiful numbers, according to the most recent UN prediction. And this increase in population might require an additional 300 million clothes dryers. As divorce rates continue to climb, mostly due to spiraling TINDER marriages, so will the need for clothes dryers increase, as TINDER people become ever more disenchanted with finding a beautiful "face" to marry, and settle for living alone in a studio apartment with a clothes dryer, instead of hooking up. At least, for male ex-Tinder lonely hearts, they will no longer be subjected to continual vocal fry. The hum and tossing of clothes in the clothes dryer is so much more soothing. What is my point? Anyway? The POINT is that there is no science, no technology, that can cure Human Nature. And, if human nature cannot be cured, then all possible pathways for mankind lead to the same endpoint, the same terminus. This is why choosing whether or not to use a clothes dryer, from a moral perspective, is now irrelevant. The unstoppable momentum is already baked into the system. Thusly, I would encourage my friends to buy clothes dryers, and use them religiously. There is no longer any need for worrying about almost anything. James Hansen was a fool. Why was James a fool? James underestimated the power of human nature. James, the natural scientist, did not study the social sciences. If he had studied more of the social sciences, then he might not have taken the trouble to chain himself to the White House fence. Obviously, given what we now know, it is best for friends to just do what they like. The days of worry are OVER! E.O. Wilson, be darned! Everybody must get stoned. Do what you like. Our supertanker is heading for the shoals. And, there is nothing to stop her. Her momentum is ever forward and onward. Please don't feel guilty, these days, for doing whatever you like. Too many people, these days, rely on BLIND FAITH. Why?

Here is a factoid from Forbes, 2013.. "There are 87 million residential dryers in the U.S. These clothes dryers account for 6% of residential electricity consumption, which is roughly equivalent to the electricity consumed annually by the entire state of Massachusetts (60 billion kWh per year). The annual cost of operating America‘s clothes dryers adds up to about $9 billion." Soon, the world will consume energy, per capita, on par with Australians and Americans. And soon, we will be at 500 parts per million concentration of CO2, before you know it. I just hope that we all enjoy riding this exponential curve, this rocket, towards our mutual oblivion.

What seems so hard for you, apparently, is that you might not know much about the availability of clothes dryers in Thailand, other than the tourist traps you might be frequenting. Truth be told, I seldom see a clothes dryer here, or anywhere I have lived during past decades. Most people in Thailand agree that clothes dryers are not necessary, and that they are a needless waste of energy.

Good question: Whirlpool dryers, for example, are about 2500 watts, just judging from my recent googling, but this varies by model. Also, I guess you are familiar with the drying canopy that dries clothes quickly. This type of canopy almost completely obviates the need for pressing. But, if no sun, then no worky the canopy. Furthermore, I REALLY like your choice to refer to your wife as "Madam" in the 3rd-person. I have noted your choice in your posted comments, for some years. I would follow suit, surely, if I had a wife to whom I could refer, in the third-person. Maybe Madam, in English, is the next best to Khun ___? Maybe you should read The Dream of the Red Chamber, in Chinese, because you might appreciate it. There are many interesting honorifics in this classic novel from China. Unfortunately, times have changed. You must be either very old, or deeply in love, or both.

Wives are assets, not expenses. If one works out well, then why not two? But, really, how many wives does a man need to iron his shirt? One should, IMHO, have one wife for every shirt that needs pressing. Just as we don't wear the same shirt every day of the week, so should we have seven wives.

Please read the question posed in the topic's title. As far as I know, this question is on most everyone's mind at this particular time. We are, it seems, experiencing a most favorable very wet raining season, this year. I am tired of seeing farmers so stressed with worry about not receiving enough rain. It's a small price for me to pay, due to so much rain, that I should use my AC to dry my laundry. In addition, using an AC to dry laundry, as I do, is far more energy efficient than using a Korean clothes dryer. Why? Just because I could easily dry 200 kilograms of clothes in 5 hours using just one AC and two fans. And total energy expenditure for the entire process would amount to no more than about 4 kilowatt-hours. I could explain it to you, but then....

And, after sustaining so many days of rain, how can we not take just one more interlude to listen to the best rain song there ever was? What we do not need, at the moment, is just any old rain dance.

Little Drops of Rain... IF the Sun refused to shine.... After careful consideration and discussion of how to save energy, and CO2, by NOT using clothes dryers.....during the raining season... Then, I think we deserve a suitable musical interlude. And for all those who have clothes dryers, or use them religiously, .... Maybe, for the good of your grandchildren...then... ...You might just BIN them? Trash them? Good idea?

Concerning drying bed sheets on the hood of your truck... during the raining season... I have seen this done, first time, this week, in Thailand. Quite a good and innovative solution. Use the residual heat from the truck engine for a good purpose. Good for CO2 reduction, compared to using a clothes dryer which just adds CO2 to the atmosphere. Your grandchildren will appreciate it. How many grandchildren do you have? Clothes Dryers use up a huge amount of energy which could be saved by just hanging one's clothes out to dry.... Maybe it is best that most homes around the world do not have such conveniences.

Basically, this Topic is all about Dew Point and Air Flow. The question is whether or not hanging your laundry out to dry might be slower or faster than hanging your laundry inside to dry. This is a fair question, assuming that one has no access to a clothes dryer imported from the USA or Korea with high wattage, maybe up to 5000 watts, or more. Anyway, here is what I do when the Sun is not available and the outdoor humidity is about 100%, which is as it has been for several days: I hang my clothes, the more the better, maybe about 30 kg of clothes, bedsheets, etc., in one room. Then, I reduce the humidity in the room to about 50 percent (50% humidity). Next, I add airflow using two or three fans. Sometimes, while doing this, the temperature in the room is reduced to about 17 degrees C. And then, the room becomes very uncomfortable, and even typing becomes difficult. For sure, if you follow this suggestion, you can dry (freeze dry) any amount of clothing, depending upon your AC. For example, most 18,000 BTU ACs can remove two liters (more or less) of water per hour from the air that passes through the indoor unit's coils. However, this does not mean that you can remove that much water from your jockstrap and bedding hanging on the chair of your room, or on a hook. within an hour. In most cases, you will still need to run your AC at full tilt, with the setting at 16 degrees C, in order to dry 30 kg of clothes, for several hours. And, you need to run your fans at max, as well. Obviously, this is not a recipe for DIY clothes drying in your hotel room. I have not taken any measurements, nor collected any data in any significant scientific way. I am only stating that this is one option for drying a huge amount of clothes when the rain falls for weeks and weeks, and the sun don't shine. it works. Just reduce your ambient humidity to 50%, and turn on your fans. This is the only way I know to dry clothes quickly, during the raining season.

Just to get back on track: How do you/your wife dry your clothes when it is raining, and has been raining, for many days? I have seen some people start their truck engines, and then lay bed sheets across the hood of their trucks. I guess this works. Therefore, when hubby returns from work, after driving his pickup for 20 kilometers, then the hood should be hot enough to dry a few bedsheets. Otherwise, then why would I see this type of thing happening? When the sun refuses to shine for a few days, then people must adapt.

Now, let's be clear, as well. We did not come to Thailand for things like... Multiple Sub-Zero refrigerators in our kitchens: A decent clothes dryer: A So-so Dishwasher: A Front Load Clothes Washing Machine by Koolmore: If I had wanted to live in a culture in which these machines were so highly valued, then I would not have come to Thailand. Here in Thailand, most people do not have dishwasher machines. And, here in Thailand, we do not have clothes dryer machines. And, most people here do not have clothes washer machines, in their homes, as well. Or, if they do, they do not have machines like the Koolmore. I did not come here so that I could have an American kitchen and laundry room. Personally, I rarely wash dishes, and seldom change my clothes. But when I do wash my clothes, which is very seldom, I do not use a clothes dryer to dry the clothes.

Also, this is not just some run-of-the-mill stupid Topic of no value. I have lived in parts of Asia where it rains, almost nonstop, for six months out of the year. I'm just trying to share a few suggestions concerning how to dry your bedsheets after washing while it's raining cats and dogs outside, and the humidity is 100 percent, and even your leather shoes are turning green with the mold. Some of you have enjoyed this kind of environment. What some locals do, not saying Thailand locals, is to wait for a sunny day. And, often they must wait 45 days to see just 5 hours of dim sunlight filtering through cloud cover. So what can you do, in such circumstances, to keep your powder dry? I had wanted to share my experiences based on many years of rainy weather. This is an important topic, in my opinion.

Sorry. But, in fact, I am doing nothing other than drying two large loads of laundry in the pouring rain.

Happy for you that you find it so convenient to keep your socks dry, wherever you go in Asia. But, more interestingly, what would you estimate the household ownership of clothes dryers in Thailand to be, perchance? And, for that matter, how many Bentley automobiles do you see rolling down the roads, on any given Sunday, in the countrysides of Thailand?

FAST FASHION! I am with you, brother!

Maytag - 7.4 Cu. Ft. Smart Electric Dryer with Steam and Extra Power Button - Metallic slate Sure! I'll take one for Bt.24,000.00. But, I would want the same thing suitable for use with 240 volt electrical connection.