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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.

Please read this article, in order to become better informed about dryers, as we are used to, in the USA...thank you... "One household staple sums up why Americans and Brits will never see the world the same way" https://qz.com/1034914/it-doesnt-matter-where-brits-keep-their-dryers-the-point-is-they-dont-work/ Before you were born, I grew up putting things in the household dryer by the age of two. We Americans love power, and the more the better, which is something you probably have heard about. Power, especially world dominance, in clothes dryers, is just something that Americans know a lot about. Anytime I see a tiny UK clothes dryer, I laugh my head off....sorry.

A picture is worth a thousand words, as they say. Maybe you have not been living in the same Asia as have I. Who knows.....

Please note that, in all honesty, during my over-45 years in parts of Asia, I have rarely come across a clothes dryer, not to mention a clothes dryer with enough wattage to do the job right. Most clothes dryers, in Asia, just lack the power. So very sad, really. And, I know that what I say is TRUE, too!

How many here on the Forum are willing to pay BIG bucks for a substandard clothes dryer, linked in your comment? Sure, I agree with you, 100 percent, that if I could buy a top-of-the-line clothes dryer, then I would. But then, where would I put it in my house which has no dedicated laundry room? Not all of us have maids to do our washing, drying, and ironing.

Dear Friends, Here where I am, during the raining season, I do not have the luxury of a clothes dryer by Whirlpool. I have a trick I use to dry my clothes, even in the most humid rainy weather. But, I won't mention it in this topic, at the beginning. Therefore, what do you do, or, more importantly, what does your wife do to dry your clothes in a hurry, before they become mildewed and smelling like the shorts in the locker you recall from high-school gym class, the ones you forgot from the previous semester. One thing I do not like about Thailand is that there is a relative dearth of clothes-drying machines. Presumably, the reason for the lack of clothes dryers is to save energy. But, during many months of the year, just when you most wish to wash and dry your clothes, yet there is no sun in the sky. Or, as is my case, I prefer to wash and dry my clothes between the hours of 10 PM and 4 AM. So then, what is the best way you have found to dry your clothes after washing? Best regards, Gamma Please Note: Washing clothes is so easy for me. I would wash my socks more often if it was only the washing that I needed to worry about. However, it is the drying of clothes that is most troublesome. I am SURE you are just like me in this respect. I would wash my socks far more often if I just had some easy way to dry them after washing. Maybe I should buy a TOP of the Line clothes washer and clothes dryer. Note2: For anyone coming from overseas to Thailand for retirement, please pay attention to this important topic, lest you become frustrated and irritated by the lack of clothes dryers in this land. This topic is NOT a joke, actually.

Strangely enough, Ms. Monday reminds me of the time I visited a bar in Hong Kong, somewhere around 1992, isn't it funny how the years move. She was a black-haired beauty with points of her own, sitting way up high. She was one of those dancers from Thailand, dancing way up high on the bar. I was so taken with her, having never seen a dancer from Thailand. The HK bar owner asked me if I wished to take her out. Of course. The HK bar put USD600.00 on my credit card. So, I started humming a song from 1962. We weren't in love. No, far from it. Now with autumn closin in...

MONDAY's child is just too jiggly for me. Such bone structure, however. 12 out of 10, for Monday. (Can't watch.)

Have you ever read any Evelyn Woke? Such a satirist was she.

Thomas L. Friedman was always full of baloney. Such an idiot writer, really. Friedman was and is nothing but a Pop-panderer with half-baked hypotheses and weird analyses. What an utter numbskull. So happy Friedman's 15 minutes of fame is now behind us.