Anyone own a gas clothes dryer?

[Pliablemoose]

Am thinking about buying a natural gas clothes dryer, supposed to be 30 cents/load cheaper than electricity.

I've never used one except in a laundromat, long ago. Anyone have a residential unit/experience with one?

 

[FoBoT]

i have/had one
its in the garage, i lived in a house without gas for a while and had to get an electric

there really isn't any difference in terms of using it, you turn it on the same/it dries the clothes about the same

it just hooks up different

 

[Harvey]

Gas rules for cooking and drying.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Could you tell a diff in your utility bill when you switched?

 

[mastertech01]

It depends on the GAS pricing, sometimes the price rockets up there, but on average its a lot cheaper to use GAS. I have used natural gas dryers for about 25 years personally. I used electric when I was a young married and the difference going to gas was about 10-20 dollars a month, depending on how many children you have and the number of loads done each week. Ill put it this way.. the gas dryer will pay for itself before it wears out..long before it wears out. I retired my last one after 15 years and it was still going strong and never had to do a single repair (Maytag). Its sitting in the Garage right now waiting for my younger daughter to get her own place.. it will server her well too..

 

[Fritzo]

Also, gas dries with a moist heat, so your clothes won't be as wrinkled when they come out

 

[Pliablemoose]

Thanks all, off to write another one of those big checks

 

[mastertech01]

Just make sure you have Gas line access to run it. Many homes are all electric, or many rentals have rules against use of GAS. It is something that should be installed by a professional.

 

[PsychoAndy]

dont forget, you'll need a flue/vent for the exhaust gases

 

[Pliablemoose]

I'll need to drop a gas line from the attic, venting is a snap, I pit in straight ductwork when I moved in.

 

[silverpig]

We have a gas stove, furnace, and dryer. It rocks when the power goes out cause we can still eat and be warm

 

[Ornery]

If you really want to see awesome dryer performance, get a washer that wrings the clothes almost dry before they go in the dryer: Maytag's $1,300.00 Neptune, Frigidaire's $ 662.00 Front Loader or the one I bought, Fisher & Paykel's $700.00 Top Loader, "America's most energy efficient washer!" It spins more water out than any other consumer grade washer. Here's the rest of them.

The gas is cheaper to operate, but more expensive initially. You also can't optionally vent into the living space, like you can with electric.

 

[pac1085]

We've been running a gas drier for a few years and its been running great. Cheaper than electric too.

We have a gas stove, furnace, and dryer. It rocks when the power goes out cause we can still eat and be warm

doesnt the furnace and dryer need electric to start etc?

 

[Ornery]

Good point ICSVortex. This is how I deal with that:

• VENT-FREE GAS LOGS

This is where I finally found the best bottom line price for gas logs. Great outfit with great prices!

 

[LiLRiceBoi]

I own one...err.. my parents own one. Works fine.

 

[Jason Clark]

We have the Maytag Neptune here and it rocks, we use gas for cooking,heating and drying. Gas dryers are definitely more effective than electric, dries faster and costs less in the long run.

Ensure your dryer vent is rated for gas dryer heat, as they get hotter than electric and the vented air needs to go through a gas rated vent.

ICS, yep the furnace fan is always electric so without power you would still get cold.

 

[Stallion]

We have a neptune as well. The gas dryer will dry in about the same time as it takes to wash them so they(wash&dryer) are both done at about the same time so your not waiting for the dryer to finish before you can do another load.

 

[silverpig]

think: huddled around the gas stove with hot chocolate

 

[silverpig]

Actually, we just bought all new appliances, and our new stove requires electricity for normal operation. It's gas, but it doesn't use a pilot light. It just makes a small spark at the burner when you turn the gas on. We could still use it in a power outage though, we'd just have to manually light the gas with a match or something.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Am going to get a rebadged Frigidaire @ Sears (Kenmore brand) Frigidaire, and the matching gas drier, I like the flat top of the model, and plan on building a cabinet around them, with some shelves for clothes...

Sears is giving 10% off if you use the Sears card, and no interest till 10-02.

I love the Neptune & the Kenmore Elite series, just can't justify 2X the price.

Tile on the floors & new wall oven are next on the list

 

[mastertech01]

I have the Neptunes as well now, and they sure are great.

 

[Pepsi90919]

i thought kenmore was whirlpool.