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Gas or Electric clothes dryer?

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i voted electric for no real reason. i had a gas heater on my roof but no other gas appliances. when that sucker died i replaced it with a trane electric unit and had the gas line capped off. i thought i told them to turn on the gas. actually, i did tell them to turn off the gas. i got bills every summer for almost 50 bucks for gas use when the meter didnt move. once it was capped off, they still charged me for gas i didnt use for a few months. i argued with them every month about it, telling them that they came out and capped the gas line so how was i accruing charges for used gas? if there was a leak it was their fault, but the meter read the same on their bill each month. finally got that fixed and retro credited. they came out last month and yanked my meter and gas lines out of my yard. i cant go gas now if i wanted to lol. it may be cheaper, but the hassle that came with, along with the extra fees make it not worth it for me.
 
i vote for electric. not bedcause its better but because the cost of gas is sopposed to be 3 times what it was last year. i would guess that gas is going to be more then electric for running stuff.
 
Gas. Anything that you can get that uses gas is preferable. The biggest difference though is a gas water heater, stove, and oven. If the power ever goes out in the winter, having a gas water heater is a godsend, and being able to cook is wonderful as well.

I have always preferred gas appliances.

ZV
 
Gas dryers actually use very little gas. During the summer months between my gas water heater and dryer my bill comes out to under $10 (about 7 therms). Which isn't much. An electric dryer on the other hand uses a lot of electricity. When I moved from my apartment with an electric dryer to a house with a gas dryer, even with the outside lights and all that, my electricity bill went DOWN and didn't go back up until I started using the air conditioner (at which point the extra 600 square feet other points caused it to go up). My brother in law has a 100 gallon propane tank for his gas dryer (note: make sure it's jetted for your type of gas) and he rarely has to fill it up.

Gas dryer and water heaters own electric.

For heating your house, there's electric options which can trump gas, such as heat pumps and that sort of thing. But resistive electric heaters just suck.
 
Originally posted by: waggy
i vote for electric. not bedcause its better but because the cost of gas is sopposed to be 3 times what it was last year. i would guess that gas is going to be more then electric for running stuff.
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Yeah, doing laundry for a full family, my electric bill can get as low as $80-100 in the dead of winter, but the gas bill can go as high as $275... only seen the electric bill go that high once in summer (when the gas bill is $35-40), and I'd rather not see the gas bill go any higher.
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Gas. Anything that you can get that uses gas is preferable. The biggest difference though is a gas water heater, stove, and oven. If the power ever goes out in the winter, having a gas water heater is a godsend, and being able to cook is wonderful as well.

I have always preferred gas appliances.

ZV
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If the power goes out, you won't be able to use your oven, unless it's an old pilot-ignition unit.
 
Gas, chances are that it'll actually be cleaner (while still being cheaper) than the equivalent amount of electricity. Coal power is just that disgusting.

If you live on the West coast, there isn't as much coal power out there, if my understanding is correct. Bah, I just hate coal power
 
Curious how gas dries faster when gas produces tremendous amounts of water vapor. it's like trying to dry something with humid hot air.
 
Man this thread is full of oil/gas apologists.

Sad that America learns nothing

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The gas dryer is better (as Rubycon pointed out)
Otherwise, around where I live, gas is not cheap, but a gas dryer is less expensive to use than electric.
 
Originally posted by: JC
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Gas. Anything that you can get that uses gas is preferable. The biggest difference though is a gas water heater, stove, and oven. If the power ever goes out in the winter, having a gas water heater is a godsend, and being able to cook is wonderful as well.

I have always preferred gas appliances.

ZV
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If the power goes out, you won't be able to use your oven, unless it's an old pilot-ignition unit.
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Or you light it with a match. It really is that simple. What kind of idiot doesn't keep a box of matches in the house?

ZV
 
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Man this thread is full of oil/gas apologists.

Sad that America learns nothing

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Oh for fvck's sake Dave. Not everyone likes to live crammed in on top of other people in the city. If you live in a rural area there will be times when you're without electricity for several days. When those times come, having gas appliances is a godsend. A basic generator can supply enough electricity for the fan of a gas heater or the tumbler of a gas drier, but it takes a much heavier generator to run electric appliances.

The reality is that electricity is just not as reliable in areas where it's worth living. When the electricity went down for 5 days a couple winters ago, everyone I knew with electric appliances was jealous of my gas water heater.

ZV
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: JC
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Gas. Anything that you can get that uses gas is preferable. The biggest difference though is a gas water heater, stove, and oven. If the power ever goes out in the winter, having a gas water heater is a godsend, and being able to cook is wonderful as well.

I have always preferred gas appliances.

ZV
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If the power goes out, you won't be able to use your oven, unless it's an old pilot-ignition unit.
Click to expand...

Or you light it with a match. It really is that simple. What kind of idiot doesn't keep a box of matches in the house?

ZV
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I don't.
But I have a zippo with plenty of butane as well as a half a dozen cheapo lighters 🙂
 
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: JC
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Gas. Anything that you can get that uses gas is preferable. The biggest difference though is a gas water heater, stove, and oven. If the power ever goes out in the winter, having a gas water heater is a godsend, and being able to cook is wonderful as well.

I have always preferred gas appliances.

ZV
Click to expand...

If the power goes out, you won't be able to use your oven, unless it's an old pilot-ignition unit.
Click to expand...

Or you light it with a match. It really is that simple. What kind of idiot doesn't keep a box of matches in the house?

ZV
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I don't.
But I have a zippo with plenty of butane as well as a half a dozen cheapo lighters 🙂
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Bah, same thing. 😛

ZV
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: JC
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Gas. Anything that you can get that uses gas is preferable. The biggest difference though is a gas water heater, stove, and oven. If the power ever goes out in the winter, having a gas water heater is a godsend, and being able to cook is wonderful as well.

I have always preferred gas appliances.

ZV
Click to expand...

If the power goes out, you won't be able to use your oven, unless it's an old pilot-ignition unit.
Click to expand...

Or you light it with a match. It really is that simple. What kind of idiot doesn't keep a box of matches in the house?

ZV
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No.

On an oven with a glow ignitor (like 98% of gas ovens), the ignitor has to be powered and glowing hot before the gas valve will open. When you shut off the oven, you shut off the ignitor, and it allows the gas valve to close.

You can light the top burners with a match, but not the oven.
 
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