> I don't need my clothes to dry in the next hour, just over the next 8.
Then why not just hang them up for drying? Zero power consumption and they will dry in eight hours, maybe not under all conditions but under many.
Then why not just hang them up for drying? Zero power consumption and they will dry in eight hours, maybe not under all conditions but under many.
I'd even go a step ahead: dryers ruin clothes.
A bit diff in a humid area, or where the A/C would need to condense the added humidity (if dried indoors), or the furnace would have to counter-act the cooling from evaporation, but HVAC is usually more efficient than the dryer.