CuppaJoe
Moderator Emeritus
In 1970 a friend gave me a similar tip to use fewer quarters and less drying time in a coin-op dryer which of course gives a set number of minutes rather than sensing moisture. His idea was not to take the load out as soon as the dryer stops but to leave the load in the dryer a few minutes or longer while it is still hot in the dryer..... our clothes dryer senses moisture and automatically adjusts how long it stays on to dry (you can adjust the sensitivity as well). Now the dryer doesn't stay on near as long when drying towels and saves us money on our electric bill.
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Numbers is hard: that's one quarter and ten minutes per load times x number of loads per month times 12 months times 39 years. Math would have to be adjusted considering that those dryers used dimes back then and the newer models use 6-8 minute increments rather than 10, and remember to add the Enron! effect for applicable months.