Re: OT: Saving energy

["Brendan Kidwell-2" <user=1552@nabble.blu.org>]

 On 3/6/08, Ben Eisenbraun <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 10:25:51AM -0500, Ben Holland wrote: 
> > Shouldn't it use the same? 
> 
> I suspect the easiest way to test this is empirically.  Take your white 
> and colored loads, dry them separately and measure the time for separate 
> drying.  Then wet the exact same loads and dry them together. 
> 
> The shorter time is probably your more energy efficient method, provided 
> your dryer is doing tricky things with internal temperatures that might 
> affect gas/electricity usage. 
>