[Greenbuilding] Question about appliances

[Thomas Lewis]

--- Bobbi Chukran <bobbi at bobbichukran.com> wrote:

> >If this means you bought a manual defrost freezer,
> >then you are ahead energy-wise. >
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> No, unfortunately, we ended up with an auto defrost.
>  Not many other 
> choices at Sears.
> 
> >For drying your clothes, the environment would be
> >better off if you hang your clothes out to dry on
> >a clothes line.
> >
> 
> That's not an option here because of the high pollen
> and mold count, 
> and our allergies.  I wish we could.  I do dry some
> things inside on 
> racks, but since the humidity is so high here, they
> take forever to 
> dry.

Maybe you could try drying on the clothes line then
remove the allergens by putting the clothes in the
dryer on tumble with no heat.

I just moved into a home with many of the appliances
in the 15 year old range, with the exception of the
fridge and dishwasher(now a drying rack) which are
more  like 8 years old.  We ultimately decided to keep
everything except the hot water heater and furnace. 
The appliances aren't pretty and probably not too
efficient, but we just couldn't bear to toss things in
working order.  

If you do end up replacing them, may I suggest
freecycle.org instead of disposal.  We gave away an
18year old washer to a very happy young couple.

Tom Lewis
 



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