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Subject: Washer and Dryer on at same time?
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: scotttygett-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 27 Jan 2005 10:21 PST
Expires: 26 Feb 2005 10:21 PST
Question ID: 464322
My mom for years has said that if one has the washing machine on, one
can't also have the dryer on, and I wondered if this was based on
something electrical or what? I dutifully lose hours this way, and my
sister says it's bogus.
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Subject: Re: Washer and Dryer on at same time?
From: howtogamble_net-ga on 27 Jan 2005 10:28 PST
 
I use both at the same time, no problem.
Subject: Re: Washer and Dryer on at same time?
From: pinkfreud-ga on 27 Jan 2005 10:48 PST
 
Mothers' advice is often correct on household subjects, but this time
I think you may have caught Mom passing along a myth.

An electric dryer is generally on a separate electrical circuit from
the washer, so I can't imagine that there could be a problem in
running both appliances simultaneously. When I had an electric dryer,
I ran it at the same time as the washer, and nothing catastrophic
happened.
Subject: Re: Washer and Dryer on at same time?
From: pinkfreud-ga on 27 Jan 2005 10:54 PST
 
Update: 

Apparently some stacked washer/dryer units use only one electrical
circuit, and in some cases you may not be able to run both devices
simultaneously. Here's a forum post about such an arrangement:

"If your stacked W/D plugs into a big dryer outlet, you have the 240V
model (240V and 220V are used interchangably, as are 120V and 110V). A
240V/30A dryer circuit can supply enough power to run both the washer
and dryer at the same time, so yours doesn't have the W or D selection
switch. The 'regular' (120V) outlet is presumably there to power a
separate 120V washer if you wanted to use a stackable 120V washer and
240V dryer. Some brands of 24"w stackable laundry machines are
designed so that both the washer and dryer run off of 240V power but
draw only 15 amps (or less), and thus both can be run off the existing
240V 30-amp dryer outlet. This is done either by having the washer
plug into the dryer and the dryer into the wall outlet, or via an
2-into-1 adapter box."

http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:RV7UlRaTIFgJ:ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/laundry/msg1222515229009.html
Subject: Re: Washer and Dryer on at same time?
From: mikomoro-ga on 27 Jan 2005 10:56 PST
 
This depends on the circuit and what else there is on it.

It may be that your mom is speaking from experience.

However, it is not a general rule.
Subject: Re: Washer and Dryer on at same time?
From: lostpost-ga on 27 Jan 2005 12:07 PST
 
There is a discussion on this on the IEE forum - see
http://www.iee.org/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=205&threadid=4254
Subject: Re: Washer and Dryer on at same time?
From: david1977-ga on 27 Jan 2005 13:34 PST
 
It could be electrical if it is all running off the same box then you
could end up blowing a fuse. I remeber when I was  kid you couldn't
run the dryer at the same time you ran the air conditioner.
Subject: Re: Washer and Dryer on at same time?
From: nkamom-ga on 28 Jan 2005 00:24 PST
 
And my ma tells me to wait 2 minutes before opening the microwave door
after nuking food.
Subject: Re: Washer and Dryer on at same time?
From: scotttygett-ga on 09 Feb 2005 18:53 PST
 
Lostpost's IEE page looks like a good answer except that the page is
configured so that I cannot access the info, but as far as I can tell,
Pinkfreud is the only answerer here.

If Pinkfreud can browse that page to give me a smidgin' more depth for
the $10, that would be ideal. The washer and dryer are side-by-side,
one 220, the other 110, which I hear is typical. When questions get
this stale in my experience I have to ask them again...

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