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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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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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