Comments on: Save 10% electricity with 1 simple step http://littlegreenblog.com/green-technology/energy-saving/save-10-electricity-with-1-simple-step/ natural health, wellness and caring for the environment Tue, 22 May 2012 18:37:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 hourly 1 By: Mrs Green http://littlegreenblog.com/green-technology/energy-saving/save-10-electricity-with-1-simple-step/comment-page-1/#comment-3211 Mrs Green Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:07:56 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/?p=2751#comment-3211 @<a href="#comment-3207" rel="nofollow">rewinn</a>: Hi Rewinn, good to see you again. We drape our bedsheets over the banister and they dry really well on there. Try the hooks and let me know if your indoor lines work for you! @rewinn: Hi Rewinn, good to see you again. We drape our bedsheets over the banister and they dry really well on there. Try the hooks and let me know if your indoor lines work for you!

]]> By: rewinn http://littlegreenblog.com/green-technology/energy-saving/save-10-electricity-with-1-simple-step/comment-page-1/#comment-3207 rewinn Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:35:45 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/?p=2751#comment-3207 I *love* the idea of putting a couple of hooks in the living room for overnight drying of sheets! Definitely will try it - sheets have been the big problem for us! We've been drying indoors on a couple of standing racks plus a "Pressa" from IKEA - it looks like a plastic octopus with 16 clips on the arms, and a hook on its head for hanging from whatever - it's cute and worth the investment for the entertainment alone! I *love* the idea of putting a couple of hooks in the living room for overnight drying of sheets! Definitely will try it - sheets have been the big problem for us! We’ve been drying indoors on a couple of standing racks plus a “Pressa” from IKEA - it looks like a plastic octopus with 16 clips on the arms, and a hook on its head for hanging from whatever - it’s cute and worth the investment for the entertainment alone!

]]> By: Mrs Green http://littlegreenblog.com/green-technology/energy-saving/save-10-electricity-with-1-simple-step/comment-page-1/#comment-3197 Mrs Green Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:35:25 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/?p=2751#comment-3197 @<a href="#comment-3174" rel="nofollow">Small Footprints</a>: Ahhhh, I think I remember you commenting before about not being allowed to use lines and I can see how drying in a bathroom might not work; it wouldn't work in ours either as it's an old coal house, so pretty cold in there! I'm not sure about the water usage of my machine. On a 'half load' I'm not sure if it uses half the water; I'd need to check my manual for that. Well I hope you find a solution. Bearing in mind heat rises, I guess you'd need some kind of pulley that gets the clothes as close to the ceiling as possible - do you have a stairwell; that would be ideal... @Small Footprints: Ahhhh, I think I remember you commenting before about not being allowed to use lines and I can see how drying in a bathroom might not work; it wouldn’t work in ours either as it’s an old coal house, so pretty cold in there! I’m not sure about the water usage of my machine. On a ‘half load’ I’m not sure if it uses half the water; I’d need to check my manual for that. Well I hope you find a solution. Bearing in mind heat rises, I guess you’d need some kind of pulley that gets the clothes as close to the ceiling as possible - do you have a stairwell; that would be ideal…

]]> By: Small Footprints http://littlegreenblog.com/green-technology/energy-saving/save-10-electricity-with-1-simple-step/comment-page-1/#comment-3174 Small Footprints Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:48:58 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/?p=2751#comment-3174 One of the unfortunate things about living in an apartment (well, this apartment) is that the management doesn't allow us to put up clothing lines outside ... and they don't provide any for us. We also aren't allowed to put a drying rack on our patio. So any line drying has to be done indoors which is tricky in a small space. I've tried drying things in the bathroom but our weather doesn't cooperate and it seems to take days to get things dry. I'm going to keep investigating this one, though ... there's got to be a way. :-) Usually, all the Eco-experts say to only wash full loads of clothes ... but I would guess that they are assuming we use dryers. So I wonder what the difference is between washing several small loads then using a clothes line and a large load using the dryer. Hm ... interesting. Also, do you find that you use less water by washing smaller loads more often? Thanks, Mrs. Green! One of the unfortunate things about living in an apartment (well, this apartment) is that the management doesn’t allow us to put up clothing lines outside … and they don’t provide any for us. We also aren’t allowed to put a drying rack on our patio. So any line drying has to be done indoors which is tricky in a small space. I’ve tried drying things in the bathroom but our weather doesn’t cooperate and it seems to take days to get things dry. I’m going to keep investigating this one, though … there’s got to be a way. :-)

Usually, all the Eco-experts say to only wash full loads of clothes … but I would guess that they are assuming we use dryers. So I wonder what the difference is between washing several small loads then using a clothes line and a large load using the dryer. Hm … interesting. Also, do you find that you use less water by washing smaller loads more often?

Thanks, Mrs. Green!

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