DaveinOlyWA
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jjeff said:Yes a 120v electric dryer would take FOREVER to dry anything. Subtracting the motor to spin the clothes would leave you with what, 1200w? left to heat the clothes, less than a modern hairdryerDaveinOlyWA said:Chuy1530 said:The dryer is electric but it plugs into a normal 120V plug.
There are two 30A breakers in the breaker box. I suppose I could flip them and see if it turns off my AC... But the best way for me to know for sure is going to be to go borrow the multimeter.
The good news is I’m having to leave my car unplugged some days just to keep it from getting fully charged since I like to use the e-pedal and regenerative breaking.
interesting. Last time I saw one of those was in a college dorm room. Have never seen one in a house before.
OP, truthfully the best way to see what's what is to do as you thought, flip the breakers and see what goes off, while you could use a VOM the true test is to see what goes off. There isn't anyway your electric dryer could have a 240v part and then a separate plug for 120v that feeds everything other than the dryer heating element? I've never heard of that but then I've never seen a 120v electric dryer, sounds like Dave may have though.
I have seen them although not recently. They do greatly embellish on their claimed drying time but all dryers dry based on air movement, not heat so guessing it simply has a larger fan to go with its smaller heating element. Either way, a load of jeans? Probably not recommended. :lol: