Sears Clothes Dryer - Manual (Page 7)

Inergy Saving Ideas
Your dryer is built to work with the greatest efficiency and least cost. These tips
can help you save energy and bring your costs down even more.
• Place your dryer so the exhaust duct is as short and straight as possible. Long ducting
■ and turns can increase drying time, using more energy.
• Clean the lint screen after each load. This gives you the best air flow for most
efficient use.
• If your dryer has Automatic Dry Cycle, use it. It gives the desired dryness in the
shortest time.
• Do not open the dryer door while drying. This lets warm air escape.
• Dry full-size loads. Oversize loads use extra energy, small loads waste energy.
• Dry lightweight and heavy fabrics separately. Drying the same weight fabrics together
gives you more even and efficient drying.
• If you are drying several loads, unload each as soon as it is dry and load the next.
You won’t have to reheat the dryer’s metal prarts.
• Unload the dryer as soon as it stops. This helps reduce wrinkles without using the
special features on some dryers.
• Try to plan to do your laundry on low humidity days. Clothes dry faster.
• Use your dryer during non-peak times as recommended by your local utility company.
• ‘Using cold rinse in your washer saves energy. It means you need more drying time,
but the energy used for drying is less than would be needed to heat rinse water.
If it seems that the dryer is taking longer to dry, it may be because:
• Lint screen is filled.
• Exhaust system is too long, or has a lint build-up.
• Clothes rinsed in cold water need a longer time to dry. See* above.
Dryer is overloaded.
' Dryer is installed in a cold area.
• Today’s new fabrics demand lower heat settings.