Martin Lewis has praised an alternative to using the tumble dryer and it costs around 7p an hour to use.
The Money Saving Expert founder shared a hack which could save households hundreds of pounds amid the cost of living crisis. Energy prices have never been higher, and the tumble dryer uses a lot of electricity to dry clothes.
According to analysis by uSwitch, a household that dries two loads of washing a week in an average tumble dryer will run up a £106 a year energy bill.
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In his latest episode of The Martin Lewis Podcast, the popular TV expert has revealed an approach to drying wet clothes for just 7p an an hour, the Mirror reports. And here's no need to switch the central heating on or run a dryer, a very welcome tip when energy bills are so high.
Martin has suggested people should invest in a dehumidifier as the amount of kilowatt's per hour it uses is "generally far, far cheaper" than putting the heating on He explained that so long as you factor in the cost of purchasing one in the first place, having a dehumidifier will guarantee families lower electricity bills.
He said: “Many dehumidifiers have different wattages, the one I checked out was 200 watts (w). Once we know it’s 200w and we know a kilowatt (kw) is 1,000w, which is how electricity tends to be priced, we know this is a fifth of a kilowatt.
“And you pay roughly 34p per kw per hour. A fifth is 7p so you’re going to pay roughly 7p per hour to run a dehumidifier at 200w assuming it uses full power the whole time. Which is generally far, far cheaper than putting the heating on.
“If a dehumidifier does work for you it will definitely have lower electricity bills but of course you do have the initial capital outlay of buying a dehumidifier and see how that works for you.”
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