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Lstiburek & Carmody in the Moisture
Control Handbook (citing information from Bill Angel and W. Olsen from the U. of
Minnesota) use 4.68 to 6.18 pints/load released from unvented electric
drying. I'm assuming it would also be in this range for air-drying.
I imagine this is affected not only by the washing machine, but by the
clothing. My jeans hold a lot more water than my synthetic athletic
clothes.
If it's for your own washing machine, couldn't you
just wash several loads, getting before and after weights to determine how much
water is left? You could do this with clean clothes to minimize the amount
of dirt weighed in the before measurement.
I remember reading another source with this info,
but I can't seem to locate it among my reference material.
Hope this helps.
Mike
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Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 5:13
PM
Subject: [GBlist] residual laundry
moisture (numbers again)
I need some clarification. I'm trying to
determine how much moisture is left in a load of laundry after washing (in
gallons). Machines are rated by residual moisture efficiency but I'm
unclear what this relates to. For eg. a machine taking 25 gallons per load
with a 50% residual moisture efficiency - does this mean 12.5 gallons of water
left in the load after spinning - seems unlikely
The reason I'm asking this is I'm trying to
determine the indoor drying requirements for a load of laundry - how much
moisture has to be deal with?
please and thank you
John Salmen
TERRAIN EDS
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