| These days, what with the economy being what it is, | | | | would try to improve on that by loading my four tennis |
| all thoughtful people are doing everything they can to | | | | balls with my wash and a prayer to the drying gods, |
| cut costs and expenses and to save on their energy | | | | and then letting it run for forty minutes, in hope of |
| bills. I say good for them, and may they keep up the | | | | saving ten minutes per load. No luck. Still damp. |
| good work; heck, our future and our very planet | | | | Phooey! |
| depend on it. | | | | Then I tried forty-five minutes, figuring I might still shave |
| The question has been making the rounds about | | | | five minutes of electricity per load. This time it |
| whether putting some tennis balls in your dryer | | | | worked! Five minutes per load will be a tremendous |
| helps your loads dry faster and removes static cling | | | | savings over a year's time. Just think of the energy |
| from your laundry. I put my trusty dryer and four | | | | savings possible for the whole developed world! |
| tennis balls to the acid test. | | | | Oh, and about the static cling . . . it works on that too, |
| My situation was that if I put an average load of my | | | | except for the occasional nylon item. |
| clothes in to dry for the usual fifty minutes, the | | | | Check with your manufacturer before trying this! |
| clothes would still be damp after that time, and I would | | | | Do drop in at the author's homepage just to say hello. |
| have to dry them for about ten more minutes. I | | | | |