{"id":6140,"date":"2010-03-29T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=6140"},"modified":"2010-03-22T11:26:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T17:26:39","slug":"frugal-librarian23-solar-clothes-dryer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/frugal-librarian23-solar-clothes-dryer\/","title":{"rendered":"Frugal Librarian#24: Solar clothes dryer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/frugallibrarian.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1897\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/frugallibrarian-223x300.jpg?resize=152%2C204&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a>Behold, an extensively tested method of laundry technologies, honed over centuries!\u00a0 Anyone will tell you that line-drying your clothes is a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/michaelbluejay.com\/electricity\/howmuch.html\" target=\"_blank\">serious saver<\/a>.<\/strong> It certainly is less convenient than transferring into the dryer, and not appropriate for all lifestyles, however.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pros<\/span>: Free, there are discrete indoor methods, easier on your garments, saves tons of C02 from the atmosphere, dries faster, larger clothing amounts<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cons<\/span>: Not all city aesthetic ordinances support outdoor drying, time spent wrangling those pins<\/p>\n<p>The consensus seems to be, depending on the number of loads you clean and kids living at home, line drying will save you around $150 per year.<br \/>\nThe outdoor season begins in a month or so.\u00a0 After hanging up a couple of baskets in late July, the beginning of the line may already be nearly dry.<\/p>\n<p>An even more green\/cost-effective solution is not doing your laundry at all, but there also may be sanctions in your household against that measure as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behold, an extensively tested method of laundry technologies, honed over centuries!\u00a0 Anyone will tell you that line-drying your clothes is a serious saver. It certainly is less convenient than transferring into the dryer, and not appropriate for all lifestyles, however. Pros: Free, there are discrete indoor methods, easier on your<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/frugal-librarian23-solar-clothes-dryer\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1107,1108,1109,655,370,556,379],"class_list":["post-6140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reference","tag-clotheslines","tag-drying-clothes","tag-eco-concious","tag-energy-saving","tag-frugal","tag-frugality","tag-saving-money"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-1B2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6140"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6146,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6140\/revisions\/6146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}