Like many others, Britain’s Tina Foster (48) is struggling with high electricity prices.
Now she shares a little “power hack” that saves her huge sums, reports South West News Service (SWNS).
Foster bought an electric clothesline. Now this is the only thing he uses to dry clothes.
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On average, it costs her NOK 20 an hour to use the dryer, she says. The electric clothesline costs only two crowns per hour.
That means it will save thousands this winter, according to SWNS.
ELECTRIC: In Norway, electric clothes drying racks are sold by Biltema, Elkjøp and Power. This is being sold by Biltema for NOK 699. Photo: Biltema
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In this country, electric clothes dryers are sold by, among others, Power, Biltema and Elkjøp.
Tina Foster bought her stand for around NOK 1,600 and is completely convinced that it was worth it.
– We will make the money in a few months, he says.
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Foster works as a health care worker and says he saves money in any way he can.
– As a health worker, I have a low salary. We had to cancel all luxury items, like Netflix and Spotify, so we could save money on rising costs, she says.
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Foster says her clothesline takes about three hours to dry clothes and that it costs her six crowns to dry the laundry.
If she had used the dryer, it would have cost her over NOK 40 per load of laundry that should have been dried.
As an added bonus, the stand also heats the room it is in, at home in Bognor Regis in the south of England.
– It’s completely unbelievable. I can keep it on for five hours and it costs next to nothing, she says.
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I had to use the savings
Tina Foster is in full house renovation business, which means heating costs are a big concern for her and her family.
– We live in an old house and it’s cold! We had to use what little savings we had to buy twelve rolls of insulation, she says.
The 48-year-old says she is very satisfied with the electric clothesline.
– I think we will save incredible sums, he concludes.
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NOTE: Despite the abnormally high electricity prices in Norway, we are still lower than in the UK. Therefore, the savings will not be that high.
In The dryer consumes approximately 2.4 kilowatt hours per revolution. Today’s electricity price in eastern Norway, which is NOK 2.21 per kWh, means that it costs around NOK 5.30 per dry.
The formula is the consumption in kilowatt hours multiplied by the price per kilowatt hour.
Electricity consumption varies from product to product, but to be taken Biltemas as an example. It is 220 watts and will consume 0.66 kWt within 3 hours.
Hence, NOK 2.21 per 0.66 kWh, which then becomes NOK 1.45.
There is still some savings, but the savings are not as high as in the UK.
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