Middle Tennessee Natural Gas sells quality G.E. and Maytag Natural Gas Clothes Dryers. Contact your local office for sizes and styles available at an affordable installed price!
Advantages:
- Efficient heat source; saves money compared to other fuels.
- Thermostat controls give accurate temperature maintenance.
- Clothes are dry in much less time than with electric models.
- Several sizes available to fit most family needs.
- Many different features offered such as Temperature Settings, End of Cycle Signals, Dryness Monitor, Internal Light, Auto Dry Control, and Reversible Door.
- No heating elements to short, burn out, or replace.
Gas Versus Electric:
Here is a comparison of a gas dryer with a 22,000 BTU per hour burner and an electric dryer with a 5,400 watts (5.4 kW) per hour element. To find the BTU's per hour of the electric dryer, multiply the kWh rating times 3413.
5.4 x 3413 = 18,430 BTU's per hour
NOTE: This comparison can be done for any dryer by following the example and substituting the BTU and/or wattage ratings as shown on the rating plates or in the owner's manual.
Operating Time Comparison:
Let's assume that the gas dryer would dry a given load in sixty minutes. Because the dryer's burner cycles on and off to supply the proper temperature level, the dryer will not be operating at 22,000 BTUs for the whole hour. For this example, assume that the burner operates one half of the time at the full 22,000 BTUs per hour. In other words, the dryer would use 11,000 BTUs to dry the customer's load.
We are comparing an electric dryer with a BTU capability of 18,430 BTUs per hour. The electric dryer will have to supply the same 11,000 BTUs in order to dry the same load. The electric element will not burn continuously, but will cycle on and off similar to the gas dryer. If the electric element is on half of the time and off half of the time, it will be capable of supplying 9,215 BTUs per hour. Based on these assumptions, it will take nearly 72 minutes for the electric load to dry.
- GAS
- 11,000 BTUs/60 minutes=183.333 BTUs per minute
- ELECTRIC
- 9,215 BTUs/60 minutes=153.583 BTUs per minute
11,000 BTUs/153.583 BTUs per minute=71.62 minutes
This means that the electric dryer will require around 20% more time to dry the same load than the gas dryer! Using the same two dryers, the time ratio should be consistent for any size load and any temperature setting. It should always take 20% longer for this electric dryer to dry the same load as the gas dryer.
If the customer dries one load per day at one hour per load, the customer would save approximately 73 hours (more than 3 days) of drying time per year using the gas dryer instead of the electric!
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