Anyone Have A 120V Dryer?

ron schenker

Saw a 120 Volt dryer the other day. It didn't look very old, so I'm assuming this is not unusual. I just thought all dryers ran at 240V

CE1

Are you sure? It might have been a gas dryer.

Clothes Dryer (Gas) . . . . . . . . . 700 watts average
Clothes Dryer (Electric) . . . . . .5500 watts average

You do the math.

K2

I own a couple of the smaller stackables. They run on 120.

Speedy Petey

I've heard they exist, but have never seen one.

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BIGRED

In high rise condo's in Philly, where the panels are in the hallway's, and are always maxed out, people usually get 120V dryers. I heard from a couple of people that they take forever to dry clothes.

CE1

Are they common in the large cities? I have heard of them being used in Japan but never in the US.

ron schenker

This was not a stackable, but regular size and in the basement. Definetely not gas.

reveivl

I own a 120v stackable dryer, and it takes forever to dry clothes. I think it tumbles them until the water gives up and evaporates because it's so dizzy.

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CE1

Did you check the nameplate? It may of been wired wrong. Ya never know!!

I am thinking the way I would approach the problem so just bare with me here.

I once got a call from a farmer a couple years ago complaining the his milk bulk tank wasn't keeping the milk cold and did not know what was wrong. Well the problem was that he had just bought a new one and hooked up the electrical himself. Only problem was that he had wired for 120 VAC and it should have been wired for 240 VAC. Ya never Know!