Gas Or Electric Washer Dryer

Compare front loading gas and electric dryers from electrolux.

Gas or electric washer dryer.

That s about a 40 a year savings for gas dryers. For a typical family that dries 5 loads of laundry per week the average electric dryer will cost on average 130 per year while the same dryer in gas would cost about 85 per year to operate. Gas dryers use a gas burner fueled by either natural or propane gas to generate heat. Although both electric and gas dryers use electricity to operate electric dryers are powered entirely by electricity.

The main difference between the two has to do with how they heat air to dry your laundry. Installation needs differ between gas and electric dryers. Gas dryers use natural gas or propane to generate heat while electric dryers use metal heating coils powered by electricity. Gas and electric dryers offer comparable performance innovation and convenience and a variety of sizes capacities and styles.

Natural gas and propane gas dryers use a gas burner to create heat but otherwise they operate the same as an electric dryer. Gas dryers run hotter than electric dryers which reduces drying time and costs over time. However not all homes have the hookups to accommodate both gas and electric dryers. There may be a significant difference in energy use over the long run between a gas and electric dryer.

Gas dryers dry loads in about half the time of electric dryers and produce less static cling.