Tumble dryer with heat pump: advantages and disadvantages
Tumble dryers with a heat pump are practical household appliances and many do not want to do without their dryer. However, with ever increasing electricity prices, you should critically check all household appliances for their electricity consumption. Most older tumble dryers do relatively poorly - The solution should be dryers with a heat pump.
This is how the dryers work
Similar to the incandescent lamps, most of the energy in conventional condenser dryers is wasted in the room. With the newer technology with heat pumps, however, a large proportion of the exhaust air is still used for the drying process. The moisture in the exhaust air condenses on the cold part of the heat pump, while the supply air is heated on the hot part.
The advantages of the heat pump
The big advantage of the tumble dryer with heat pump is clearly your low power consumption. It is about 50 percent less than that of simple condensation dryers.
- This also reduces the electricity costs for the heat pump dryer by up to 50 percent.
- The laundry is significantly less stressed during the drying process - this increases the useful life.
The disadvantages of the new dryer generation
- The drying time takes a little longer, depending on the model and drum filling, the drying cycle can be two to three hours.
- Tumble dryers are still more expensive.
That costs the heat pump dryer
- According to the Stiftung Warentest, a load of dry laundry with a dryer with a heat pump costs around 40 cents, whereas with a simple condenser dryer you have to expect around one euro.
- The price of course also depends on the energy efficiency class of the respective household appliance.
- In July 2013, Stiftung Warentest again tested twelve tumble dryers with heat pumps. You can find the test here.
- In addition, Amazon, for example, is ideal for a small price comparison.
We will tell you here how to properly dispose of your old dryer.