What is the power of the clothes dryer in kW?

Many residents of apartment buildings refuse to start dryers due to their high power. Allegedly, they put a heavy load on the network, which is fraught with unpleasant consequences. How valid this point of view is and what the actual power of the dryer is, we will consider in the article.

Power of popular dryers

If you go to a household appliance store and directly ask a sales specialist at what power the drying machines operate, he will almost certainly answer that the figure never rises above 4 kW. And this is true, the average power of dryers is even less: 1.5-2.3 kW. We suggest taking a look at the most popular models available on the shelves of large chain supermarkets and studying the power at which they all operate.

• Dryer Kandy CS C10DBGX-07. The cost of the unit on Yandex.Market is a little more than $260. Maximum load 10 kg. Ventilation drying type. Drying class C, energy efficiency class B. Model power 2.3 kW. The unit's rating is 4.7 based on 37 reviews.
• Weissgauff WD 6148 D dryer. A machine costing just under $300 with a condensation type of drying. You can load a maximum of 8 kg of laundry. Drying and energy efficiency classes - B. Power 2.7 kW. Rated 4.7 on Yandex.Market based on 83 reviews.
• Dryer Beko DF 7412 GA. Unit with condensation drying type. The cost is slightly higher than $310. The maximum drum load is 7 kg. Drying class A, energy efficiency class – A+. Power is only 0.9 kW. Rated 4.6 based on 88 reviews.
• Dryer Bosch WTM83201OE. Cost about $350. The maximum permissible load is 8 kg. Energy efficiency class B.Unit power 2.8 kW. Condensation drying type. Rated 4.6 based on 40 reviews.
• Dryer Bosch WTH83001OE. The machine costs $430. With condensation drying type and energy efficiency class A+. The maximum drum load is 8 kg. The unit operates at a power of only 0.6 kW. Based on 42 reviews, it has a rating of 4.7.
• Dryer Electrolux EW8HR458B. Its cost is just under $540. Condensation drying type. The drum can load up to 8 kg of laundry. Drying class is B, and energy efficiency class is A++. The power of the machine is 0.9 kW. Rated 4.7 based on 47 reviews.
• Dryer Bosch WTH85201OE. The cost of the car is just under $600. Drying type – condensation. Drying class is B, and energy efficiency class is A++. Maximum load 8 kg. The power of the unit is 0.625 kW. Rated 4.8 based on 12 reviews.
• Dryer Bosch WTG86401OE. The cost of the car is just under $420. Drying type – condensation. Energy efficiency class – B. Maximum load 9 kg. The power of the unit is 2.8 kW. Rated 4.7 based on 12 reviews.
• Dryer Electrolux EW6CR428W. The cost of the car is just under $400. Drying type – condensation. Energy efficiency class – B. Maximum load 8 kg. The power of the unit is 2.25 kW. Rated 4.8 based on 47 reviews.
• Dryer Schaub Lorenz SLR F2721. The cost of the car is about $430. Drying type – condensation. Energy efficiency class – B. Maximum load 7 kg. The power of the unit is 2.7 kW. Rated 4.7 based on 2 reviews.

In general, the power of the most popular models does not exceed 3 kW. At the same time, some units operate at very low levels, barely exceeding 0.5 kW.

Do dryers use a lot of energy?

Touching upon the topic of electricity consumption by household appliances, one cannot help but recall energy efficiency classes. They once ranged from A to C, with A being the best and C being the worst.

Attention! Now class A has long ceased to be a leader; more advanced models have energy efficiency classes A+, A++ or even A+++. Class C is no longer found on the modern market.

The process of development of household appliances does not stand still, and for sure many more energy efficiency classes will appear, and then it may be necessary to add more advantages to A or even change the entire system of measurement and gradation.

To summarize what has been said very briefly, we can say that the closer the letter is to the beginning of the alphabet and the more pluses after it, if we are talking about the letter A, the more economical your machine will be in terms of electricity consumption.

In user manuals, manufacturers often even indicate specifically how much energy will be spent on a particular drying program. Sometimes even the average electricity consumption for a year of operation is already calculated in the instructions for the machine, so the user only has to carefully study the manual.

If we look at a sample of dryers from point 1, we can calculate that out of 10 units, 6 have energy efficiency class B, 2 have A+ and 2 have A++. Regularity: most of them have energy efficiency class B, which is generally a rather low indicator - such units really consume quite a lot of energy. At the same time, it is quite logical that the higher the energy efficiency class, all other things being equal, the more expensive the dryer will be.

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