Winter electricity usage

[MrsCerebus]

I have a slight predicament. We are soon a family of 5, one of them a newborn, and it is winter. WET WEATHER - hard to get any shape of laundry dry, unless you use the tumble dryer. I used it this morning to dry one load of washing, and it used 6 units of prepaid electricity. Our average usage without said dryer is about 10-15 units a day, depending on how much I use the oven, and this is included about 2 hours of having the geyser on. Which makes our monthly usage about R450. Which for me feels fair. This is probably someone everyone has a problem with right now. Hanging the laundry in the house, means wet laundry for a few days, sometimes it starts smelling, and with us living right on the beach front, means even more dampness. Any suggestions, or does one just budget and extra R200 for electricity?

 

[Sl8er]

In my younger days as a bachelor -with limited space - I'd hang the washing up in-doors and then put the fan on it. This worked pretty well. Didn't get that rank smell either. On the rare occasion I would, of course, use the tumble dryer, but the fan thing worked out pretty well...for me at least.
Hope you find a solution that works for you

 

[MrsCerebus]

Mmm, never thought of that, and the fan does not use much electricity...let me try that...thanks! Any ideas for me is worthwhile!

 

[Sl8er]

Mmm, never thought of that, and the fan does not use much electricity...let me try that...thanks! Any ideas for me is worthwhile!

No problem.

 

[bromster]

Urgh! Winter tariffs are ludicrous up in Jozi if you are in a complex. My 2 bed 80m² flat, sharing with a colleague, geyser mostly off, no tumble drier, no electric heating other than an electric blanket. R1000 some months. At least with a humidity of 0.00057%, the washing dries very quickly.

Can't wait to build my own kitchen ---> GAS FTW!

 

[ToxicBunny]

What is this winter thing you talk of?

Its a lovely day here, sunny and warm.

 

[MrsCerebus]

We are experiencing very cold weather. Said to be 11 degrees today 90% rain, tomorrow even colder. Seems like we are in for a cold winter!

 

[zizo911]

How about getting a Dri Buddy for the baby's clothing

 

[MrsCerebus]

How much electricity does the Dri Buddy consume? Any ideas..?

 

[ajax]

Echo the washing and fan.
If you leave the washing on a rack overnight with a fan blowing right on it you can dry it overnight. Much cheaper than a tumble dryer.

 

[zizo911]

Not that much, but it just take a bit long to dry. Like jeans take four hours

 

[froot]

We are experiencing very cold weather. Said to be 11 degrees today 90% rain, tomorrow even colder. Seems like we are in for a cold winter!

Hopefully winter pops up here too.
Where it would hit -6/-7 in the mornings, it's 7/8 at 7am... it's way warmer [compared to the same time] than last year.