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  • From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Shaking the grid
  • Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:10:13 EST


> >http://www.humboldt.edu/~ccat/pedalpower/inventions/washer_text.htm
>

Form the site:

"Bart Orlando demonstrates that one person has the power to wash clothes in
a pedal powered Wringer washing machine. The wringer eliminates the spin
dry function, standard on modern washing machines. One person can do 1/3 of a
normal load of laundry in about 30 minutes."

Correct that wringers use less energy than spin dry. But this entry is
quite candid about the work involved. You are going to pedal the machine for
an hour and half (continuously) to do one load of laundry.

Make no mistake that this is a very efficient use of resources. But the
family that does two loads of laundry a day will have someone on that seat
three hours day. Allowing for a break now and again, that's a half time job
just to power the washing machine.

All this changes, of course, if you use less laundry. (Same with using less
electricity).

I've used a manual powered wringer before and believe me if you are washing
jeans, you are going to break into a sweat wringing them even with pedal
power.

Good site.


James</HTML>




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