>> It's about as unlikely that a dryer would be affected by a momentarily jittery power signal as an elephant would notice stepping on a cracked peanut shell.
The dryer may not care but a strained power grid suddenly having significant load reduced as the modified appliances reduce their power usage would.
>> As for dryers automatically shutting down the heating element, it makes sense to do so to conserve energy anyway. You wouldn't leave your car engine running all night just to keep the seats warm for when you wake up the next day.
I think it's refering to when it's actually running drying cloths... I doubt dryers are that wasteful when not in use.
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>> It's about as unlikely that a dryer would be affected by a momentarily jittery power signal as an elephant would notice stepping on a cracked peanut shell.
The dryer may not care but a strained power grid suddenly having significant load reduced as the modified appliances reduce their power usage would.
>> As for dryers automatically shutting down the heating element, it makes sense to do so to conserve energy anyway. You wouldn't leave your car engine running all night just to keep the seats warm for when you wake up the next day.
I think it's refering to when it's actually running drying cloths... I doubt dryers are that wasteful when not in use.