It's the first time I own a dryer.
When I poured out the water it has collected (a few liters per run) I quickly tested the EC and pH and found out, that it is almost identical to the one made by my reverse osmosis filter!
No wonder, since the dryer is basically just a big distillation machine.
Thats super neat. It will save me a lot of work filtering tap water.
I will collect it from now on and use it for watering my plants.
Why does it matter?
Plants really don't like tap water. Even in a country like mine, where no chlorine/ fluoride/ whatever is added, the dissolved minerals cause trouble. They will build up over time and make nutrients unavailable, even if you adjust the pH.
The buildup and nutrient lockout will harm the plants a lot in the long term, and you will have way more trouble checking and correcting EC and pH.
I'm also in Canada. Moved into an apartment and the dryer here is a condensor type. First time I had even seen one
It fucking sucks and takes twice as long to dry things
but it's using much less energy as it's keeping the heat inside the house
Yeah no, it has to be on 2x as long everytime I use it. I don't give a shit if it uses more energy if that means I can spend 3 hours doing laundry and not 6.
Any savings are lost when the machine has to be on and working for twice as long
I have the feeling that you have a shit dryer 😅
It's not supposed to take that long, is it a heat pump?