By Keith Flamer If your home has a gas clothes dryer, you’re in the minority. Electric models dominate the category, with an 81 percent market share, according to OpenBrand, a market research ...

Electric clothes dryers are the most popular choice among consumers, and they consistently set the standard for quality in CR’s tests. Many of our top-rated electric dryers are from LG, thanks in part ...

Clothes dryers tumble and emit heat for as ... Per unit, electric dryers consume about 782 kilowatt hours each year while gas dryers use about 2.28 million Btu a year, according to DOE data.

For the dryer, you need either gas or — in the US — a special 220 ... That causes water in the clothes to evaporate into the air. The heat pump dryer then uses a second loop to cool the ...

Clothes dryers and washers accounted for about 4% of ... Many chemicals and substances like oil, gas, and some cleaning agents can catch fire when exposed to high levels of heat.