Martin Lewis has shared an important message to anyone trying to dry their clothes indoors as temperatures plummet.
The Money Saving Expert issued the advice as temperatures around Edinburgh are set to drop as low as -5C this weekend, with a Met Office warning in place for snow and ice. And with energy bills through the roof, many are keeping their heating off despite the chill.
With cold temperatures and radiators and tumble driers left off, drying washing can be really difficult. But the financial guru has issued a warning that could help people save almost £200 per year.
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Speaking on his podcast, Martin Lewis urged households to consider a dehumidifier a tumble dryer as to dry clothes indoors when it is too cold or wet outdoors.
The expert suggested the appliance, which costs around 7p per hour to run, opposed to putting washing the the dryer, which costs around £1.99 per use on average. The price differences mean that using a dehumidifier 100 times a year instead of a tumble dryer would generate a saving of £191.90, reports MEN.
Explaining the advice on his podcast, the consumer champion said: "Many dehumidifiers have different wattages, the one I checked out was 200 Watts. Once we know it's 200 watts and we know a Kilowatt is 1,000 watts which is how electricity tends to be priced, we know this is a fifth of a kilowatt.
"And you pay roughly 34p per kw per hour. A fifth is seven pence so you're going to pay roughly seven pence per hour to run a dehumidifier at 200 watts assuming it uses full power the whole time, which is generally far far cheaper than putting the heating on. If a dehumidifier does work for you, it will definitely have lower electricity bills, but, of course, you do have the initial capital outlay of buying a dehumidifier and see how that works for you."
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