Thread: Front load dryer struggles

Originally Posted by 32t

Much of it is proably a different climate. Our basement is high humidity in the summer but then you can dry outside. With the furnace down there in the winter it is very dry and we need to add any humidity to the air as we can.

We have had many days recently with high temps of less than 18'C. This week we should have a couple of days above 0'C.

As your location is not given, I can only guess. Tonight, the forecast here is for -14 degrees C, the low relative humidity in January generally reflecting this pegging to around 25 per cent, followed by skyrocketing numbers in both respects during the summer. All the same, drying the clothes upstairs is the most balanced approach for us year round, not wanting to scorch our clothes near the fire in the basement in winter or when rain falls during late spring, summer, and early fall when the heat is off (this leading to excessive humidity and what I wrote pertaining to an exercise in futility).