GL: Boating with Washer and Dryer

[Ralph Yost (home)]

I have a close friend who works at Viking yachts, who some of you might know
is a top quality and expense sport fishing boat manufacturer. In a tour of
their factory once, I notice they were using Kenmore washer and dryers so I
asked why would they choose a middle-quality washer dryer and not something
more "top of the line". His answer was simple: Kenmore parts are available
world-wide and hence become an excellent choice for their boats that travel
all over the world.

Ken - I liked your explanation of why the combo washer/dryer units do not 
work as well as the seperate dryer.
R,.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Bloomfield" <khtb at bellsouth.net>
To: "Phil Bolin" <pwbolin at verizon.net>
Cc: <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: GL: Boating with Washer and Dryer


> Hello Phil,
> I believe that you will find that the standard stackable washer and
> dryer is vastly better than the combo non-vented type.  I have this
> setup, and my boating buddy has the other (an Italian made system) on
> his boat and it is next door to useless.  It apparently relies on a
> condensate system to remove water from the air and hence the clothes,
> but it seems to take forever to dry.  I believe that it is simply the
> venting as much as anything that makes the standard so-called apartment
> washer/dryer work better.  It is certainly a lot less expensive as
> well.  While the heat is of course less than a 240 VAC system, the
> tumbling and the air blown through are good and contribute much to the
> drying process.  My boat has only an 8 kW Onan generator as well, and is
> set up with two "legs" of  120 VAC.  Essentially air-conditioning is on
> one leg (I have 4 units but can run only 3 at a time), and everything
> else on the other leg.  When I use the washer and dryer at the same
> time, I can only run one air unit or the load is too great for the
> generator.  I am OK at dock, as the boat is wired for 50 amp/240 VAC, so
> I have essentially two 50 amp legs there.  My units are simple Kenmore
> units put in by the PO, and they work very nicely.
> Cheers,
> Ken Bloomfield
> MTOA 2062
> 50' MT  Tellico Lady
>>
>> 1) Is the 110 vented dryer with larger drum (2.6 to 3.5 cu. Feet) really
>> better than the combo non vented one?
>> 2) Do full time live aboards (anchor a lot) really need a w/d that works
>> well?
>> 3) Regular 3.6 cu ft dryers are 23.75 inches and my access to spaces that
>> will hold same is 23.5 inches.  Has anyone had experience taking dryer
>> apart
>> to move around inside boat?  Is it easy?  Other choice is taking framing
>> off
>> door.
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