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May 6, 2010 by Chris

Solar clothes dryer broken!

Over the last couple of weeks the clothes hung on the line have not been drying very well. More often than not the clothes are wetter when we pull them off the line than when they went on!
In despair we switched back to the electric dryer for a couple of loads only to discover that the drive belt is loose (needs to be replaced every couple of years) and it wont dry the clothes either.
The sun has been out yesterday and this morning so we’ve frantically hung three loads of laundry …
What is it with laundry anyway? Doesn’t it ever end?

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Comments

  1. Zac Helmberger says

    June 1, 2010 at 12:21 am

    Tell me more about your solar clothes dryer! How does it work?

  2. Sandra says

    June 1, 2010 at 11:23 am

    The sun shines, the clothes dry…pretty much all there is to it! When it rains, it all breaks 🙁

  3. marc says

    June 1, 2010 at 7:10 pm

    Laundry is like email, it never ends.

Sandra and Chris

Welcome to our homesteading adventure in south central BC, Canada! In 2009 we started building an earthship in Darfield. We moved in three and a half years later. Now that the biggest jobs are finished we are having fun homesteading in a modern world. Join us for discussions about finishing the earthship, food preservation, beekeeping, livestock, permaculture and how we interact with technology. It's all about simple living and stewardship of the land without deprivation. Together with our three teenagers we're learning as we go.

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