04-01-2014, 01:55 PM
Hmm, that's interesting, must be another variable I'm missing somewhere! 
My Nans house was exactly the same with mould when we turned off the heating after she moved - it only took a week for all the walls to be black!
Fair enough about the dryer, not sure if they all work the same but our dryer forced heat/air through the condenser plates (which should theoretically remove all moisture) and then blew that air straight out the front....well it couldn't condense quick enough so was basically blowing hot damp air out lol, despite filling the water bottle as well. So we had waste electricity on a dehumidifier as well, was a viscous circle lol.
It's also not throwing away a solid 3kW, that's the idea of a thermostat lol, but it is obviously still a large cost - we do make sure appliances are A rated though, so it's not as bad as it could be I guess.
My Nans house was exactly the same with mould when we turned off the heating after she moved - it only took a week for all the walls to be black!Fair enough about the dryer, not sure if they all work the same but our dryer forced heat/air through the condenser plates (which should theoretically remove all moisture) and then blew that air straight out the front....well it couldn't condense quick enough so was basically blowing hot damp air out lol, despite filling the water bottle as well. So we had waste electricity on a dehumidifier as well, was a viscous circle lol.
It's also not throwing away a solid 3kW, that's the idea of a thermostat lol, but it is obviously still a large cost - we do make sure appliances are A rated though, so it's not as bad as it could be I guess.