Financial expert Martin Lewis has shared a simple trick to dry your clothes for just a few pence - and it doesn't require any heating.
With the cost of living having soared over the past year, many households are looking to use the central heating more sparingly.
Thankfully, Martin shared a simple clothes-drying alternative on the most recent episode of his podcast, explaining that you would be better off with a dehumidifier.
Aside from the up-front cost - or the 'initial capital outlay' as Martin calls it - a dehumidifier will cost you just 7p an hour, reports Examiner Live.
The consumer champion explained: "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 7p so you're going to pay roughly 7p 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."
Martin noted that this equation could also be used to work out the costs of other electrical appliances, such as air fryers and microwaves.
Energy bills are currently capped with an average household paying £2,500 per year. However, this is expected to rise to £3,000 in April of 2023.
The cap is on usage per kilowatt, so if you use more than an average household, your bill may be higher than the capped amount
Do you have a dehumidifier? Let us know what you think about it in the comments below.
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