Consumer guru Martin Lewis is urging people to consider using a dehumidifier to help dry clothes inside your home.
As temperatures drop across the UK, many people are worried about putting their heating on as energy bills continue to rise. However, Martin Lewis says there's a way to dry clothes that could save people almost £200 a year.
On his podcast, Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis suggested trying a dehumidifier, which costs approximately seven pence an hour to run compared to a tumble dryer, which would cost £1.99 per use. If someone used a dehumidifier 100 times a year, instead of a tumble dryer, this would save them £191.90 a year.
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The financial journalist said: "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 seven pence so you're going to pay roughly seven pence 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."
Ofgem estimates the typical household in Britain uses 2,900 kWh of electricity and 12,000 kWh of gas in a year. While energy bills are currently capped with the average household paying £2,500 per year, people could end up paying more if they use more energy than this, says the Express.
The cap is expected to rise again to £3,000 in April 2023 but householders could claim Government support to help them save thousands on energy bills.
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