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WCDT: Filler fun week (Dec 24th - 28th, 2018)
DSL:
Re: Apartment buildings with shared or nonexistent laundry facilities:
There's also the issue of laundry machines requiring special high-voltage power connections, and water feed and drain lines. Not all apartment buildings, particularly older or converted ones, have those, or are owned by landlords able or willing to make the building changes necessary to accommodate them.
I lived in four different apartments in one small town. The first two were converted single-family residences and the rent was cheap; the price for that was no laundry room in the building, let alone my unit. The third building had a room with one shared washer and one shared dryer for five units. Depending on the mix of tenants (which changed a lot) it was easier/less risky to just go a few blocks to a coin laundry. Then I moved to an apartment which had hookups for my own laundry machines. Damn, that was nice.
Akima:
"There's also the issue of laundry machines requiring special high-voltage power connections"
Is that a thing? If so, is it in countries which use the 110v standard for mains power (which obviously requires roughly double the current to deliver a given amount of power that 220-240v systems do)? In Australia (230v nominal voltage), we can run washing-machines off the normal 10A outlets without problems.
Pennepasta:
--- Quote from: Akima on 26 Dec 2018, 19:10 ---"There's also the issue of laundry machines requiring special high-voltage power connections"
Is that a thing? If so, is it in countries which use the 110v standard for mains power (which obviously requires roughly double the current to deliver a given amount of power that 220-240v systems do)? In Australia (230v nominal voltage), we can run washing-machines off the normal 10A outlets without problems.
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Struck me as odd, too. In the UK, and washing machines are standard three pin plugs. Plumbing it in is also a tiny job, if it's near a boiler, where they can take the intake pipe from. Was literally a case of the plumber forking off the cold water pipe, drilling a hole in the wall, and running a pipe through and down to the drain below. I know the UK does have more legislation about what can be in a bathroom, electricals-wise (basically just a shaver socket at 110), than the US, so not too surprising to be different here - also, not sure if the earthed plug makes a safety change there.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Akima on 26 Dec 2018, 19:10 ---"There's also the issue of laundry machines requiring special high-voltage power connections"
Is that a thing? If so, is it in countries which use the 110v standard for mains power (which obviously requires roughly double the current to deliver a given amount of power that 220-240v systems do)? In Australia (230v nominal voltage), we can run washing-machines off the normal 10A outlets without problems.
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US washing machines are 110-120v. Dryers are the power suckers at 220-240v.
BenRG:
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Melon is so wonderfully other in her perceptions and in how the universe works in her head. She's like a breath of fresh air in so many ways!
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