After the brothers installed a clothes line this summer I was surprised that I could actually see that my electric bill decreased. Now that the weather has turned frosty I was pretty sure I could still use it. The process is that the water in the clothes turns to ice and then sublimates. Temp was in the teens this morning so I ran a test by hanging up a load of wet clothes. Even before I finished, the clothes were freezing hard. Good. Drying conditions were OK - some sun and a nice wind. I had to bring the clothes inside around noon but they were mostly dry by then. If I could have left them longer they would have completely finished. However snow storm warnings had been flashing on TV all morning and the first flakes were beginning to fly. I didn't hang my 'delicates' out on the line. Wasn't sure if the expansion of the water molecules as they turn to ice would affect the fabric so those items I hung inside the house. Anyway will continue to use the clothes line through the winter - at least as long as I can hang things so they aren't draping over a drift of snow.
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