washer/dryer

[old_guy]

I read here some years ago that you should only do laundry while in the CG not while driving down the road. no explanation for this and it has bugged me for years. anyone have an answer for me?

[Bill_Satellite]

myface wrote:
I had Splendide (washer/dryer combo) and took forever to dry laundry. Unless I am hook up to power and water, I will not use it.

It sounds like you had the version that uses condensation instead of heat which is exhausted to the outside. Those do take forever to do a bad job in the end. The ones with vented heated drying do a very good job as long as you don't stuff it too full.

[mike_brez]

I use mine for shoe storage

[myface]

I had Splendide (washer/dryer combo) and took forever to dry laundry. Unless I am hook up to power and water, I will not use it.

[Two_Jayhawks]

Not really an option with us unless a load is already started before slides come in. In travel mode the W/D becomes very hard to get to. Regardless I wouldn't be a fan of laundry while traveling. When we RV we typically aint that busy.

[ksg5000]

As long as you have enough water and gray water tank capacity I don't see a issue. They have had laundry machines on sailboats for a long time so I don't see movement as an issue.

[Bill_Satellite]

The Splendide washer can use as little as 9 gallons for a wash. If you add extended wash or rinse cycles it can use up to 16. We have almost never used either of these so the wash cycle is not a big water user.

[Ivylog]

No reason not to, especially if you are going from CG to CG, even with small tanks. Uses 20 gallons and a out of balance load on the spin cycle will put more force on it than any bump.

[PNW_Steve]

I have two rigs with washer and dryer.

I found them fairly useless unless I had full hookups. The water and waste tankage were a severe limitation. Doing a modest amount of laundry DOUBLED our water consumption.

I do a lot of boondocking. That makes the frugal consumption of water and power is necessary. So, laundry in the RV is not very practical for me.

Just my $0.02 🙂

[ScottG]

I didn't post in the other thread but I would not hesitate.
And I'd run if off an inverter to do so.

[way2roll]

There was a post 3 days ago on this very subject.



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[js218]

Use mine all the time rolling down the road.

[CA_Traveler]

Should be OK.

But my thoughts. Mechanical device bouncing down the road with a load of water and clothes? Probably not designed for that environment. Long gen run times unless you have an inverter in which case more alternator output required. Uses a lot of water. Is someone going to be checking it while moving?

[K_Charles]

I don't have on but I bet it would work fine if you didn't fill the gray tank or run out of water. How much water do you use for a load?

[2oldman]

..ahh, too many snappy answers.