Is there a algorithm for calcucating clothes drying on the line ?

dirtychinchilla said:
Same. I'm gradually training her, but my wife is not good at the washing. There's a specific set of rules to stick to for washing clothes. They're simple, and she would rather not stick to them. So I'm the washing expert. She also doesn't like her clothes ironed, which annoys me.
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I had an American live in girlfriend for almost a year in the late seventies, she was useless at using the washing machine and dryer, although I’d often explained the correct procedure very patiently.
Her sister visited once, and said to me, “For an erudite Englishman, (I had to look up erudite), you are so dumb, you really can’t see that she’s screwing up the laundry on purpose to get out of doing it?”
FWIW, she ironed stuff okay, but I ironed my shirts, the woman hasn’t been born that can do them as I like them.
 
Jean-F said:
I had an American live in girlfriend for almost a year in the late seventies, she was useless at using the washing machine and dryer, although I’d often explained the correct procedure very patiently.
Her sister visited once, and said to me, “For an erudite Englishman, (I had to look up erudite), you are so dumb, you really can’t see that she’s screwing up the laundry on purpose to get out of doing it?”
FWIW, she ironed stuff okay, but I ironed my shirts, the woman hasn’t been born that can do them as I like them.
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I thought you were French? I also had to look up erudite. That sounds like a good way to deal with things if it's woman to woman, but for men that feels far too discrete.
 
At the back of me, there was a family that had their washing out for a good 10 days when we had all that rain last month. Why didn't they take the washing in after a day? They were in as saw the lights go on and the man putting some rubbish in the bin.

The washing must have stunk and needed washing again.
 
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Interesting you should mention cancer in this post. Did you know you should be washing (and drying of course)...all clothing you buy new before wearing? They contain all sorts of chemicals to prevent them from going moldy etc while in transit from factory to worldwide stores. One of them being cancer causing (carcinogenic) formaldehyde...otherwise known for being used as embalming fluid
You're welcome ;)
 
Do clothes actually come out any drier in higher rpm machines compared to normal ones?
My washing doesn't feel any drier if it's been on a 1400rpm spin cycle compared to the 800rpm setting, it's just noisier
 
dirtychinchilla said:
I thought you were French? I also had to look up erudite. That sounds like a good way to deal with things if it's woman to woman, but for men that feels far too discrete.
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I was born in England and I’m glad that I live here, but I have a soupçon of French blood from way way back.
I’m very proud of this, and prior to Covid I was often over there visiting distant relatives.
During the recent Euros, although I’d have been happy for England to win it, I flew a tricoleur from my wife’s car aerial, this gave my patriotic in-laws the raving zig, mission accomplished.
 
Reality|Bites said:
Do clothes actually come out any drier in higher rpm machines compared to normal ones?
My washing doesn't feel any drier if it's been on a 1400rpm spin cycle compared to the 800rpm setting, it's just noisier
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Yes. The centrifugal force increases with rpm.
 
Reality|Bites said:
I suppose much like how I feel about having Irish blood in myself huh?
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I wouldn’t denigrate U.K., but I’d be proud to be Irish if I had Irish blood, I’ve never met an Irishman that I didn’t get on with, AND I was working in Ulster in 1974.
 
Jean-F said:
I wouldn’t denigrate U.K., but I’d be proud to be Irish if I had Irish blood, I’ve never met an Irishman that I didn’t get on with, AND I was working in Ulster in 1974.
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I have mixed emotions about spending 6 weeks in Donegal every year as I was the awkward kid, Today I miss it and want to go back.
 
A simple algorithm wouldn't work because of the large number of variables such as air humidity, air temperature, wind velocity, starting moisture content of the fabric, garment size/shape etc etc.

An empirical relationship/model could be generated with a sufficiently large data-set using standard 'design of experiments' approaches. A first principles modelling approach combing CFD with a mass transport model should be inherently doable (with some simplifications), however the time for the solution to converge would likely be longer than the time that your clothes would actually take to dry (given around 100 cores of modern CPU grunt) rendering the usefulness of such an endeavour questionable.
 
rubberduck said:
A simple algorithm wouldn't work because of the large number of variables such as air humidity, air temperature, wind velocity, starting moisture content of the fabric, garment size/shape etc etc.

An empirical relationship/model could be generated with a sufficiently large data-set using standard 'design of experiments' approaches. A first principles modelling approach combing CFD with a mass transport model should be inherently doable (with some simplifications), however the time for the solution to converge would likely be longer than the time that your clothes would actually take to dry (given around 100 cores of modern CPU grunt) rendering the usefulness of such an endeavour questionable.
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If you put some data science machine beneath the drying clothes though, it could help them dry quicker?
 
Jean-F said:
I was born in England and I’m glad that I live here, but I have a soupçon of French blood from way way back.
I’m very proud of this, and prior to Covid I was often over there visiting distant relatives.
During the recent Euros, although I’d have been happy for England to win it, I flew a tricoleur from my wife’s car aerial, this gave my patriotic in-laws the raving zig, mission accomplished.
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Very nice. I'd be proud too. My father is half Belgian, half English, born in Canada. I've always enjoyed the Belgian part because I love the French language, and my grandmother used to speak her outdated French to us when we were children. But the Canadian side has always seemed much more exciting. (not French-Canadian by the way)
 
Rexton said:
Been looking for a pair of decent walking trousers, could you recommend a pair?
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Really can't go wrong with Montane Terra - Comfortable, light weight and durable. Had a few different pairs of Rab, Arc'Teryx and Patagonia but the go to now are always the Terra.
 
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