Many years I had a Kenmore stackable on my Californian 45 with the dryer wired to 220 and it worked great. In a message dated 12/18/2008 8:25:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Ralph@AlphaCompServices.com writes: I have a close friend who works at Viking yachts, who some of you might know is a top quality and expense sport fishing boat manufacturer. In a tour of their factory once, I notice they were using Kenmore washer and dryers so I asked why would they choose a middle-quality washer dryer and not something more "top of the line". His answer was simple: Kenmore parts are available world-wide and hence become an excellent choice for their boats that travel all over the world. Ken - I liked your explanation of why the combo washer/dryer units do not work as well as the seperate dryer. R,. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Bloomfield" <khtb@bellsouth.net> To: "Phil Bolin" <pwbolin@verizon.net> Cc: <great-loop@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 8:08 PM Subject: Re: GL: Boating with Washer and Dryer > Hello Phil, > I believe that you will find that the standard stackable washer and > dryer is vastly better than the combo non-vented type. I have this > setup, and my boating buddy has the other (an Italian made system) on > his boat and it is next door to useless. It apparently relies on a > condensate system to remove water from the air and hence the clothes, > but it seems to take forever to dry. I believe that it is simply the > venting as much as anything that makes the standard so-called apartment > washer/dryer work better. It is certainly a lot less expensive as > well. While the heat is of course less than a 240 VAC system, the > tumbling and the air blown through are good and contribute much to the > drying process. My boat has only an 8 kW Onan generator as well, and is > set up with two "legs" of 120 VAC. Essentially air-conditioning is on > one leg (I have 4 units but can run only 3 at a time), and everything > else on the other leg. When I use the washer and dryer at the same > time, I can only run one air unit or the load is too great for the > generator. I am OK at dock, as the boat is wired for 50 amp/240 VAC, so > I have essentially two 50 amp legs there. My units are simple Kenmore > units put in by the PO, and they work very nicely. > Cheers, > Ken Bloomfield > MTOA 2062 > 50' MT Tellico Lady >> >> 1) Is the 110 vented dryer with larger drum (2.6 to 3.5 cu. Feet) really >> better than the combo non vented one? >> 2) Do full time live aboards (anchor a lot) really need a w/d that works >> well? >> 3) Regular 3.6 cu ft dryers are 23.75 inches and my access to spaces that >> will hold same is 23.5 inches. Has anyone had experience taking dryer >> apart >> to move around inside boat? Is it easy? Other choice is taking framing >> off >> door. > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/great-loop _______________________________________________ http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/great-loop **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)