White Knight ECO83AS Gas Tumble Dryer - Silver

The White Knight ECO83A gas tumble dryer is manufactured in the UK by Crosslee. It's White Knight's top of the range model, featuring a large 7Kg capacity drum, reverse tumble action, automatic sensor drying with six dryness levels, two heat setings and an anti-crease function. The ECO83A is available in both white and silver finishes. This is the silver version.

If you're addicted to tumble drying, the ECO83A gas tumble dryer can slash your drying bills by as much as 70%. You'll need to have it installed to a suitable natural gas supply by a registered Gas Safe engineer and vented to an external wall. Most White Knight tumble dryers sold in the UK are delivered direct from the manufacturer in around 10-14 days, but you may find one or two suppliers who carry their own stock.

Features:

7kg capacity (cotton)
3kW / 10,000 Btu
Reverse action
Moisture sensing - 6 levels of dryness available plus 2 timed 30 minute 'freshen up' programs
2 heat settings
Gas lit indicator neon
Anti crease function
Load dry neon (flashes when anti crease is on)
Rear venting, flexible hose supplied
Safety interlock
Final cool tumble
Reversible door
C.E. marked
Low noise level
Dimensions: 57cm deep x 59.6cm wide x 85cm high

60% Lower Annual Running Cost

We all know that guilty feeling when we shove another load of washing into the tumble dryer. It’s such a waste of energy when it could often be line-dried instead with just a bit more organisation, but with the busy lives we lead today it’s so much easier to just pop it in the dryer. Did you know that at today’s electricity prices, it costs about 40p to dry a load of washing in a standard electric tumble dryer? In a gas tumble dryer, the same load would only cost about 12p to dry.

It’s estimated that 60% of households now have a tumble dryer, but only 0.5% of those are gas heated. Why is this? If you snoop around and read a few online user reviews of gas tumble dryers, you’ll find that most of those buyers are on their second or third appliance, so they must be really pleased with them. Unfortunately, there are a few obvious logistical reasons why after more than 30 years, gas tumble dryers are still so unusual to find amongst households in the UK.

You’ll need a suitable gas supply
Gas tumble dryers need to be professionally installed
Gas tumble dryers must be externally vented
Gas tumble dryers cost more to buy than ‘C’ rated electric ones

So, if your old tumble dryer gives up the ghost it’s far easier to just go out and pick up another electric one and fit it yourself, but if you’ve never heard of gas tumble dryers you don’t even have the option of having one fitted anyway.

Well now you do know, so plan ahead and think about how you might be able to accommodate a gas tumble dryer in your kitchen or utility room next time around. If you’re in a die-hard tumble drying household, you might even want to consider making plans to switch to gas sooner rather than later and take advantage of those great savings. The savings will always be there because the cost of gas is and always has been so much cheaper than electricity.