After a masterâs in history from the University of Michigan, he entered the UNC Law School in Chapel Hill, where, in 1962, he graduated first in his class of 100 and was the first black chosen editor of the North Carolina Law Review.
I suspect that you are referring to a 110 volt electric dryer (as opposed to a gas dryer which generally IS 110 volts). Electric dryers use a heating element to dry the clothes. These elements are just like a think piece of wire and get really hot so that when the dryer blows air across the wire, the result is warm air. With these types of dryers, the higher the voltage, the lower the current draw. Ohm's law states P=V*I or Power=Volts x Current. Based on that rule, you can attain the same amount of power at 1/2 the current if you double the voltage. For example, to achieve 110 watts of power at 110 volts, the current draw would be 1 amp. 110 watts = 110 volts * 1 amp.
Gas dryers use electricity to run the motor but gas to dry the clothes. Since gas dryers are rated in British Thermal Units, you need to convert the BTUs to therms, which is how the utility company charges for gas. A typical dryer uses between approximately 11,000 BTUs per hour because the gas cycles on and off during the drying time. One therm equals 100,000 BTUs, which means a dryer uses .11 therm per hour. The gas costs roughly $.11 for an hour. Electricity to power the drum uses .15 per ...