Laundry has always been a subject dear to my heart, although if you didn't candy coat it, you could reasonably call me anal about laundry. That's why it was so satisfying to finally find an efficient way to do laundry here (seepost). And one of the main reasons that I was so keen to untangle …
Tag: Appliances
Non-electric appliances that I love #3
Tea and toast On a chilly morning or a cloudy afternoon, there is nothing more pleasing than tea and toast. In the absence of electric kettles and toasters, this pair does the job very nicely. Growing up, I remember having a copper kettle in the kitchen for much of my early childhood in the US. …
Non-electric appliances that I love #1
The Lehman's hand washer The first thing that I learned when we got our solar electricity up and running was that anything that heats or cools probably required more electricity than we could spare. Our first attempts at refrigeration, using a mini-bar sized 12-volt fridge amply demonstrated the truth of this. Laundry being one of …
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