1. Hi to everyone here….. its been almost a week that I’ve been reading all of the informative and helpfull post in this thread( although di naman tuloytuloy - I took the advise of ms. etten and no regrets naman). I am also new here and, at the same time, I am also planning to set up my laundry shop. Hopefully by next month, once I’ve finished all the needed task. I am on the planning stage pa lang, so I need all of the info and help I can get. thanks to all of the very helpful and honest soul like Ms. etten, kuskosbalungos and many others here.
   One question lang po so far, san po makakabili ng gas type na dryer? may terms po ba? kasi wala akong makita sa mga mall puro di-kuryente.
   Ms. etten pwede po pareserve ako ng slot sa seminar mo, kasama po ba kung pano mag dry clean?
   hope to hear from you. many thanks
   -candor the dealer

hi candor,

thank you for your appreciation.

where are you located? coz here in manila, there are supposed to be available gas dryers in all malls.(automatic center, abenson, ansons, sm appliance..) or you might have mistaken the dryer to run on gas/lpg alone without electric…
when we say kasi electric dryer, there’s no lpg tank attached to it. just electric, that provides the heat and at the same time makes the drum roll. unlike if we say gas dryer, the heat is provided by the lpg, but still electricity provides the power to make the drum roll. i hope na-imagine mo what i meant..

sure i’ll reserve a slot for you..

-monette-

Hi Candor and welcome to this message thread. Ms. Etten is right about the difference between the electric and gas dryer. Also most, if not all, of the branded commercial dryers have electric and gas dryers in their product line. I just bought one gas dryer from American Home (same US manufacturer/dealer/distributor? of Speed Queen but different distributors in the Philippines).

When you select a gas dryer, please find out the voltage requirement. Some of the gas dryers being sold are on 110 volts while others are already on 220-240 volts. The ones on 110 volts are being sold at a lower price because you have to buy a step-down transformer, which costs around PhP2,000-3,000 in either ACE Hardware or Handyman. Perhaps some of the laundry shop operators here can share their experience with the use of these dryers running on different voltages.

Regarding terms, a few weeks ago SM ran an appliance fair where most of the distributors of washing/dryers participated and offered 0% and 6-months to pay terms. The sales agent of Speed Queen in SM told me that they’re also planning to offer similar terms in the next few weeks. The sales agent of Whirlpool in Automatic Center also informed me of an appliance fair in Market! Market! but I don’t when that will take place.

Ms. Etten, can you also reserve a slot for me in your seminar. I need to validate some of the on-the-job learnings I got from the past three months of managing a laundry business with your best practices.

Thanks.
-blueknight-