This is another
the average use at the end of drying cycle is right down, I have found it takes a lot longer to dry than wash, so can wait until it has started to do the mark/space ratio before setting off another wash.
Yes I remember the twin tub with the mangle, so the clothes were nearly dry before they even went into the spin dryer, and by time they went on the line, did not have tumble dryer back then, they only needed finishing off.
My first vented tumble dryer did not need the hole in the same place as next one, so the hose had a couple of bends, at 2 kw it would trip out, so used on 1 kw setting, so still not a massive load.
We also had a top loader where the drum was horizontal and we opened a section of the drum.
Oddly the first washing machine around 1954 Bendix was a front loader, and bolted down to the floor, at that time special soap for washing machines was unknown, so often a miss calculation caused bubbles to spurt out of the top.
But the twin tub was dragged out to centre of floor, so no hot meals that day, the room was either a wash room or a kitchen not both at the same time, today we have a utility room, which I suppose even two up two down homes had, with the out houses, only difference is I don't need to go outside.
But most machines have a plate saying how much power they use, what they don't say is for how long, and today the washing machines use less water at a lower temperature so the time when heating the water is short, only washer/dryers use a lot of power, really they should have a dedicated circuit, most dryers you can select 1 or 2 kW and we found 60 minutes with 1 kw and 90 minutes at 2 kw so always use 1 kw setting.
PS was there any twin tube which was not top loading?