. With heat pumps, you typically get a 3-to-1 bonus in the heat produced vs. the energy expended in the electricity! The benefit achieved depends on the coefficient of performance, which itself depends on the temperature of the lower and upper reservoirs, speaking in an ideal theoretical sense that is covered in a college thermodynamics course.that not only saves space in your laundry room , but also uses a heat pump for the drying cycle to save energy.
That said, I have run several loads, one less than half full, a couple about half full, and a couple ⅔ full. All of these loads ended with good results regarding obtaining a dry load at the end of the cycle. The GE Profile will vary its drying time based on the load size via its ability to sense how dry the load currently is.
During the dry cycle, I took a picture of this power draw. The maximum power draw I noted was 1160 Watts, which at 120 Volts amounts to 9.7 Amps .