Appliance for drying laundry

A method of drying laundry in a laundry drying appliance comprising a cabinet, a laundry treatment chamber inside the cabinet, a drying air recirculation path for causing recirculation of the drying air into/out from the laundry treatment chamber, the drying air recirculation path being at least partly external to the laundry treatment chamber, a drying air moisture condensing and heating system located in the drying air recirculation path for dehydrating the drying air leaving the laundry treatment chamber and heating the dehydrated drying air before it re-enters into the laundry treatment chamber, wherein said drying air moisture condensing and heating system comprises a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger of a heat pump, and further comprising drying air propeller inside the drying air recirculation path and a Joule-effect drying air heater, downstream the second heat exchanger, energizable for contributing to the heating of the drying air,

• the method comprising:
• selecting a laundry drying cycle to be executed according to a user selection made through a drying cycle selector of a user interface of the appliance;
• enabling the user to impart to the appliance an energization command to energize the Joule-effect drying air heater through a command input means of the user interface distinct from said laundry treatment cycle selector;
• starting the execution of the laundry drying cycle upon receiving from the user a start command inputted by the user through a start input means of the user interface;
• after said starting the execution of the laundry drying cycle, energizing said Joule-effect drying air heater if, before receiving said start command, the energization command to energize the Joule-effect drying air heater has been imparted by the user, so that the activation of the Joule-effect drying air heater is not systematical but instead decided by user by input of said energization command.