Did you watch the vid on how to fit the Green Plug?
Section One.......
I just did. Not even a moulded plug!
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I just did. Not even a moulded plug!
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i don't know where they get there figures from
"microwave 35% saving" so we are only talking power on standby as no one removes the food and turns on an empty microwave so we are talking perhaps 1-10w 1w is approximately £1 at 12p a unit over a whole year up to £10 at 10w
an iron will be say 1200w and on a medium heat setting will average say 400w if just left on
now assuming you check on average every 3 to 5 hours thats around 1.5 units or 18p at 12p a unit per use assuming they remember to turn it off every other time and its used 6 times a week thats 50p a week or £26 over the whole year
of course its all assumptions on my part
the actual may be far less or far more only you can tell but it gives you an idea whats involved
but a point to note down lighters with normal bulbs will waste far more power than all your problem items put together
if you have say 10 down lighters with 50w bulbs and they are on for an average 10hrs a day thats 5kw/60p a day or £200 a year or with led equivalent 7p a day or £24 a year
sorry that should be 5kw a day so abouve corrected
"microwave 35% saving" so we are only talking power on standby as no one removes the food and turns on an empty microwave so we are talking perhaps 1-10w 1w is approximately £1 at 12p a unit over a whole year up to £10 at 10w
an iron will be say 1200w and on a medium heat setting will average say 400w if just left on
now assuming you check on average every 3 to 5 hours thats around 1.5 units or 18p at 12p a unit per use assuming they remember to turn it off every other time and its used 6 times a week thats 50p a week or £26 over the whole year
of course its all assumptions on my part
the actual may be far less or far more only you can tell but it gives you an idea whats involved
but a point to note down lighters with normal bulbs will waste far more power than all your problem items put together
if you have say 10 down lighters with 50w bulbs and they are on for an average 10hrs a day thats 5kw/60p a day or £200 a year or with led equivalent 7p a day or £24 a year
sorry that should be 5kw a day so abouve corrected
While I agree with your comments big-all, I think the problem being experienced by the OP was more to do with his better half 'testing' his house insurance policy on a regular basis.
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While I agree with your comments big-all, I think the problem being experienced by the OP was more to do with his better half 'testing' his house insurance policy on a regular basis.[/quote]
yep the other side off the argument you are probably spot on i just enjoy chewing figures
While I agree with your comments big-all, I think the problem being experienced by the OP was more to do with his better half 'testing' his house insurance policy on a regular basis.[/quote]
yep the other side off the argument you are probably spot on i just enjoy chewing figures
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ok sideways thinking
a bright light to draw attention
as in an extension or socket with a table lamp hard wired [and fused as appropriate]
switch on the wall at waist height the only way to turn the socket on and the only way to turn the annoying light off
just a thought
a bright light to draw attention
as in an extension or socket with a table lamp hard wired [and fused as appropriate]
switch on the wall at waist height the only way to turn the socket on and the only way to turn the annoying light off
just a thought
ok sideways thinking
a bright light to draw attention
as in an extension or socket with a table lamp hard wired [and fused as appropriate]
switch on the wall at waist height the only way to turn the socket on and the only way to turn the annoying light off
just a thought
i did this with the iron and she turned the light off because i was treating her like a child!!!WOMEN i just sent her to bed early and docked her pocket moneyok sideways thinking
a bright light to draw attention
as in an extension or socket with a table lamp hard wired [and fused as appropriate]
switch on the wall at waist height the only way to turn the socket on and the only way to turn the annoying light off
just a thought
well you have to use a light that doesnt have a switch on it!
They just make them up like all electrical snake-oil salesmen.
The OP wants monitoring/control from a central point. Powerline communications could do this (here is one general link ; there are lots - plus some commercial systems - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_powerline_bus). A DIY version is here - http://www.hoagieshouse.com/RaspberryPi/RCSockets/RCPlug.html
Whether the cost is appropriate I don't know, but at least one UK utility does use such a system to in its ads.
Whether the cost is appropriate I don't know, but at least one UK utility does use such a system to in its ads.
which one?ime with bg at the moment
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