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| Thread ID: 93182 | 2008-09-06 20:49:00 | Saving power - what to switch off ? | Digby (677) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 703002 | 2008-09-07 02:15:00 | Stop using your drier. Don't use the dishwasher. Don't use dehumidifers. Don't use electric heating. Turn lights off when you leave a room. Turn off all appliances, PCs, monitors, TVs, DVDs, instead of leaving them in standby. Electrically heated water would account for a huge percentage of your power bill. You could could look at turning your thermostat back a couple of degrees and possibly not even notice the difference. A minute less in the shower helps too. (I'm as guilty as anybody with that one :) but at least I am aware that I will be paying for it.) Even well insulated cylinders cool faster in colder conditions. An electric frypan could still cook your Sunday roast, and other things, but use far fewer units to do the same job. Some people have an aversion to using a microwave..for most things, I'm not one of them. Don't boil any more water in your kettle than what you actually need for your coffee/tea. If you don't have a choice about electric heating, and lot's come into that category, make sure it's thermostatically controlled and doors are closed. Double glazing helps a lot there, as does adequate insulation. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 703003 | 2008-09-07 02:44:00 | Everybody forgets their refrigerators and freezers . Keeping things cold takes more energy that making heat . There could be exceptions if your NZ home isn't insulated . Cost-wise . . . if you store meat or whatever in a freezer more than 30 days, you've paid for it all over again . Many people won't consider upgrading to a newer refrigerator . . . the older ones suck electrons in great quantity . But . . . by NO MEANS LET THE BEER GET WARM!!!!! :drool |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 703004 | 2008-09-07 03:57:00 | Everybody forgets their refrigerators and freezers . Keeping things cold takes more energy that making heat . There could be exceptions if your NZ home isn't insulated . Cost-wise . . . if you store meat or whatever in a freezer more than 30 days, you've paid for it all over again . Many people won't consider upgrading to a newer refrigerator . . . the older ones suck electrons in great quantity . But . . . by NO MEANS LET THE BEER GET WARM!!!!! :drool Don't need fridges to keep beer cold at this time of the year here, Joe!! Not yet, anyway . Good point though . Do this test . Take your power bill (doesn't have to be the bill, can be any piece of paper, but the bill adds significance) . Open fridge or freezer door or lid . Place bill at opening and close door/lid . If you can pull bill out easily, then your seals aren't doing their job . Old beer fridges or old freezers are often the cause of "why is my power bill so high?" Dare I add, so are teenagers who open fridge doors and stand looking for ages, in the hope that someone has filled it with something for them? |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 703005 | 2008-09-07 04:02:00 | the older ones suck electrons in great quantity Energy of the electrons in great quantity :banana |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 703006 | 2008-09-07 05:59:00 | Energy of the electrons in great quantity It was a euphemism for the excretory word: suck |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 703007 | 2008-09-07 08:43:00 | During most nights these days I still have to turn my heater on. My house doesn't have that insulating pink-batts thingie. At nights my room can be as cold as 10 degrees without the heater on. But on the bright side, those who breeds children as a business and prisoners are nice and warm where they are! More blankets, another duvet works wonders, we never have heating in the bedrooms ever. Ice has been known to form inside our windows but with plenty of bedding we are still warm and toasty and don't keep the electric blanket on all night as some people do causes fires |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 703008 | 2008-09-07 09:03:00 | But...by NO MEANS LET THE BEER GET WARM!!!!! :drool KeyYrickey Joe! You had me worried for a moment there!:punk |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 703009 | 2008-09-07 11:03:00 | qazwsxokmijn, 10deg, that is luxury temperature, coldest mornings here in ChCh I have ice on the inside of my window glass up to half of the pane until mid-morning. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 703010 | 2008-09-07 11:53:00 | Gimme a break, I came from a hot country! :p Granted, I love cold much more than I do hot. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 703011 | 2008-09-07 12:14:00 | I come from hot country as well, grew up in Northern Rhodesia which became Zambia, almost on the Equator for 20 years. | zqwerty (97) | ||
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