20-07-2015, 09:41 AM
(20-07-2015, 09:18 AM)Eeyore Wrote:(20-07-2015, 09:08 AM)Toms306 Wrote: It's surprising how much things use though, even things you don't think about that are always on... Smoke alarm 2watts, oven clock 3watts, etc!
And of course just 1watt constantly works out to about 9kWh over a year... About a pound per watt at idle...
how have you worked out what your smoke alarm is using? Ours are all battery powered.
It's a hard wired smoke alarm, probably has to be for insurance in rented places, like having fire extinguisers etc.
(20-07-2015, 09:19 AM)bigcheez2k3 Wrote: I don't pay the bill but I've been interested how much we do use. I just turn stuff off when I'm finished.
Missus is useless at doing that, despite me explaining it would be cheaper for her and her housemates if they turned lights off and actually used energy saving ones.
Energy saving bulbs ftw tbh, 60 watts of light from just 11 watts of power is pretty cool imo.
I got some at just 75p in a clearance bin as well as had conventional ones left here when I moved in. I've been trying to find an energy saving tube for the kitchen though, it seems they don't make them though I know tubes are slightly more efficient anyway. Probably the biggest thing I found out since using the energy monitor is that the TV uses almost the same power whether displaying a bright moving picture or not. So listening to the radio via freeview was using around 50watts instead of the ~5watts the DAB stereo uses! Small DAB radio in the kitchen only uses 1watt even!
I do also turn off PC, Xbox and laptop and phone chargers at the plug when not in use, only tend to use them on the off peak electric as well which works out roughly half price of the normal rate.
