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On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:53:05 +0100 James Fidell <james@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Neil Williams wrote: > > > I have a meter too but I only notice any significant issues when the > > microwave is in use. Every other appliance rarely changes the meter by > > more than 0.1 - often less than 0.05. > > You don't have a dishwasher, washing machine or tumble drier? In a bachelor pad? Do you really think those get more usage than the microwave? > Or even > an oven, come to that. Gas. > Any decent electric oven is going to suck 3kW or > there abouts. (Obviously there are some strange people who prefer gas > ovens, and I could be tempted by a gas tumble drier, but I've really > struggled to find an intelligently designed power-conscious dishwasher > or washing machine yet. Even power-hungry appliances become invisible when used rarely enough. I've a lawn-mower too but that doesn't register on the overall electricity usage. > Ah, but what you really want is all sorts of other clever stuff, too. > Occupancy sensors No. >, "follow-me audio" No, I value silence. >, daylight-sensitive lighting Umm, light switches? > and > more. The irritating (for me) thing is that all the individual bits > required to achieve more environmentally conscious (and, in fact, more > generally better-controlled) power consumption in a house already exist, > but there's no easy way to pull the whole lot together at anything > approaching reasonable consumer-level pricing. Well most people "pull the whole lot together" by getting up off the sofa and pressing things with their fingers. :-) -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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