Power Measuring Meter on sale

1carminestocky

Cardew wrote: »

Totally agree!

My Sky+ is 14W and I use it on Sky Multi room. Costs me more than the total standby for the rest of the house - about £9 a year.

I fear the extra 5w on mine may be due to the 160gb HDD I slapped in it some time ago.

I'm more than a little tempted to get one of these (my plugs are in a VERY inaccessible place!)

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=222869&C=Maplin&U=SearchTop&T=4%20way%20extension%20remote&doy=2m7

Phlik

Cardew wrote: »

Agree with the 1.7kWh but that prices electricity at 26p for a kWh.:eek:

I think a more realistic figure for that TV left on standby 24/7 for the whole year would be 17p!

So you could save up and buy a chocolate bar every 3 years with the savings.

In my defence I was too lazy to check what I was paying per unit, so just agreed with the 44p

I think my media centre will be running about 250-300w, bit more than your sky systems :eek:

Phlik

u109230

kittie wrote: »

I do not think it is useful for a fridge or freezer because they should operate within safe temperature limitations eg between 2 and 6 degrees for a fridge. I used a fridge/freezer thermometer yesterday and have been able to fine tune my fridge to an internal 6 degree thermostat setting, which in actual fact gave me a temperature ranging between 6.3 and 7.6 but mostly at the lower end. It had previously been set at thermostat 4 so I am saving a little energy here

See Cardew's post #9 for my reason that it IS useful for fridges & freezers. How efficiently are the appliances keeping the food at the safe temperatures?

[Deleted User]

chicken, egg and capital costing come to mind re fridge/freezer

Craftyscholar

kittie wrote: »

I have been using a very similar meter for the past few weeks and have been able to physically see exactly how much I was spending on various cooking methods. This has enabled me to change tack somewhat, without any lowering of standards ie I still do a lot of baking and full meals from scratch but I no longer use my electric oven. For this alone, the meter is invaluable

The meter sounds like a good idea but how did you use it to check cooking methods?
Neither my oven or hob are plugged in, in fact I thought ovens had to be whatever the correct term is for 'the power cable is connected into the socket'

u109230

kittie wrote: »

chicken, egg and capital costing come to mind re fridge/freezer

Very true & everyone's circumstances are different based on their energy tariffs, the number of appliances they use & the ages/efficiencies of those appliances.

Shouldn't running a cost justification process based on appliance efficiencies & pay back time to replace these with more modern & efficient equivalents really supercede any fine adjustment tweaks of moving a setting from x to y?

[Deleted User]

re fridge/freezer I would do these things in a specific order u109230

first de-frost and clean the door seals to optimise energy efficiency

then check the running temperature and you could perhaps turn the thermostat up to save a bit of money. It must be between 2 and 8. Mine is running between 6.4 and 7.4

only then compare with the estimated costs of buying and running a new fridge

crafyscholar re the oven and hob. I have a gas hob so could not get any definite energy calcs but I do know that I use energy efficient pans, which are wider than the rings and there is still a great deal of energy around the outside of that area ie wasted heat

re the electric oven: the max energy usage is 4 kwh and I made some estimates in previous posts on various thread but probably this one
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=997575

My personal conclusion is that it is far cheaper for me to a) use my pressure cooker on my little induction hob b) use my steamer to the max eg full with veg, fish, rice and sauce c) use my standard remoska for baking eg crumble, cake, flapjacks and also for casseroles d) use my breadmaker for bread. all those appliances use approximately 4-6 pence worth of energy per use.

another example: yesterday I made a lovely thick soup containing lots of veg and some beans in the pressure cooker. Enough for 6 days, so I have frozen some. The total cost was about 5p

and I just heard on the news that our electricity costs in s wales are 10% higher than elsewhere :mad:

1carminestocky

Anyone any experience with microwave combis? Am definitely thinking of getting one as we have late teens sons (2 of the blighters!) and they often come in and cook themselves something in the leccy double oven (normally at different times) and I've realised it's costing a ruddy fortune! I would imagine a microwave combi works out cheaper to run? Any good with pizzas? TIA!

amcluesent

In my house, 'her indoors' costs the most to keep running ;-)

trish06

amcluesent wrote: »

In my house, 'her indoors' costs the most to keep running ;-)

HeHe
that cheared me up :beer: