Saving energy - turning things off at the plug

gromituk

Turn it off if you haven't set any timer recordings.

penrhyn

If its consumption is 17 watts then the cost of running for the year without will only be about £11.50, less if you have economy 7.
You'd be far better advised to concentrate on reducing your use of major consumers of electricity/gas. Heating , cooking , water heating etc.
I assume all you light fittings have low energy bulbs fitted.

Wig

penrhyn wrote:

If its consumption is 17 watts then the cost of running for the year without will only be about £11.50, less if you have economy 7.
You'd be far better advised to concentrate on reducing your use of major consumers of electricity/gas. Heating , cooking , water heating etc.
I assume all you light fittings have low energy bulbs fitted.

That's more electricity than I use in a month!

penrhyn

Wig wrote:

That's more electricity than I use in a month!

Pray tell Wig, whats your secret?

Wig

Gas cooker, gas heating,
and a minimalist lifestyle (and energy bulbs) (and an efficient Bosch fridge-freezer which is currently 5 years old and no worries.)

Cardew

Wig wrote:

a minimalist lifestyle

With a computer and the internet? How extravagant;)

Testee

I read somewhere that turning off your PC monitor could save you up to £30 in electricity costs per year which I thought was a scary amount of money. Another good reason for turning off the PC and not leaving it to sleep is what happened to us last month - a big storm in the early hours of the morning that blew out the router, the PC was only saved by the power surge lead I had it plugged into!

gromituk

I'm dubious about those power surge protector things - it's just as likely the PC happened by chance to survive. PC power supplies have built-in surge protectors.

arkonite_babe

I received some environmental info with my bill from NIE (Northern Ireland Electricity)

The typical costs of appliances left on standby in the home are as follows:
Microwave £7.00
Cooker £5.00
TV £5.00
Video £5.00
Mobile phone charger £ 6.00
Cordless phone £8.00
Answer Machine £8.00
Stereo System £10.00
Washing Machine £2.00
PC £10.00
Printer£ 15.00
PC Speakers £5.00

Total £86.00

:eek:

gromituk

I hope there were some explanatory notes with this: microwaves and cookers without clocks will take no power at all when not operating. Washing machines without electronic controls take no power once they finish their cycle.