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DUTR

Well on Saturday I had one of the devices delivered and duly connected it up etc.
Right now I'm using 4p/hr (401 Watts), however I'm hard pushed to see much below 200W , using about 70p per day in electric, which is still less than the monthly DD , obviously the fridge has to stay on, but I can't see much in the way of reducing the daily usage primarily of the items on standby.
Any tips?

penrhyn

These devices are extremely inaccurate below around 250 watts.
You will probably find that its overestimating at this sort of level.

victor2

As penrhyn says, these devices are not terribly accurate, but they do give you a guide to when power is being used and roughly what level it is being used at. My house usually sits between 100 and 200W, excluding the fridge/freezer. You could try switching off items individually to see what difference it makes. But if you add up things that are permanently on, you'll soon reach 100W. Things like your broadband router and/or modem, alarm system (if you have one), freeview boxes etc. can use several watts each. Modern TVs on standby often use around 1 watt or less, so unless you have an older TV, I wouldn't worry too much about that.
If you really want to test items seperately, consider getting one of those monitors that plugs into a socket and then the device being measured plugs into that. You can get them from ebay for around £12 and maybe less.

DUTR

penrhyn wrote: »

These devices are extremely inaccurate below around 250 watts.
You will probably find that its overestimating at this sort of level.

victor2 wrote: »

As penrhyn says, these devices are not terribly accurate, but they do give you a guide to when power is being used and roughly what level it is being used at. My house usually sits between 100 and 200W, excluding the fridge/freezer. You could try switching off items individually to see what difference it makes. But if you add up things that are permanently on, you'll soon reach 100W. Things like your broadband router and/or modem, alarm system (if you have one), freeview boxes etc. can use several watts each. Modern TVs on standby often use around 1 watt or less, so unless you have an older TV, I wouldn't worry too much about that.
If you really want to test items seperately, consider getting one of those monitors that plugs into a socket and then the device being measured plugs into that. You can get them from ebay for around £12 and maybe less.

Thanks folks, I do have 2 of those plug in units, I suppose because this is in front of me, I view it too often
I have about 14 items downstairs on standby but as you say they are items listed above .