Electricity Usage Spreadsheet

Si1969

Hi All

Looked around the website / forums, and although there was something shared about 14 years, the links are now dead.

With the increased energy bills, I'd like to know exactly what my appliances and devices consume in energy when they're running, and when they're in standby. My logic is that I might group multiple devices in one room and control them all via a smart plug to kill the power overnight. I'd therefore like to know what my TV uses vs my amp vs my console vs a smart plug, to see where i could make some real savings.

Thanks in advance!

Verdigris

There's a recent thread about standby power you might want to look at. If your stuff is relatively new it will be subject to the EU regulation on standby consumption and will be less that 1 Watt on most kit.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

here's that THREAD.

Verdigris

[Deleted User] said:

Hi,

here's that THREAD.

Beat me to it.

Shedman

Buy a TP Link Tapo P110 energy monitoring smartplug (£15 on Amazon or from Currys etc) and download the App (and/or a free app called Watt if you've an ipad or iphone) and then you can monitor each of your own devices in standby.  Different one for a couple hours or so over say the course of a week or so you could have monitored them all and then you would have the relevant readings for your own equipment (rather than relying on out of date and unrealistic web links).  You'd also then have the smart plug to carry out your plan of grouping the worse together.  

Si1969

Wow! I only went to make a drink and so many replies - thanks everyone.

@Shedman, I've got loads a Tapo smartplugs, but I didn't even know that this device existed!

So if a went to the trouble of using that, plus reviewing my bulbs, etc.., is there a spreadsheet that will calculate what my annual running / standby costs are per device?

QrizB

Si1969 said:

So if a went to the trouble of using that, plus reviewing my bulbs, etc.., is there a spreadsheet that will calculate what my annual running / standby costs are per device?

Surely it's just a matter of multiplying the daily consumption by 365, or (for hings that run constantly) the hourly consumption by 8760?

Si1969

QrizB said:

Si1969 said:

So if a went to the trouble of using that, plus reviewing my bulbs, etc.., is there a spreadsheet that will calculate what my annual running / standby costs are per device?

Surely it's just a matter of multiplying the daily consumption by 365, or (for hings that run constantly) the hourly consumption by 8760?

Probably - but it'd be nice to see "what if" i managed things via smartplugs, or start to switch things off overnight - to see those changes immediately on my annual bill.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

found THIS might do the job.

inspectorperez

Just a word of warning about the Tapo product.

The following extract is from feedback left on Amazon (January 2021) in relation to this particular product:-

"To use the plugs, one must install the Topo app. It is only when one installs the app that one comes across its privacy policy, which is intrusive and impossible to accept. Following are highlights of the policy:
TP-Link will collect information about the devices connected to the plugs (Point 2.3). They may collect IP address, location, mobile device information, user name, email address, shipping address, log-in and password details [!!], communications via phone calls, e-mail, social media, … the list is extensive and alarming (Point 4). Not only will TP-Link be allowed to use such information itself, it is also allowed to transfer such information to third parties (Point 5.2). Furthermore, customer information may be transferred to parties that may acquire TP-Link in the future (Point 5.4).
One buys a wifi-enabled plug to connect to one’s devices to power supply remotely. It must be able to manufacture plugs that do just that without requiring an app to set up. More importantly, there is no reason for the plug to collect so much information from its customers. There is even less justification for them to pass our personal information to third parties. Whether or how they may be able to collect such information is secondary. I cannot grant them permission to do so.
Therefore I intend to return the product"

I was thinking of purchasing one myself, but am now having second thoughts!

[Deleted User]

inspectorperez said:

I was thinking of purchasing one myself, but am now having second thoughts!

There are far bigger things to worry about in life at the moment than concerning oneself that a third-party can monitor home electricity usage. I don’t need to hack into a smart meter or smart plug to see that three of my neighbours have been away from home for over a week when a simple walk down the street reveals what any thief would want to know. For example, blinds and curtains closed during the day; no cars on the drive etc.