Disconnecting microwave from mains to save on electricity bill

Jupiterx

is it true that if you disconnect the microwave from the mains, you save 50 pounds from your electricity bill. at least that was one of the tips in this month's sky magazines.

bockster

it,s true that you will save some money and energy, however i find it hard to beleive it will be £50 a year.

i suspect £50+ might be a more realistic figure for switching off all none esssential electricals around the house;- tvs left on standby, dvd,s sky boxes, phone chargers left on, hi fi,s, etc

bunking_off

If my maths are correct, for that to be true it would have to be pulling c50Wattts in standby mode. Can't honestly see it pulling more than 1 or 2W.

robnye

its down to machines with digital clocks or tv/dvds etc being on standby, as to whether the £50 per year is correct - who knows.....

espresso

Jupiterx wrote: »

is it true that if you disconnect the microwave from the mains, you save 50 pounds from your electricity bill.

NO absolute rubbish!

at least that was one of the tips in this month's sky magazines.

How much did they say that you would save if you unplugged the Sky box?

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Jupiterx

espresso wrote: »

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hehe

i guess my computer is a bigger drain on power, i leave it on 24/7. it takesa time to boot up, that is my excuse of leaving it on.

ukwoody

Go to Maplins and buy yourself an energy meter. I bought one on offer for about £10. Fascinating. I'd LOVE to know how they make some of these calculations, because using the meter, I worked out I would have to unplug, my tv,dvd, skybox, my two hi-fis, my microwave, the dishwasher and washing machine, bedside alarm clock and my printer, which would save me around £40 per year!
Which after the inital boot up each day of the printer, DVD, Skybox and hi-fis would probably be counter balanced. My TV uses 2 watts per KwH on standby, my microwave was about 1 watt. Take the cost per unit of electricity (especaially like me where the house is on Econ7 at night) and the savings are minimal.

Yes I do agree that if everyone in the whole country switched everything off we might save some energy.
One minor point, I read on the BBC that one day last week (I think it was last week) there was a National Energy Ssaving Day. Ironic that more power was generated that day then there usually is!

Woody

Jupiterx

thanks for the insight dude

i think i might be saving 40 pence by turning of my microwave oven

nickj_2

Jupiterx wrote: »

thanks for the insight dude

i think i might be saving 40 pence by turning of my microwave oven

make sure all that extra cash doesn't go to your head

:eek:

Jupiterx

tough one dude.

with that sort of cash people do tend to flip

robnye

Jupiterx wrote: »

thanks for the insight dude

i think i might be saving 40 pence by turning of my microwave oven

put the money in a jar, at the end of a week you'll have

40p+40p+40P-£1+40p+40p+40P-£1 or least thats how my change jar works....
i put in, the kids take out for bus fares etc......