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A way to save up to 25% on your Electricity Bills?
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That said I think the advertising of Electrisave is a disgrace. "Save up to 25% on your electricity bill - its easy with the award winning Electrisave"
The first thing to point out that neither the electrisave or any other device will save you anything at all - let alone 25%.
I totally agree, but knowing your consumption you can actively do something to reduce it.In moneysaving terms, the Electrisave is a waste of money
Not if it's given away free by the power company
So as this is a money saving site it surely must good advice to tell people not to waste their money on a device like the Electrisave(costing £59 to £80) when a simple £6 or so device is much much more effective in showing power consumption and hence savings.
The electrisave is not designed to monitor individual units' power consumption - that's why it's placed on the main incoming power feed. Anyway, who actually needs to know how much power is used to turn bread into toast? If you did know, would it stop you using the toaster? I think not. Same goes for any 'essential' unit (cooker, fridge, washing machine, etc, etc). IMHO this makes the 6 quid plug in device pointless (I have one too BTW).
What the electrisave is good at doing it helping locate phantom loads. In my house I was quite scared about the energy used by things in standby mode. I have now been 'educated' about them by the electrisave and now want to do something about it so it will save me some money. Only time will tell how much and I'm sure it's not the 25% mentioned above
It's probably not worth spending money on one of these things but if you can borrow one then the results in your own home may be interesting and help save money.
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It's probably not worth spending money on one of these things........
It is certainly not worth spending money on one of these expensive remote monitors, especially made for the gullible who like to kid themselves that they are 'Green'!
Common sense is all that is required, not a remote display.
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It is a constant reminder to you that you may have something turned on, wasting electricity that you don't actually need.
Agreed, how much electricity does this device actually consume?
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I don't believe that figure. What is the wattage?
Sorry, 2.5p per week not a month - no idea what the wattage is but it's LCD so not that power hungry...
http://www.scottish-southern.co.uk/SSEInternet/index.aspx?id=8260&rightColHeader=126How much does it cost to run?
The monitor only uses a small amount of energy (about 2.5p a week) and can help you save much more.0 -
Well I have just noticed that the first 5 posts are 2 years old. Doh!The electrisave is not designed to monitor individual units' power consumption - that's why it's placed on the main incoming power feed. Anyway, who actually needs to know how much power is used to turn bread into toast? If you did know, would it stop you using the toaster? I think not. Same goes for any 'essential' unit (cooker, fridge, washing machine, etc, etc). IMHO this makes the 6 quid plug in device pointless (I have one too BTW).
What the electrisave is good at doing it helping locate phantom loads. In my house I was quite scared about the energy used by things in standby mode. I have now been 'educated' about them by the electrisave and now want to do something about it so it will save me some money. Only time will tell how much and I'm sure it's not the 25% mentioned above
If "the Electrisave is not designed to monitor individual units' power consumption" how does it educate you about standby consumption?
Surely that is exactly what 'the 6 quid plug in meter' is excellent at determining? Plug in your TV and leave it on standby overnight(shock - horror) and see that it has used 5 watts( and cost one 30th of a penny) Same procedure for most plug in appliance with a standby facility - DVD, Sky box, VCR, Microwave PC etc.
My pal borrowed my monitor(that reminds me he has still got it!) and discovered that his old Freezer was using 4kWh a day(about 4 times more than my larger freezer) So as it was costing him approx £120 a year he decided to get rid of it.
Lots of people would like to know how much a washing machine uses on its various programs, or the dishwasher - the monitor tells them. The Electrisave doesn't.0 -
Well I have just noticed that the first 5 posts are 2 years old. Doh!
I know - Interesting that they are still claiming that it'll save you 25% on your bills !If "the Electrisave is not designed to monitor individual units' power consumption" how does it educate you about standby consumption?
I was up at 3am this morning (a crying 7 month old baby was to blame) and noticed that the monitor was reading something like 200 watts. The fridge freezer was not chilling and pretty much everything was switched to standby. I turned off the 4 sockets behind the TV and watched the monitor drop a significant amount (can't remember how much - I was half asleep !). You can use the plug in meter but you'd have to plug it into each socket and then add the numbers - 'slightly' more painful. Please remember that I'm borrowing this unit so it cost me no money. I still firmly believe that the electrisave or similar unit is a great tool for educating consumers - just don't go out and buy one. If it's easy people will try it, if it's hard(er) they won't.Plug in your TV and leave it on standby overnight(shock - horror) and see that it has used 5 watts( and cost one 30th of a penny)
Please don't flame me if I'm wrong but isn't 5 watts used 24x7 more like 30 pence a month? And yes I know the TV will be on some of the time !
http://www.ukpower.co.uk/running-costs-elec.asp
I think by switching off all standby items I can save a conservative 50 watts ~ £3.60 per month ~ £40 per year. Not exactly earth shattering but not bad.My pal borrowed my monitor(that reminds me he has still got it!) and discovered that his old Freezer was using 4kWh a day(about 4 times more than my larger freezer) So as it was costing him approx £120 a year he decided to get rid of it.
Now that's was I call money savingLots of people would like to know how much a washing machine uses on its various programs, or the dishwasher - the monitor tells them. The Electrisave doesn't.
True - But each monitor, although similar, is used in different ways.
I will get some hard numbers over the next few days / weeks and report back to those who are interested.0 -
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Please don't flame me if I'm wrong but isn't 5 watts used 24x7 more like 30 pence a month? And yes I know the TV will be on some of the time !
I said "Plug in your TV and leave it on standby overnight(shock - horror) and see that it has used 5 watts( and cost one 30th of a penny)"
So it uses a total of 5 watts overnight(0.6watts - for a 32" Sony CRT - x 8 hours) . Thus if left on 24/7 on standby it would cost about 3 pence a month.
Left on standby every night for 8 hours it would cost 1 pence a month and cause huge damage to the environment no doubt.0
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