My Energy use Diary

belfastgirl23

I'm assuming you only get graded after 4 weeks? Can't find the grade for me anyway though I suspect it's a D if I'm lucky

SuiDreams

No grade for me either you need 4 weeks info. Also does anyone know what the rankings are based on is it actual usage or how much you've reduced by?

Frugaldom

SuiDreams wrote: »

My ranking has gone down to 18/20 oh dear thought I'd done really well this week.

If it's any help, the rankings change every time someone from the carbon group feeds in their readings. I'm now at 16/22 but haven't a clue what that figure is based on or what it reflects and if it is to show how well you have saved, then people who were already doing the challenge before joining i-measure will already have cut their useage. That could mean the lower numbers (the top 10) were fuel guzzlers at the start, whereas we are already like little Smart cars. :rotfl:

PS: Sorry, Mama67, that would make you the Rolls Royce :cool:

SuiDreams

Just checked again and I'm now 2 / 22. These rankings are getting quite bizzare now.

belfastgirl23

So I decided to tackle the fridge issue at lunchtime today. The one thing I was right about was that underneath it was filthy - so bad that I've just soaked it with stardrops and left it for now :eek:

But no go on the energy saving front. As I suspected it's wired into the wall so I can't use the monitor. And since it's an american fridge (previous house owner brought it back from his travels) it is all boxed in at the back so I couldn't get at the coils to clean them. Ah well. I think before I head off on hols I must turn everything else off and just leave it running to see if I can work out a cost. And I must turn it right down as well before we go, there won't be anything too perishable in there anyway...

On the MS front I did find 20p under there though

Frugaldom

Well done Belgastgirl!

And on the i-measure front, latest count now shows 93 households and 30 of them appear to be members of the Moneysaving Carbon Club

[Deleted User]

oh, I am on i-measure and am not part of a carbon club. How do I join in with mse?

Magentasue

Hi kittie, it's:

MoneySaving Carbon Club

[Deleted User]

I`m in and ranked 10/23

I am happy enough so far because we have to dry all washing indoors and I have had to start doing about half my wash at 60 because of dh being prone to skin infections. We don`t do without anything really but I can see readings starting to creep up slowly because of the darker nights and mornings

I think I`ll go back on the challenge thread and promote i-measure. People like a bit of comparison and competition

SuiDreams

I think I'm going to give up on the Carbon Club ranking I've had 5 different rankings over the last two days varying from top to bottom end of the scale.