Re: Re: Electrisave protocol / PC Interface

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

'agree ... it was just that one could maybe go without a
kitchen,=20=20
dining-room, study / office ... plus no need for books, magazines,=20=20
CRT monsters, keyboards, mice ('cos the coffee-table doubles),=20=20
heating systems ... etc ...

still, some are working on going even smaller :

http://www.microcompacthome.com/contact/

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/08/micro-compact_h.php


Chris


On 6 Jun 2007, at 06:51, Mal Lansell wrote:

> Smaller houses?  Are you mad?!!  ;-)  Most mainstream houses are=20=20
> already
> so small that you can barely turn around without walking into a wall.
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> What we need are big houses and lots of them.  Long term that would
> solve the house-price inflation problem by depressing them from above,
> and at the same time leave the country with a housing stock made
of=20=20
> nice
> places to live, rather than Prescott hutches.  Grrr!!!
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> Besides, you need the extra space for all the gadgets :-)
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> Chris Hunter wrote:
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>>> cheaper to eat out ...
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>> 'wouldn't be surprised ... 'did the sums a few years ago & it
was
>> clear disposable crockery & cutlery etc made sense ... and
when you
>> add the fact we could all live in smaller houses if we took full
>> advantage of the digital revolution ... plus all the advantages of
>> being more sociable, if we went out more ...
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>> Chris
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>> On 5 Jun 2007, at 18:46, domdevitto wrote:
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>>> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>,
>> Chris Hunter <cjhunter@...> wrote:
>>>> 'wonder what the life expectancy on these things is ...
and what=20=20
>>>> the
>>>> payback period would be ?
>>>
>>> Well, following it's purchase, and swapout of bulbs (halogens
to=20=20
>>> equal
>>> brightness low-energy bulbs) and other simple changes my base
usage
>>> has gone from 12p/hr to 9p/hr. This is amount that when TVs n
stuff
>>> are on standby (btw TVs etc. on standby don't use almost any
power -
>>> myth debunked with my electrisave).
>>>
>>> I think it cost =A370, which at saving (3px24hrs) 72p/day,
so=20=20
>>> payback is
>>> in 98 days, or 3 months. Even if you factor in the (=A320)
cost of the
>>> replacement low-energy bulbs, payback is still pretty much 4
months.
>>>
>>> The original plan was to sell it, and get back some money once
I'd
>>> checked my house, but it's still great for knowing when the
>>> iron/cooker has been left on - put the monitor near the front
door.
>>>
>>> I'm dying for a way to get the usage data into my PC, as this
could
>>> drive some interesting results - is it cheaper, considering
food,
>>> cooking leccy, lights and dishwasher, to eat out? :-)
>>>
>>> Dom
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