Re: Re: New Current Cost Unit on sale...

[Jamie Bennett <jamie.bennett@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wow, didn't notice that. A little investigation reveals it was the
dish washer, cooker, washing machine and me showering the kids (along
with the tv, sky, maybe even the kettle too, e.t.c). I don't think
I've ever seen it that high before.



On 17 Feb 2009, at 19:32, Rob Iles <rob.iles@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jamie,
>
> What was the 6KW spike @~18:30? </nosy>
>
> 2009/2/17 Jamie Bennett <jamie.bennett@xxxxxxx>
>
> > Just for comparison, our 3 bed semi in Bath, Somerset has a base
> load
> > of 50w-100w (1 Viglen MPC, Current Cost and fridge kicking in
> every so
> > often make it sit at 50w but peak at 100w). Sat in front of the
> 42" TV
> > with sky box and 1 or two lights on makes it 400w-500w and peak
is
> > about 3kw when the kettle, washing machine and dishwasher are on
at
> > the same time.
> >
> > See:-
> > http://linuxuk.org/current_cost
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jamie.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Dean Barrett
<dean@xxxxxxx<dean
> %40rolec.net>>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I cant get my base load below 1400w :(
> > >
> > > Max draw I've seen is 9500w !!
> > >
> > > We're much better with the lighting now, but it's the 3 x
PC's
> running
> > 24x7,
> > > the mac mini, popcorn hour, and god knows what else that
isnt
> helping...
> > >
> > > Dean.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:
> > ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of
> > > Neil Ball
> > > Sent: 16 February 2009 19:41
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: New Current Cost Unit on sale...
> > >
> > > My base load is about 700W just now although I have dropped
my
> daily
> > > consumption from 65kWh to low 40s. In my case that has been
due
> to more
> > > careful control of my heating which is all-electric via a
ground
> source
> > heat
> > > pump. Have still to find any significant single loads that
make
> up my
> > base
> > > load, seems to be lots of little devices all with their own
wall-
> wart
> > > transformers that are on 24/7 or infrastructure items which
> cannot easily
> > be
> > > switched off - lighting controls, heating controls, AV
> distribution etc.
> > I
> > > guess I need to either start doing the manual switch-off
when
> not using
> > the
> > > transformers or spend some time (and money) looking for some
> additional
> > > automation that could do this without (hopefully) using just
as
> much
> > energy
> > > as I then save :-)
> > >
> > > Neil B.
> > >
> > > _____
> > >
> > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:
> > ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of
> > > Jon Whiten
> > > Sent: 16 February 2009 17:41
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: New Current Cost Unit on sale...
> > >
> > > 600W
> > >
> > > I guess not too bad then. We have a hot tub (only runs
during
> the day in
> > an
> > > Econ mode) that pulls in excess of 3.5KW so need to kind of
> "offset" that
> > > somewhat!
> > >
> > > I agree regarding the behavior modifier - I used to keep a
PC on
> "just in
> > > case" that I could walk up to and use - not anymore.
> > >
> > > We also had a Win XP MCE m/c that was effectively on 24/7 as
the
> auto
> > > hibernate did not work too well - we swapped that in Oct/Nov
for
> SkyHD.
> > > Much more reliable but I think the user interface is pants
> compared to
> > MCE
> > > (which itself is not as good as TiVO was).
> > >
> > > ;oj
> > >
> > > On 16/02/2009, kw1816 <kw1816@yahoo.
> <mailto:kw1816%40yahoo.co.uk<kw1816%2540yahoo.co.uk>>
> > co.uk>
> > > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Just out of interest, what is your base loading Jon ?
> > >>
> > >> I know it was discussed here a while ago and the values
varied
> from
> > >> the jaw droppingly low to the eye watering high.
> > >>
> > >> Mine sits around 1KW but I'm working on it. Having a
constant
> reminder
> > >> of how much energy is being used is certainly a
behaviour
> modifier -
> > >> I'm getting quite used to walking around the house in
the dark
> as the
> > >> wife's switched off each and every light :-)
> > >>
> > >> Kevin
> > >> .
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
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> > >
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> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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