On Wednesday, 7 December 2016 01:08:06 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Martin Brown wrote:
Having an energy meter that displays usage in realtime will help cut
down the amount of energy that gets wasted.

That one always interests me. Do you or yours boil a kettle just for the
fun of it? Run the clothes drier empty?

You really are clueless aren't you.
I put my oven on and I know when it;s up to teperature because it switches off and on all buy itself to maintaine the correct temperature.
I can tell when it's ready by sittign in the lounge and donl;t have to stand in the kitchem.
It was most useful when my flatmate kept leaving the grill on. I can tell when any major electrical applience is on or off just by looking at the display.
It was also useful for proving to a friend that charging their iphone wasn't costing a fortune, because they were tiold not to charge their phones at their clients house. I had a care working ringing at the doorbell because they couldn't get in downstairs as their phone had died and needed to call the office.
I showed her that as I plugged in my charger to her phone that is wasnt; costing as much as her employer had suggested.

How wpoudl you show someone a comparision between LEDs and any other sorce without a power meter ?


Most would have the sense not to leave lights etc on when not in use. If
they do, would they pay any attention to an energy meter?

They would if you charged them everytime they 'forgot' to turn something like a grill or over off.
People do turn off things that they know will cost them more have you not noticed this sort of thing.
Even car drivers tend to choose the cheaper places to fill up but why ?
What use is a price per litre at petrol stations if you needd= 5 litres a week you buy it, why worry about the cost?

Why not put the oven on 1/2 hour before you need it ?
Why not go out and leave the lights on if you're not being charged for doing so ?








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