On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:25:51 -0500, Jim Michaels
wrote:

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:50:48 +0100, "Christian McArdle"
wrote:

Two 1.5kW electric fires produce the same heat as one 3kW and are more
versatile.

Well, I've got several 3kW ones (and a couple of 2kW) and they're more
versatile than several 1.5kW ones. 3kW ones cost the same price as smaller
ones.

Versatile
Two 1.5s next to each other is the same as a 3.
One 1.5 in each of two rooms does what no 3 can do.

As far as price we can get 1.5s for $10 to $15 which is so little as
to be a non-issue.


The main problem is with large kitchen appliances, which we can just plug in
where convenient without having to have special points put in, or
alternatively have to put up with inferior designs without built in heaters.

US washing machines use hot water (often heated with gas).

How is saving energy inferior?


The huge volume of water used in top loading machines.



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