XPost: uk.tech.digital-tv
From: charlie@xxx.net
On Thu, 1 Sep 2022 13:23:09 +0100, tony sayer wrote
as underneath :
>In article , Charlie+
> scribeth thus
>>I just worked out that in my (UK) house (with my children long gone!).
>>The electric standby items are going to cost £452 UKP per year at
>>October 2022 going forward cap levels, and of course more again at the
>>next cap level(s) in 2023.
>>
>>I have used 52 pence per kWh and 58 pence per day service charge. YMMV.
>>Measurement was taken at the supply meter with no items full running.
>>
>>As a quick reference it works out that every 1 Watt on standby (October
>>22 to December 22) is going to cost about 5.10 UKP over a year.
>>
>>Standby items Include: PIR detectors, radios, Desktop computer+perifs
>>(but no printer), TV, TV boxes, players, washing machine, dishwasher,
>>AirCon, timers, boiler, chargers, HiFi, etc,etc.
>>(the laser colour printer was gobbling 20W continuous to keep itself
>>warm on standby so I keep it fully switched off except when in use and
>>it is excluded from the cost figure above).
>>
>>My standby figure also includes some essential "always on" items but
>>only at their standby level.
>>Fridge, cooker, microwave, deep freeze, and Land line DECT phone base
>>come in this category.
>>Also my BB Router(7W) and alarm system which are full on all the time
>>albeit at low-ish consumption levels.
>>
>>So I think your standby items are maybe worth a thought. A plug-in Watt
>>meter is useful for finding out which things are hogs to run on standby!
>>C+
>
>Prolly stick a 350 or so watt rated solar panel out in the yard and a
>simple inverter that will now pay for itself quite quickly!...
Not bad thinking but the inverter could not be very simple - it would
need to sync perfectly to the mains already running.. shut down in a
power cut, restart etc. Then there are always "the regulations" ! C+
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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