Comments on: A month with an electricity monitor http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/a-month-with-an-electricity-monitor.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:31:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/a-month-with-an-electricity-monitor.html/comment-page-1#comment-634270 David Bradley Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:19:05 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=4698#comment-634270 Thanks for getting in touch Claire. It's a useful little gizmo. Thanks for also confirming that the device's own carbon footprint is very small, at just a few grams of carbon each year... Thanks for getting in touch Claire. It’s a useful little gizmo. Thanks for also confirming that the device’s own carbon footprint is very small, at just a few grams of carbon each year…

]]> By: Claire Sale http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/a-month-with-an-electricity-monitor.html/comment-page-1#comment-634268 Claire Sale Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:09:32 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=4698#comment-634268 Hi David- I work for GEO, the company that makes your minim energy monitor. Glad you're enjoying it and thanks for posting about it! Hi David- I work for GEO, the company that makes your minim energy monitor. Glad you’re enjoying it and thanks for posting about it!

]]> By: SmallCasserole http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/a-month-with-an-electricity-monitor.html/comment-page-1#comment-634261 SmallCasserole Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:55:13 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=4698#comment-634261 I played with one of the remote electricity monitors recently, electric shower managed 9kw. Washing machine drew quite a lot when it was heating water. I managed to reduce my electricity usage quite significantly (from 12kwH per day to 6kwH per day) by: replacing incandescent bulbs, switching off a second fridge, replacing white goods with most efficient versions and stopping using the tumble drier. Not sure how to reduce it much further, I could use the laptop instead of the desktop PC and use the electric shower less often. You can read about my experience with a solar water heater here: http://somebeans.blogspot.com/2009/09/dorothy-hopkinson-memorial-solar-panel.html I played with one of the remote electricity monitors recently, electric shower managed 9kw. Washing machine drew quite a lot when it was heating water.

I managed to reduce my electricity usage quite significantly (from 12kwH per day to 6kwH per day) by: replacing incandescent bulbs, switching off a second fridge, replacing white goods with most efficient versions and stopping using the tumble drier. Not sure how to reduce it much further, I could use the laptop instead of the desktop PC and use the electric shower less often.

You can read about my experience with a solar water heater here:
http://somebeans.blogspot.com/2009/09/dorothy-hopkinson-memorial-solar-panel.html

]]> By: Patrick LaForge http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/a-month-with-an-electricity-monitor.html/comment-page-1#comment-634971 Patrick LaForge Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:08:31 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=4698#comment-634971 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @sciencebase: A month with an electricity monitor: http://bit.ly/4h1LIF #science blog post</span></span> RT @sciencebase: A month with an electricity monitor: http://bit.ly/4h1LIF #science blog post

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/a-month-with-an-electricity-monitor.html/comment-page-1#comment-634972 David Bradley Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:00:52 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=4698#comment-634972 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">A month with an electricity monitor: http://bit.ly/4h1LIF #science blog post</span></span> A month with an electricity monitor: http://bit.ly/4h1LIF #science blog post

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