Comments for Home Energy Saving Blog http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog Energy Saving Guides, News & Discussions Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:25:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 Comment on The Green Kitchen - The Year of the Fridge by HES Russ http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-the-green-kitchen-the-year-of-the-fridge/#comment-833 HES Russ Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:02:46 +0000 http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-the-green-kitchen-the-year-of-the-fridge/#comment-833 Hi James, That would be fine. Russ Hi James,

That would be fine.

Russ

]]> Comment on The Green Kitchen - The Year of the Fridge by James Evans http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-the-green-kitchen-the-year-of-the-fridge/#comment-832 James Evans Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:03:27 +0000 http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-the-green-kitchen-the-year-of-the-fridge/#comment-832 I am hoping to fit remote socket switches to power off my Tv, TOPbox, dvd all into a 4gang ext. If I fit The monitor in between the socket and ext. plug will this work, so I can monitor all the consumption of the collective sets. This I hope to repeat with my PC and all the printers and scanners etc. I am hoping to fit remote socket switches to power off my Tv, TOPbox, dvd all into a 4gang ext. If I fit The monitor in between the socket and ext. plug will this work, so I can monitor all the consumption of the collective sets.
This I hope to repeat with my PC and all the printers and scanners etc.

]]> Comment on Blackle by ken http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-blackle/#comment-824 ken Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:54:49 +0000 http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-blackle/#comment-824 More variables on energy-savings related innovation will come up soon. In the meantime, this is one of a good stuff you can't pass up. Kudos to all who worked hard on a Blackle More variables on energy-savings related innovation will come up soon. In the meantime, this is one of a good stuff you can’t pass up.

Kudos to all who worked hard on a Blackle

]]> Comment on The Green Kitchen - The Year of the Fridge by HES Russ http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-the-green-kitchen-the-year-of-the-fridge/#comment-823 HES Russ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:11:00 +0000 http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-the-green-kitchen-the-year-of-the-fridge/#comment-823 Hi John, I think it would be a mistake to assume it's just the fridges/freezers & burglar alarm on. There are always things you haven't thought of that consume power. The only real way to get a reliable indicator to whether a fridge/freezer should be replaced is to accurately measure the electricity consumed over 24hrs using the plug-in type of electricity monitor and compare this figure to manufacturers figures for modern A / A+ rated items. Good Luck. Russ Hi John,

I think it would be a mistake to assume it’s just the fridges/freezers & burglar alarm on. There are always things you haven’t thought of that consume power.

The only real way to get a reliable indicator to whether a fridge/freezer should be replaced is to accurately measure the electricity consumed over 24hrs using the plug-in type of electricity monitor and compare this figure to manufacturers figures for modern A / A+ rated items.

Good Luck.

Russ

]]> Comment on The Green Kitchen - The Year of the Fridge by john d k http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-the-green-kitchen-the-year-of-the-fridge/#comment-822 john d k Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:06:49 +0000 http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-the-green-kitchen-the-year-of-the-fridge/#comment-822 Found your website, as have had some concerns re the consumption of our chest freezer....or rather the elder of the two. It seems to be making a noise much of the time, whereas the other slightly younger model is relatively quiet. Neither are young; the older is at least 25 years old! We grow our own vegs and fruit, thus the need for 2 large freezers. During two recent absences from home, one of 5 days, the other of 12, we took a note of the meter readings before leaving, and again on our return. The freezers and a fridge-5years old- were the only gadgets switched on, other than the burglar alarm. On both occasions, we used 0.266 Kwh per hour, ie 6.38Kw per 24 hours. Should we be concerned?? Our electricity is paid by direct debit, at £81 per month. Just the 2 of us in a 4-bed 3-public rooms, now the kids have gone. Only to be replaced by grandchildren, still at the c-beebies stage....Thanks Found your website, as have had some concerns re the consumption of our chest freezer….or rather the elder of the two. It seems to be making a noise much of the time, whereas the other slightly younger model is relatively quiet. Neither are young; the older is at least 25 years old! We grow our own vegs and fruit, thus the need for 2 large freezers. During two recent absences from home, one of 5 days, the other of 12, we took a note of the meter readings before leaving, and again on our return. The freezers and a fridge-5years old- were the only gadgets switched on, other than the burglar alarm.
On both occasions, we used 0.266 Kwh per hour, ie 6.38Kw per 24 hours. Should we be concerned?? Our electricity is paid by direct debit, at £81 per month. Just the 2 of us in a 4-bed 3-public rooms, now the kids have gone. Only to be replaced by grandchildren, still at the c-beebies stage….Thanks

]]> Comment on Blackle by Ankur Dewani http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-blackle/#comment-821 Ankur Dewani Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:15:13 +0000 http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-blackle/#comment-821 Considering that blackle works only on CRT it might be a waste when it comes to our new tech of Plasmas and LCD's using liquid display.... But Energy is only 1 part of the concern, there is also the myth of the internet bandwidth being limited. ( http://news.cnet.com/2100-1034_3-6237715.html ) and various articles covered in the past few months have all been focused around how Ineternet usage and bandwidth would be 50 times more than today and the content created then would jam the internet space. Typically utilization of bandwidth and usage is directly proportional to the no.,quality & results of QUERIES that a user inputs from the moment he logs on. These queries can be as simple as searching, or as intense as uploading. At the end of it, its all about minimizing the no. of queries. We are trying to research the potential ways of minimizing these queries by pre-defining most searched "keywords" & "categories". By not entering any search query, or typing for searches you would be skipping multiple steps and help in saving energy and bandwidth. If we all try and add to this pre-defined list of searches, we can help save far more energy, bandwidth and money. Help us all move towards the green technology. http://www.lazii.com (currently in beta stage) Considering that blackle works only on CRT it might be a waste when it comes to our new tech of Plasmas and LCD’s using liquid display…. But Energy is only 1 part of the concern, there is also the myth of the internet bandwidth being limited.
( http://news.cnet.com/2100-1034_3-6237715.html ) and various articles covered in the past few months have all been focused around how Ineternet usage and bandwidth would be 50 times more than today and the content created then would jam the internet space.

Typically utilization of bandwidth and usage is directly proportional to the no.,quality & results of QUERIES that a user inputs from the moment he logs on. These queries can be as simple as searching, or as intense as uploading. At the end of it, its all about minimizing the no. of queries.

We are trying to research the potential ways of minimizing these queries by pre-defining most searched “keywords” & “categories”.

By not entering any search query, or typing for searches you would be skipping multiple steps and help in saving energy and bandwidth.

If we all try and add to this pre-defined list of searches, we can help save far more energy, bandwidth and money.

Help us all move towards the green technology.

http://www.lazii.com
(currently in beta stage)

]]> Comment on Blackle by Giovanna http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-blackle/#comment-818 Giovanna Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:04:36 +0000 http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-blackle/#comment-818 Do you really think it will help? Do you really think it will help?

]]> Comment on The Green Kitchen - The Year of the Fridge by Giovanna http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-the-green-kitchen-the-year-of-the-fridge/#comment-817 Giovanna Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:54:40 +0000 http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-the-green-kitchen-the-year-of-the-fridge/#comment-817 Just wanted to say THANX the suggestions I found on you web site are brilliant !!! Giovanna of http://energysave.altervista.org/ Just wanted to say THANX the suggestions I found on you web site are brilliant !!!

Giovanna of http://energysave.altervista.org/

]]> Comment on The Green Kitchen - The Year of the Fridge by Derek http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-the-green-kitchen-the-year-of-the-fridge/#comment-815 Derek Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:32:33 +0000 http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-the-green-kitchen-the-year-of-the-fridge/#comment-815 Hi I have a Scandnova upright frost free freezer which seems as if it is using electricity for 23 hours out of 24, consuming a good 6/7 units. It is 4 years old and I cannot find out who made these machines to raise this matter with them. Can anyone help. Hi
I have a Scandnova upright frost free freezer which seems as if it is using electricity for 23 hours out of 24, consuming a good 6/7 units. It is 4 years old and I cannot find out who made these machines to raise this matter with them. Can anyone help.

]]> Comment on Blackle by earth http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-blackle/#comment-814 earth Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:38:23 +0000 http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/blog/2008-01-blackle/#comment-814 There are around 22 different versions of “black google” online. The best one I’ve found is www.cleanblack.com. Cleanblack is the only version that allows you to change the text colors of the google search results. Try it yourself by going to www.cleanblack.com/theme/ There are around 22 different versions of “black google” online. The best one I’ve found is http://www.cleanblack.com. Cleanblack is the only version that allows you to change the text colors of the google search results. Try it yourself by going to http://www.cleanblack.com/theme/

]]>