energy saving tips???

Says that in ten yrs you will save £120, you pay £30 for the plug so thats £90
Would ya only get 10 yrs out of it? Cos they give a 10 yr guarantee, might have to get a new en again

Really ya should get an electrician cos of the wiring which would probably cost ya £90 lol
 
Bonnyboy said:
Why do we take it for granted that the done thing is to leave fridges and freezers constantly plugged in ? Surely they can hold their temperature for 6 or 7 hours during the night. How long does it take them to defrost without power ?

Thinking of putting ours on a timer so they shut down for 6 hours from midnight. Can anyone think of why I shouldn’t test this out :confused:

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And how much power do you think it will use when you switch it back on again to get to the correct temp? A fridge/freezer is not on all the time. They have a thermostat, they switch on and off as needed to keep the temp at the setting you selected. Since most still use a bi-metal thermostat they use no energy when the compressor is not running (unless they have a little power on light or you open the door).

Do you really want the temp on your food varying?
 
Neil said:
And how much power do you think it will use when you switch it back on again to get to the correct temp? A fridge/freezer is not on all the time. They have a thermostat, they switch on and off as needed to keep the temp at the setting you selected. Since most still use a bi-metal thermostat they use no energy when the compressor is not running (unless they have a little power on light or you open the door).

Do you really want the temp on your food varying?
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Yeah just twigged that it could be more costly to power the thing back up.

I didn’t think that the contents would lose much temperature if at all over a 6 hour period. The appliances are insulated, the assumption was that they would hold their temperature during a short power off situation...could indeed be well wrong. Thats why I'm looking for input from others. Thanks Neil :)
 
If it does not loose it temp then the compressor will not start so wont use energy.
 
Neil said:
How do you know it actually works? You would need to monitor the power used with and without it to know properly if it is worth buying. Lots of discussions on the net about them being a load of tosh.
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I bought mine from QVC about 13 years ago.
I think it was still working when I stopped using it last December, because the frozen food stayed frozen, and the little red indicator light on it (which tells you when it is doing the saving/reduced current) still lit up intermittantly.
I am considering starting using it again, now that I have been reminded by this thread.
Before I go to the trouble, I would like to read the criticisms of it that you say you found on the web, and please advise me how I can check that it is actually saving money.
 
AccyLass27 said:
Imagine all the pots with a family of 4

Thank god for dishwashers:D
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Thats no way to call your other half AccyLass:D
on a positive note, I worked for a efridgeration firm in the seventies, and it was always stated that food would start to defrosed 4 hours after the freezer was switched off, if the door was not opened. The Fridge enginers were under contract to attend abreak down within 3 hours at the outside (that was on comercial business)
 
Slightly off topic, but have you seen that advert (think its birds eye) with Suggs from Madness where he goes in the front door and everyones front rooms are all joined together and they have one massive dinner table ? I bet that would save money rather than having 20 seperate cookers etc going.

So my idea is buy a terraced house and knock all the walls through and have a party every night
 
banjoman said:
Slightly off topic, but have you seen that advert (think its birds eye) with Suggs from Madness where he goes in the front door and everyones front rooms are all joined together and they have one massive dinner table ? I bet that would save money rather than having 20 seperate cookers etc going.

So my idea is buy a terraced house and knock all the walls through and have a party every night
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fantastic...... let me know where you move to lol
 
Don’t see why we can’t have more wind turbines knocking around. Not the great huge ones. Maybe 13/14 metre high ones like they are planning to run the new railway station with. Place them strategically to power a bank of houses on housing estates. Put them down the backs of terraced houses (like the telegraph poles) something that will power a few rows of terraced houses.
 
i like the turbines...grandad takes ty up to see them in burnley sometimes, they are a lot bigger than you think!
 
stayed at my mates gaff down somewhere near plantation street and no gas.. we used to put pies on an upturned 2 bar electric fire.. that ran out of leccie so we tried warming them up with candles.. took about 5 hours just to get em warm.. now is that consevring energy.
 
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