155% rise in household energy use

[DominicJ]

Regarding tumble dryers, are you certain that a condensing model retains the heat within the dwelling ?

Yep, mines a self contained unit thats just stood in the corner in the kitchen.
It has a heat exchanger that you need to take out and wash every month, that is about as long as the dishwasher and a little under half as wide, I need to wash it in the bath, the water from the clothes is pumped into a storage container at the top that you slide out and empty down the sink.
You can plug the waste water directly into a sewage pipe, but theres no facility for a water supply.

Its made by Beko.

[adam2]

Regarding tumble dryers, are you certain that a condensing model retains the heat within the dwelling ?

Yep, mines a self contained unit thats just stood in the corner in the kitchen.
It has a heat exchanger that you need to take out and wash every month, that is about as long as the dishwasher and a little under half as wide, I need to wash it in the bath, the water from the clothes is pumped into a storage container at the top that you slide out and empty down the sink.
You can plug the waste water directly into a sewage pipe, but theres no facility for a water supply.

Its made by Beko.

If it has no water supply, and no vent to the outside air, then it must be relatively efficient.
If the heat is not vented to the external air, and not wasted in heating water that runs to waste, then where can it go, except into the home.
A waste in warm weather, but presumably it would not be used then.

[nnnnnn]

Our drier uses an array of aluminium plates to condense the water, no water supply needed. Works well.

[RenewableCandy]

Na, daughters!

Absolutely. I've been tracking my domestic energy consumption weekly since 1999 to try and see the effects of improving insulation, replacing lightbulbs, turning things off or down etc etc.
By far the dominant factor is the number of daughters (max 3) at home. Nothing else has any significant effect.

Could you extend this to a randomised trial, or do you not have any sons?

[snow hope]

I can confirm that three grown-up sons use a lot of gadgets and thus electricity, although I would guess a little less than 3 girls - no hair dryers, straigtners, etc. we now have mostly laptops in the house, so this should reduce energy usage a bit too.

[kenneal - lagger]

I should image that the worst offenders are dishwashers and tumble driers.

Na, daughters!

Priceless!

Na, bloody expensive. I've got two, so I know!!

[Aurora]

Na, daughters!

Priceless!

Na, bloody expensive. I've got two, so I know!!

[madibe]

A PC uses less than 100W, a microwave is only on for a few minutes at a time, a sound system uses less than 200W and is only on for a couple of hours at a time.

ooohps, sad to say that my pc has a 1300 watt supply

mind, it does mean that even in winter when I am online sat next to the box I can keep warm and snug. I am thinking of incorporating it into a snuggie, so you actually wear your PC as a personal heater.

The first broadband snuggie?



On a positive note, I do not own a tumble dryer and I wash on cool / cold. Neither do I own an infernal dishwasher... a mobile phone, plasma tv or have 2k of kitchen lighting. Also, Ironing is against my religion ( I did iron a shirt about a year ago) and I towel my hair dry.

[the mad cyclist]

I wash on cool / cold.

Problem is, cold washing often goos up and then knackers your washing machine = fossil fuel and co2 to replace or have it repaired. It’s very very hard to win.

[RenewableCandy]

A PC uses less than 100W, a microwave is only on for a few minutes at a time, a sound system uses less than 200W and is only on for a couple of hours at a time.

ooohps, sad to say that my pc has a 1300 watt supply

mind, it does mean that even in winter when I am online sat next to the box I can keep warm and snug. I am thinking of incorporating it into a snuggie, so you actually wear your PC as a personal heater.

The Russian word for a study is pronounced "Kabinyet", I think the general idea was a small room that'd keep warm from all the brain-power. You might overheat with a 1300Watt PC, mind

[JohnB]

The Russian word for a study is pronounced "Kabinyet", I think the general idea was a small room that'd keep warm from all the brain-power. You might overheat with a 1300Watt PC, mind

My office/study is currently bigger than my home!