Re: amperes money matters

The guy is complaining about having to plug the stuff in to charge being a
pain. Do you really think he will take the time shut everything off in his
house to see how much electricity these devices are consuming? Don't get
me
wrong your method would work but he sounds like he wanted a quick answer
like.. It uses about $10 a year.. Even though I have no way to actually
know
how much power it uses and I wouldn't be supprised if it used less.


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> "N Cook" <diverse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "gastec" <gastec.1yay8z@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> Every night I need to charge up my works mobile phone / laptop /printer
>>> / gas detection equipment.......Its a pain.....I was wondering if
>>> anyone knows how i could measure the cost of charging all this
>>> equipment????
>>>
>>> keep it simple as poss please
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> gastec
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>> Assuming your domestic power consumption meter either has a rotating dial
>> or
>> a neon/LED that flashes to show electricity consumption and also stated
>> on
>> the meter what 1 rev or 1 flash means in terms of power consumption.
>> Turn off everything electrical and count flashes or revs in one minute
>> when
>> you've plugged in your kit and multiply.
>> If you don't wish to turn off stuff with clocks then time with this base
>> load and then re-time with your offending kit plugged in , take
>> difference
>> and multiply.
>> As a rough rule compare the heat given off by each with a 15 watt mains
>> bulb, and even more general the ones giving off the most heat are likely
>> the
>> biggest consumers of juice.
>>
>> --
>> Diverse Devices, Southampton, England
>> electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
>> http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/
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