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electricity consumption

Fridge BuyBack Scheme Pays $35 For Old Fridges

June 25, 2010 by Darren

I’ve had an old second fridge in the garage for a long time now, and I’ve been meaning to try out the Fridge BuyBack scheme to get rid of it. It’s extremely energy-inefficient. If your fridge meets the requirements (over 10 years old, over 250 litres, working second fridge) and you have less than 6 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: electricity consumption, fridge, fridge buyback scheme

My Chest Fridge Conversion

May 23, 2009 by Darren

I finally got the chance to set up my chest freezer as a fridge a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve been testing it out so I could write up this post. You may recall I mentioned that we had an old fridge/freezer running in our garage as a second fridge. With three young kids … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: chest freezers, chest fridge, Electricity, electricity consumption, electricity meter, energy efficiency, fridge, fridgemate, hack, MS6115, temperature controller

Using A Plugin Power Meter

November 25, 2008 by Darren

>_When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: air conditioner, appliances, dishwasher, electricity consumption, freezer, fridge, GPO, habit, power meter, power meters, power point, real time power, washing machine

Energy Around The Home Workshop – Kiama

November 20, 2008 by Darren

This is another workshop I’d have loved to attend, but unfortunately I can’t make it. It would be really useful, given our current efforts to [reduce our high electricity consumption](http://green-change.com/2008/11/14/reducing-electricity-consumption/)! – Date: **Saturday 22 November 2008** – Time: **9:30am – 12:30pm** – Venue: **Girl Guide Cottage, Hindmarsh Park, Kiama** ([map](http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=-34.668886,150.853647&spn=0.003521,0.004528&t=h&z=18)) Learn which parts of your … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Events Tagged: electricity consumption, energy monitoring, home energy, Kiama, Kiama Council, workshops

Reducing Electricity Consumption

November 14, 2008 by Darren

After figuring out our [baseline electricity consumption](http://green-change.com/2008/11/07/baseline-water-and-electricity-usage/), we were mortified to see how much electricity we use. I had honestly thought our usage was about half of that amount. So, where are we wasting electricity? We have over 30 50 watt halogen downlights throughout the house. They use a lot of electricity, and we’re pretty … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: air conditioner, baseline, bathroom heater, CFLs, clothes dryer, dishwasher, electricity consumption, fridge, habit, halogen, halogen downlights, hot water system, incandescent bulbs, night lights, night lights for kids, power meter, saving electricity, simple actions, standby power, washing machine

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