Get down to the library now for your home energy use kits

caf said :

So what’s the big Angry Henry idea then? Business As Usual?
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Common sense caf, common sense.

caf said :

ant: The power meter thing is actually a real piece of gear that you plug in between the appliance and the socket (there’s a picture of the kit contents in the latest government propaganda newsletter). It looks like the most useful bit of the kit by far, to me. Even if you can’t afford to replace appliances that use a lot, you can at least find out which ones it’s worth trying to use less.

I have to say I do find testing different appliances intriguing.

So what’s the big Angry Henry idea then? Business As Usual?

ant: The power meter thing is actually a real piece of gear that you plug in between the appliance and the socket (there’s a picture of the kit contents in the latest government propaganda newsletter). It looks like the most useful bit of the kit by far, to me. Even if you can’t afford to replace appliances that use a lot, you can at least find out which ones it’s worth trying to use less.

What a retarded idea.

How long do you think it will take before all the pieces go missing? Or worse still, based on a previous article, someone wipes snot all over it?

So i use the power meter and my appliances aren’t that energy efficient, but given the current economic situation it’s not like I can afford to buy new ones.

I use the thermometer to test the temp of the fridge and hot water. Or I could just open the door and see if it’s cold, or god forbid turn on the tap to see if the water is hot.

If you need a compass to work out the orientation of your home you should perhaps be living under a rock. And even if you worked out the passive solar heating options could you afford to do anything about it given that most of your wage is being funnelled into paying off your mortgage.

And a stopwatch. So you can entertain yourself by racing your shower against the rest of your taps. How much water do you waste testing flow rates?

Civic Library only has two of these kits. What a brilliant intiative.

Stop being wankers and do your jobs properly.

Furry Jesus said :

Will it tell me why I don’t have the energy to mow my back lawn?

I’ll hook you up to the power meter while you mow the thing, whilst simultaneously timing you with the stop watch! This should reveal something.

Skidbladnir said :

The cartoons are crap.
Also, MacGyver is spelled wrong.

I think they’re good, I always get a chuckle out of them.

Will it tell me why I don’t have the energy to mow my back lawn?

ant said :

Those cartoons are good (the Panama ones).

The cartoons are crap.
Also, MacGyver is spelled wrong.

I’d sure like to know how to caclerlate the energy useage of my various applicances. I am very suspicious of the fridge, for instance. It runs a lot. i’m also eyeing the stove, one of the lights flickers although the hotplate isn’t warm. What’s it up to? and it seems you aren’t allowed to buy a microwave now that doesn’t have little lit-up numbers on it.

However, I bet the energy use thing is just a general ready-reckoner, like they use on those shows where they do an energy audit.

Those cartoons are good (the Panama ones).

How long is the queue now?

Why don’t you find out before you start whining? Judging from all in here who are apparently so flush with cash they couldn’t care less about reducing their power bill, the answer should be ‘there isn’t one’.

I’ve been biting my tongue for a few hours, hoping that I wouldn’t be the first pedant on this thread. My tongue is now bleeding.

I believe we borrow from the library.

Pity the kit doesn’t include a free plastic Stanhope doll (like those Warnie and Boonie dolls VB were handing out) that gets all moral and indignant when you use to much power and tells you over and over to turn things off.

I wonder how many will electrocute themselves measuring the power consumption of appliances. Should be interesting.

Good scoop!
It appeared to be a good initiative until I read the press release and discovered that Civic Library has just two kits. How long is the queue now?
Will more kits be purchased if the demand warrants it?
Am I able to reserve one from the, to be, re-opened inner south library or has M16 Art Gallery taken over the old Griffith Library site?

Sooooo, you can drop into the local library, curtail your Walpoleing activities before visiting the cheese shop and borrow a compass to find which way’s North, then a stopwatch to time how long you sit in the bath, a thermometer to tell you whether the beer’s cold (don’t they have hands?) along with other useless paraphernalia. When you’ve had your fun with the little package, presumably you return it to the library (do you get late fines, like library books?).

No doubt this little package will be accompanied by reams of glossy brochures (ala the ACTEWAgl WaterSaver Kit which tells you how to save water by making sure taps are properly turned off)sourced from the best of imported paper made from our woodchips.

Do the idiots that come up with these stupid ideas have any supervision? Stanhopeless and his local council have a lot more to answer for than just the criminal grassby statue.