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Cost of leaving lamps plugged into a timer socket

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  • 11-10-2009 1:07pm
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    Ashfield
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    We have just recieved our third esb bill and its nearly 3 times that of previous bills, it is an estimate but when i checked the meter, its fairly accurate,
    Lately i have been leaving two lamps in the house on until 3 in the morning for security reasons,
    I bought the timer plug/sockets cheap in b&q for €9 or so,
    Are these known for being very expensive and inefficient?
    Im just trying to figure out why the bill is so high!
    Thanks


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    5uspect
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    What kind of lamps are they?


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    Ashfield
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    5uspect wrote: »
    What kind of lamps are they?

    They are standard small 60w b&q lamps


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    2011
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    So if you used a 6 watt energy saving lamp you would cut it's running costs by a factor of 10


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    5uspect
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    Are they Incandescent, Halogen, Fluorescent, LED etc?

    If they're 60W (120W for two) then you're drawing that much power for a good period of time. Consider a leaner alternative like LED.


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    10-10-20
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    The timers themselves are rated around 0.25W, meaning that it would have to run for 4000 hours or 166 days before it uses up 1 unit of electricity.
    I recommend using a flourescent bulb. LED's aren't good enough for the price yet.


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    Ashfield
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭Ashfield


    10-10-20 wrote: »
    The timers themselves are rated around 0.25W, meaning that it would have to run for 4000 hours or 166 days before it uses up 1 unit of electricity.
    I recommend using a flourescent bulb. LED's aren't good enough for the price yet.

    Thanks for that,
    I was wondering how much electricity the actual timers used up,
    Ill look into upgrading my bulbs then.


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