The Benefit of Losing Power
Jan.02, 2010 in
Energy
We woke up to a 48F household this morning due to our power going out at around 4am. I crawled back under the covers while brushing my teeth. That was a first.
On the plus side, check out the energy savings reported on our Google PowerMeter:
I think we saved 10 cents!
Maybe we could get used to shutting off the house overnight?
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:10 pm
48! When my heat quits and it hits 55 I feel like I’m going to die. 48 is inhuman.
January 2nd, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Our heat goes down to 55 each night from about 11pm to 6am and then again from about 9am to 3pm (during the week). Even in our 100 year old, poorly insulated house, our heating bill is pretty reasonable.
January 2nd, 2010 at 4:53 pm
I love that spike around 9am when you had 2 coffee pots going full-on! Thanks for using so much power to keep us well-caffeinated!
January 3rd, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Does 6 hours of a zero carbon footprint for a family of 4 earn us a few carbon credits we can trade in? (Kind of like green stamps?)
January 4th, 2010 at 9:03 am
@Dale, credits are good for Snuggies or sweaters.
January 5th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
I recall Jimmy Carter telling us turn the thermostat lower and put on a sweater during his term. Clearly, he was ahead of his time in thinking. And thanks for taking his suggestion to the next level. Imagine the energy saved by putting things off and hunkering down under the covers until spring arrives 8 months from now.
January 6th, 2010 at 7:02 am
Google Powermeter?! Just took a look, very interesting. Any chance there are invites to the service?
January 6th, 2010 at 8:25 am
@ariah, the Google Powermeter service is open, but requires some hardware. Currently that hardware is a 5000-G from The Energy Detective for $199. And it’s been on backorder for 6 or so weeks.
January 8th, 2010 at 5:42 am
Got it. Guess I’ll wait then. Sure does look cool though