Toper wrote:
If I place 1 pint of water in the kettle and a similar quantity in a small sauce pan, which is heated on a gas hob, whilst the kettle, with red warning light on is far, far quicker, the warning light never comes on when heating the same amount of water on the gas hob.
If I place 1 pint of water in the kettle and a similar quantity in a small sauce pan, which is heated on a gas hob, whilst the kettle, with red warning light on is far, far quicker, the warning light never comes on when heating the same amount of water on the gas hob.
Leaving thermal losses out of the equation, it will take the same amount of energy to boil one pint of water whether you are using electricity or gas. The kettle does it very quickly because it forces the energy into the water.
I guess your little red light comes on when average energy consumption hits a threshold that your supply company considers is worth indicating. If you were able to expend the same amount of energy burning gas in the same time as your kettle takes boiling the pint, I would expect the red light to come on again.
Pikey's assertion that you can expect a visit from the authorities based on your smart meter readings may perhaps be a little Orwellian - cannabis growers tend to operate in environments where smart meters or indeed meters of any kind, are not usually part of the equation!
I think the cost of energy debate is a separate one, but I'm on the side of those who prefer not to have naked flames around volatile substances
Cheers
Hampk
Statistics: Posted by hampk — Wed Jun 14, 2017 1:21 pm
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