Re: Electricity bill - OT

2005-02-09 Thread Louis LeBlanc
On 02/08/05 11:17 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC sat at the `puter and typed: We are not talking about phones. Yes, but are we still talking about FreeBSD? -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper

Re: Electricity bill - OT

2005-02-08 Thread David Gerard
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050208 15:29]: A lot of new-built houses in the US are installing continuous circulation systems for hot water, which greatly reduces the time the HW heater is running, since when you turn on the hot water, you get instantaneous hot water

RE: Electricity bill - OT

2005-02-08 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 8:29 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Electricity bill - OT A lot of new-built houses in the US are installing continuous

Re: Electricity bill - OT

2005-02-08 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire . Net LLC
On Feb 8, 2005, at 4:19 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 8:29 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Electricity bill - OT A lot of new-built

Re: Electricity bill - OT

2005-02-08 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire . Net LLC
, 2005 8:29 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Electricity bill - OT A lot of new-built houses in the US are installing continuous circulation systems for hot water, which greatly reduces the time the HW heater is running, since when you turn on the hot water, you get instantaneous

RE: Electricity bill - OT

2005-02-08 Thread Chris Hill
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 8:29 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Electricity bill - OT Also, the new tankless HW

RE: Electricity bill - OT

2005-02-08 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 10:16 AM To: Henry Miller Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Ted Mittelstaedt Subject: Re: Electricity bill - OT This is a gimmick built to sell houses, a cool one, but only in hot climates does it make much difference. In cooler climates the heat from

Re: Electricity bill - OT

2005-02-08 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire . Net LLC
On Feb 8, 2005, at 11:02 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: The Bosch AquaStar line is rated at a maximum efficiency of .66 - .78 energy factor, here is the link: http://www.controlledenergy.com/html/aquastar/design_features.html The tanked units on this page range from .62 to .65 energy factor

Re: Electricity bill - OT

2005-02-07 Thread Robert Marella
On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 17:01 +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: I don't know where the rest is going, but I suspect that an aging electric water heater is consuming more than all the computer equipment combined. I put a timer on my hot water heater and only run it a couple of hours per day.

Re: Electricity bill - OT

2005-02-07 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire . Net LLC
On Feb 7, 2005, at 2:14 PM, Robert Marella wrote: On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 17:01 +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: I don't know where the rest is going, but I suspect that an aging electric water heater is consuming more than all the computer equipment combined. I put a timer on my hot water heater