alt.energy.homepower

wrote in message
news:q108e35c5j2d2le2l7j7j2l3lgii2na9ll@ ...
> On Sun, 9 Sep 2007 09:46:12 -0400, "daestrom"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Jim" wrote in message
>>news: $ @ ...
>>>
>>> "Trygve Lillefosse" wrote in message
>>> news:apn5e3dk39t7jkmkqi2sm9fq3g0kbd7l1v@ ...
>>>> On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 14:32:08 -0500, "Jim" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> wrote in message
>>>>>news:o383e3pi5r9tpoehri08ev957pfrbiau4k@ ...
>>>>>> On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:16:57 -0500, "Jim" wrote:
>>>>>>> Don't say that! I just bought the pair, washer and dryer. After a
>>>>>>> family
>>>>>>>of 6 using the washer for 212 hrs and about 50 loads of wash, it's
>>>>>>>used
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>kwh.....
>>>>>> 75Wh per load?
>>>>> Roughly, yes; definitely <100. We just moved in and bought the
>>>>> thing
>>>>> and
>>>>>have done laundry non-stop. 4 kids in private schools wearing uniforms,
>>>>>u
>>>>>name it. That Neptune is so quiet you hardly know it's there... And the
>>>>
>>>> Does it have both cold and hot water connection?
>>>> Do you normaly wash with pretty cold water?
>>>> Are you sure the killawatt is correct?
>>>>
>>>> Sounds pretty amazing.:-)
>>>
>>> I am only using the figures provided by the killawatt for the cord of
>>> the washer plugged into it; not including hot water costs, just energy
>>> to
>>> power the machine. It has a cycle that is 52 minutes long. And yes, it
>>> is
>>> stunning!
>>>
>>
>>Frankly, 75 Wh per load and 52 minutes long, that's less than 2 watts.
>
> Or 86W...
>

Yep. Now don't I feel silly. I guess I was thinking 75 watt-minutes ????

daestrom

>>Even a clock motor draws more than that.
>>
>>I find your numbers 'incredible' ( . not credible).
>
> I found a spec somewhere for the Neptune that indicated something like
> 135Wh per load, and considered that his 50 loads was a guesstimate
> which could account for the discrepancy.
>
>> Even if the drum only
>>rotates half the time, it would still work out to less than 4 watts for
>>the
>>drum motor, still 'incredible'.
>>
>>Can you unplug the kill-a-watt to re-zero it then run just one load
>>through
>>the washer? Just to check those numbers again?
>
> Good idea.
>
> Wayne