EU to ban high-energy hair dryers, first they came for you hoover then for your hair dryer then for

Fair enough. This kind of stuff has to happen at that level to create a level playing field - and to create a market large enough that manufacturers will be encouraged to innovate to satisfy a large demand for powerful energy efficient devices. This is a pretty good example of a government type body correcting a market failure.
 
While I agree we need to have more power efficient kit at the same time they should be pushing green energy as replacement to fossil fuels not as a compliment to them as it currently seems to be.
 
Think of it as creating more opportunity for the enthusiast who really needs more power, to overclock what he already has.

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it just seems pretty pointless... as far as power consumption is concerned a vacuum cleaner is rather low down the scale.. a device that's used perhaps once a week.
 
I think it's a good idea, it encourages manufacturers to innovate rather than rely on power/brute-force & ignorance. Plus it means consumers save money!!
Power factor/efficiency is the key here and at 1.6+kW it's hardly that, some decent engineering and innovation and they can no doubt produce a far more efficient hoover!!
At the moment their is no incentive for them to bother as they don't pay your electricity bill! lol
 
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C.R.A.Z.Y said:
I think it's a good idea, it encourages manufacturers to innovate rather than rely on power/brute-force & ignorance. Plus it means consumers save money!!
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We'll just be paying for the privilege of eu compliant hoovers.

I mean obviously I'm not a Hoover designer but other than brute force how can you suck crud off a carpet?
 
I'm for this personally. Reminds me of the new F1 regulations and i'm hoping that manufacturers and designers will work harder to squeeze every last drop of juice out off stuff while getting the energy consumption down.
 
MrMarvelous said:
I'm for this personally. Reminds me of the new F1 regulations and i'm hoping that manufacturers and designers will work harder to squeeze every last drop of juice out off stuff while getting the energy consumption down.
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A kettle and hair dryer are extremely efficient.
Usually electronics waste a lot of energy as heat, but that is the purpose of a kettle and hair dryer!
Considering a hair dryer is ~2000Watts, and I (if I owned one!) would use a hair dryer for ~2 minutes, that would use 0.067kWh, which is around 0.01 PENCE.
You could spend millions of pounds trying to improve the efficiency of a kettle, but the fact is you cannot, because the scientific thermal equations need that much energy to raise the water temperature. Almost no energy is wasted from a kettle heating element.

A better effort would be to ask why all streets are lit up light Christmas trees all night long, or why the fat skank down the road has to drive 1/4 mile to the shop.

The problem is that everyone has so many electrical items. I am on my PC with two screens. I also have a fridge freezer that is always turned on, gas fired heating etc.

The comment on powerful kettles is hilarious. If you lower the power of a kettle then it takes longer to boil - The same number of kWh will be used!

The funniest thing about the whole lot is the 'use' of the kettle is not the problem, it is that it is made so cheaply and really cannot be recycled. If it breaks or even gets a crack or scuff you throw it into the landfill and buy a new one for £4.99.
 
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Skeeter said:
I'm a man.

What's a hoover?
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An ideal birthday present for the woman in your life ;)

Back on topic, isn't this just part of the EU's efforts to reduce waste?

Something we should all agree is a good idea. The age where domestic devices could use as much power as they liked and no one cared truly is over.

Although aside from domestic waste, one area they will have real problems fixing is the amount of power wasted in offices.

Even today most people in offices leave their lights on, leave their computers on, and generally just don't even think about reducing waste.
 
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