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Message 1559963 - Posted: 21 Aug 2014, 11:21:41 UTC

Apologies, I should have warned you earlier. As a friend gave me a demo a few months ago. He showed me that a powerful model could clean up in one pass, and a less powerful model from the same company took several passes, therefore taking twice as long and using over twice as much power. He also mentioned the problem mentioned in the article when using a vacuum cleaner with fullish bag.

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Message 1559965 - Posted: 21 Aug 2014, 11:27:34 UTC - in response to Message 1559963.  

"It has been replacing its models since July with less powerful versions, but a few are still left on the shelves...

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Message 1559966 - Posted: 21 Aug 2014, 11:28:26 UTC - in response to Message 1559964.  

Already is, been on the Euro threads for some time, but as it's a joke, has an equal place here... :-)
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Message 1559981 - Posted: 21 Aug 2014, 13:10:24 UTC
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A good cyclon dont need so much power.
Those 2000 watt monsters are wasted money because only 60% of that reaching the floor.


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Message 1560343 - Posted: 21 Aug 2014, 23:23:27 UTC - in response to Message 1559981.  

A good cyclon dont need so much power.
Those 2000 watt monsters are wasted money because only 60% of that reaching the floor.

EU ban on powerful vacuum cleaners prompts anger and legal challenge
Which? tells consumers to buy now as Best Buy cleaners fall foul of EU energy label that prohibits motors above 1,600w


James Dyson with a Dyson cleaner. His company is seeking judicial review of the legislation at the European court of justice.
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Message 1565399 - Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 13:20:58 UTC - in response to Message 1565345.  

oooh, all that lovely energy making the world hotter! You can be sure of one thing: At least 50" of that night shot is pure waste.

Lovely wider picture. Just wondering how many snivel serpents & other "officials" watching porn or playing cards on the tax payers €?
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Message 1565476 - Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 18:12:44 UTC

This is mostly political BS and posturing.
What is the use of limiting a hairdryer to half it's power when it then has to run twice as long to do it's job?

What do they want? Soggy toast too, I suppose.
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Message 1565488 - Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 18:43:58 UTC - in response to Message 1565486.  

I think the object of the exercise is to encourage manufacturers to design and manufacture appliances that are as efficient at 1600 watts as at say 2500 watts. It can be done but the problem is that it will cost a lot of money in development, and increase the unit cost, and manufacturers are not willing to buy into that scenario as yet.

Heating elements, such as in hairdryers, cannot be made more 'efficient'.
They convert almost 100% of what they consume into heat.
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