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Was just thinking the other day how funny it is that people throw away old radios, but then buy white noise machines to gekommen their babies sleep. You can get
by leobg 4y ago
Was just thinking the other day how funny it is that people throw away old radios, but then buy white noise machines to gekommen their babies sleep. You can get plenty of noise from a radio, all the way from white to brown. And music, too.
- wombat-man 4y agowow, I have a clock radio and it never occurred to me to use it that way. good idea.
- leobg 4y agoThanks. The woman acceptance factor of the idea might be low initially. But that tends to change pretty quickly once the baby is soundly asleep. :)
- Scoundreller 4y agoSometimes the electric cost justifies the upgrade.
- forgotmypw17 4y agoHow much electricity must be saved in order to offset the manufacture of one white noise device, including the materials mining for all its components, the manufacture of all those components, the transportation (and packaging) of all those components (separately, each) to the assembly factory, the assembly, the transportation (and packaging) of the device to the warehouse, and then transporting it from the warehouse to the store or delivered (in more packaging) to your house?
- leobg 4y agoThere are people who keep a fan running, or the hood in their kitchen. That of course works. But the amount of energy required is probably 100x that of a radio. And the latter has the added benefit that you can adjust the type of noise, as well as the volume.
- forgotmypw17 4y agoI was asking about the comparison of an existing radio (electronic, not electromechanical like a fan) to a brand new device.
- Scoundreller 4y agoI usually budget $1/year for each watt used 24/7. So using 2 watts instead of 12 watts will save $10/year, or more likely ~$3/year when only used during sleep periods.
- forgotmypw17 4y agoSorry for the misunderstanding... I was not talking about financial cost, but the overall cost to the biome, along with work expended and materials used.