Answer this questionnaire
Calling the attention of all CEans. Well guys this is not a regular discussion thread, but rather this is just a questionnaire, which I am presenting to conduct a survey. Please answer all the questions present here, and please take care of the question numbers:
1). what is your current occupation?
2) What is your location, at present?
3) What are three basic electrical appliances, which you would always need to use, no matter what? (Do not mention laptops, cell phones or other electronic gadgets).
4) Do power cuts take place frequently in your locality? If so how often?
5) Do you use inverters, or gen-sets?
6) If you are using an inverter, then what are the problems that it presents?
7) If you are using a gen-set, then what kind of problems does it present?
8) Does paying the electricity bill burn a hole in your pocket?
9) Today, we can frequently see advertisements in the news papers, about some domestic solar power-plants, developed by some American company, and they claim that this is not a back-up system, but a power-plant. Now would you purchase such systems?
1). what is your current occupation?
2) What is your location, at present?
3) What are three basic electrical appliances, which you would always need to use, no matter what? (Do not mention laptops, cell phones or other electronic gadgets).
4) Do power cuts take place frequently in your locality? If so how often?
5) Do you use inverters, or gen-sets?
6) If you are using an inverter, then what are the problems that it presents?
7) If you are using a gen-set, then what kind of problems does it present?
8) Does paying the electricity bill burn a hole in your pocket?
9) Today, we can frequently see advertisements in the news papers, about some domestic solar power-plants, developed by some American company, and they claim that this is not a back-up system, but a power-plant. Now would you purchase such systems?
Replies
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Ramani Aswath1. Engineering Scientist; 2. Bangalore, India; 3. Electric Light (Can dispense with all others) 4. Daily; 5. Inverter; 6. Works fine; 7. Not applicable; 8. Not really; 9. Many Indian made are also available. A 500 w system is available for about Rs. 66,000.
Consumer pays 1/3rd down, 1/3 is given as subsidy by the government and the balance is a soft loan with low interest. Many are buying this. -
Kaustubh Katdare
- Business (CEO)
- Nagpur, India
- Tube Lights, Iron, Electric Bell
- No; once in a week
- No
- N/A
- N/A
- No
- No
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Jeffrey Arulraj
- Student
- Chennai,India
- Audio Mixer, Stdio Master Amplifier, Stereo JBl Speakers
- Yes, Every day
- No
- No
- No
- No
- I may purchase for use later in my future When I am under the home of my parents I think this is not a likely option
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Anoop Kumar1) Software Engineer
2) Hyderabad, IN
3) Fan, Jet Pump, CFL
4) Yes, 4-5 hours per/day
5) No
6) N/A
7) N/A
8) No
9) Probably.
I suggest you to create a Google document form that will be easy for you to manage answers and analyse them. -
Abhishek Rawal1) Engineering Student.
2) Ahmedabad,Gujarat.
3) Fan,Tube-lights & Hand-blender (Damn,I love coffee)
4) No (Maybe once in 6 months)
5) Nope
6) N/A
7) N/A
8) Nah
9) No need. -
zaveriThank you guys for your replies. waiting for more.
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Ambarish Ganesh1. GET
2. Pune, Maharashtra
3. Bulb, Fan, Iron, Washing m/c
4. Rarely
5. Use an inverter.
6. so far, so good.
7. N/A
8. Not really
9. I may. -
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Saijayadeephai..
1.I am an Engineering Student.
2.Kanchipuram,Tamilnadu.
3.Electric Fan,tube light,Iron Box,SpikeBox.
4.YES..,but i am staying in hostel they provide 24 hrs power supply.
5.Hostel admin use generators.
6.N/A
7.Hike in fuel Price is the only difficulty for hostel admin.(diesel)
8.Not much i think so.
9.For our home we wont now ,may be in near future. -
Gurjap1). what is your current occupation?
Student, final year, mechanical engg, nit jalandhar
2) What is your location, at present?
Jalandhar
3) What are three basic electrical appliances, which you would always need to use, no matter what? (Do not mention laptops, cell phones or other electronic gadgets).
Fan, toaster, lights
4) Do power cuts take place frequently in your locality? If so how often?
Quite often, say 3-4 hrs a day if it's a lucky day. On a bad day, 6-7 hours.
5) Do you use inverters, or gen-sets?
Inverter
6) If you are using an inverter, then what are the problems that it presents?
No problems, really. A relay got jumpy about a year ago, and made a lot of chattering noise, but the electrician fixed it in about 5 minutes.
7) If you are using a gen-set, then what kind of problems does it present?
Never used one. So any opinion I have is second/third hand.
8) Does paying the electricity bill burn a hole in your pocket?
Does the sun rise from east? ๐
9) Today, we can frequently see advertisements in the news papers, about some domestic solar power-plants, developed by some American company, and they claim that this is not a back-up system, but a power-plant. Now would you purchase such systems?
Not before I can answer a basic question: considering initial cost and yearly maintenance, when would such a system reach a 'break even' point wrt the grid charges? If the answer is more than '5 years', I wouldn't buy it. -
maria flor1). what is your current occupation?โCivil Engineering student
2) What is your location, at present?โBalete, Aklan, Philippines
3) What are three basic electrical appliances, which you would always need to use, no matter what? (Do not mention laptops, cell phones or other electronic gadgets).โa light bulb and a fan
4) Do power cuts take place frequently in your locality? If so how often?โno, once or twice a month
5) Do you use inverters, or gen-sets?โno
6) If you are using an inverter, then what are the problems that it presents?โn/a
7) If you are using a gen-set, then what kind of problems does it present?โn/a
8) Does paying the electricity bill burn a hole in your pocket?โno
9) Today, we can frequently see advertisements in the news papers, about some domestic solar power-plants, developed by some American company, and they claim that this is not a back-up system, but a power-plant. Now would you purchase such systems?โno.โ -
Shailaja Tiwari1.student
2.mumbai,maharashtra
3.a fan and a cfl
4.no ...never
5.n/a
6.n/a
7.n/a
8.not mine but defintely my parents pockets.
9.not needed at all in mumbai -
lal1. Unofficial student
2. Kerala, India
3. Flurescent Light, Fan, CFL
4. Daily an hour. Half hour each in the morning and evening.
5. Yes, a modded UPS. Just for lighting.
6. Bad sinewave output.
7. N/A
8. No, its fair.
9. No. Rather go for a subsidised Government plan about the same thing. -
pikachu19941.Student.
2.Trichy,tamilnadu.
3.Emergency lamp,Water cooler,Fan.
4.Yes.nearly 12 hrs current cut๐
5.Inverters.
6.As the current cut time is more,the inveter can't charge upto it's level and so it will beep as it's load increases.
7.NA
8.Sorry,I don't know.My parent's area.
9.Not interested. -
sujit sinha
1)StudentzaveriCalling the attention of all CEans. Well guys this is not a regular discussion thread, but rather this is just a questionnaire, which I am presenting to conduct a survey. Please answer all the questions present here, and please take care of the question numbers:
1). what is your current occupation?
2) What is your location, at present?
3) What are three basic electrical appliances, which you would always need to use, no matter what? (Do not mention laptops, cell phones or other electronic gadgets).
4) Do power cuts take place frequently in your locality? If so how often?
5) Do you use inverters, or gen-sets?
6) If you are using an inverter, then what are the problems that it presents?
7) If you are using a gen-set, then what kind of problems does it present?
8) Does paying the electricity bill burn a hole in your pocket?
9) Today, we can frequently see advertisements in the news papers, about some domestic solar power-plants, developed by some American company, and they claim that this is not a back-up system, but a power-plant. Now would you purchase such systems?
2)Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College
3)Light,Mobile Charger,Laptop Charger
4)No,not frequently
5)Inverter
6)N/A
7)N/A
8)N/A
9)Yes -
CE DesignerShould I reply even if I don't live in India?
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Kaustubh Katdare
Yes you should ๐CE DesignerShould I reply even if I don't live in India?
I'm wondering if there's an end date to the survey? #-Link-Snipped-# ? -
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yes please. its open to all.
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now that people are taking their own time to reply, i don't there will be an end date.
i may end the survey, if i get at least 20 replies. -
Kaustubh Katdare..and where do you want to use this data ๐จ
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zaveriThe thing is that i have got a new idea, and i feel it will sell if i try and develop it.
but to be honest i feel this is only an intuition.
now by conducting this survey, i am trying to find out how far it will be successful -
Prasad Ajinkya1). what is your current occupation? Business, CTO
2) What is your location, at present? Mumbai
3) What are three basic electrical appliances, which you would always need to use, no matter what? (Do not mention laptops, cell phones or other electronic gadgets) Fan, Tubelight, Bell
4) Do power cuts take place frequently in your locality? If so how often? No
5) Do you use inverters, or gen-sets? No
6) If you are using an inverter, then what are the problems that it presents? No
7) If you are using a gen-set, then what kind of problems does it present? No
8) Does paying the electricity bill burn a hole in your pocket? No
9) Today, we can frequently see advertisements in the news papers, about some domestic solar power-plants, developed by some American company, and they claim that this is not a back-up system, but a power-plant. Now would you purchase such systems?No -
Harshad Italiya1). what is your current occupation? Embedded Engineer
2) What is your location, at present? Surat
3) What are three basic electrical appliances, which you would always need to use, no matter what? (Do not mention laptops, cell phones or other electronic gadgets) Fan,CFL,Alarm
4) Do power cuts take place frequently in your locality? If so how often? No
5) Do you use inverters, or gen-sets? No
6) If you are using an inverter, then what are the problems that it presents? No
7) If you are using a gen-set, then what kind of problems does it present? No
8) Does paying the electricity bill burn a hole in your pocket? No
9) Today, we can frequently see advertisements in the news papers, about some domestic solar power-plants, developed by some American company, and they claim that this is not a back-up system, but a power-plant. Now would you purchase such systems?No -
pikachu1994zaveri my observation from this survey:current cut is only in south india,particularly in tamilnadu.
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CE DesignerzaveriCalling the attention of all CEans. Well guys this is not a regular discussion thread, but rather this is just a questionnaire, which I am presenting to conduct a survey. Please answer all the questions present here, and please take care of the question numbers:
1). what is your current occupation?
2) What is your location, at present?
3) What are three basic electrical appliances, which you would always need to use, no matter what? (Do not mention laptops, cell phones or other electronic gadgets).
4) Do power cuts take place frequently in your locality? If so how often?
5) Do you use inverters, or gen-sets?
6) If you are using an inverter, then what are the problems that it presents?
7) If you are using a gen-set, then what kind of problems does it present?
8) Does paying the electricity bill burn a hole in your pocket?
9) Today, we can frequently see advertisements in the news papers, about some domestic solar power-plants, developed by some American company, and they claim that this is not a back-up system, but a power-plant. Now would you purchase such systems?- Manufacturing and Design Engineer
- Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
- Fan, Lamp, Washing Machine
- Not often
- No
- -
- -
- No
- Yes, depending on its efficiency I would use it together with regular electricity.
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Arathana
1,studentzaveriCalling the attention of all CEans. Well guys this is not a regular discussion thread, but rather this is just a questionnaire, which I am presenting to conduct a survey. Please answer all the questions present here, and please take care of the question numbers:
1). what is your current occupation?
2) What is your location, at present?
3) What are three basic electrical appliances, which you would always need to use, no matter what? (Do not mention laptops, cell phones or other electronic gadgets).
4) Do power cuts take place frequently in your locality? If so how often?
5) Do you use inverters, or gen-sets?
6) If you are using an inverter, then what are the problems that it presents?
7) If you are using a gen-set, then what kind of problems does it present?
8) Does paying the electricity bill burn a hole in your pocket?
9) Today, we can frequently see advertisements in the news papers, about some domestic solar power-plants, developed by some American company, and they claim that this is not a back-up system, but a power-plant. Now would you purchase such systems?
2,kerala
3,fan,light,phone charger
4,rarely
5,no
6,NA
7,NA
8,no
9,no -
vinod19931.Student
2.Chennai
3.Electric Light and fan
4.Frequently, Two hours each day
5.No
6.I do not use
7.I do not use
8.No
9.Have to research on this topic -
atul-namdeo1. Engineering student
2. Indore, MP, India
3. Fan,Tubelight,Electric iron
4. No, Sometimes
5. No
6. N/A
7. N/A
8. No
9. No -
Kedar Malwadkar1) Engineering Student
2) Chinchwad, Pune
3) Fan,light
4) No, Every Thursday (I live in a MIDC area. i.e. there are lots of industries in my area)
5) Yes, one for my Computer
6) Until now - No problems ๐
7) N/A
8) No. The bill is quite normal. As we don't waste electricity (i.e. everyone in home tries to save it.)
9) No man, they are too costly (atleast for me).
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