I think rons idea would work like this, we keep the drink machine stocked, but powered off. The drinks can stay there. We could then keep a few cases of diffrent variety in/by the fridge. Keep diffrent amounts of each in the fridge, depending on popularity. As far as restocking the fridge we could just ask that when you buy one you stick another of the same type in. This wouldn't be a peftect system, but would reduce restock work.
When we have an event we could plug the drink machine, and top it up if needed. Would probably want to get it running the night before the event(or the morning of if it starts at night) Another thing we may want to look at is how much power Our fridge/freezer uses. Compare it with currently available ones and see if ours is using a large amount of power more. If this is the case it may be cost effective to buy a new one. Depending on how inefficient the current ones are. Some it might be so little that we wouldn't see ROI for years, some might be so great that we pay for the fridge in just a few bills. I also think it might be a good idea to put up a sheet by the machine with a check box for diffrent types of drinks, and just get people to check off what they buy. After a few weeks we could have an idea as to how much of what sells, and if it is worth it to run the machine day to day. This would be harder to track during events, and would probably just have to use manual stock counting before/after the event. The most important thing is though is that while analysis and observation are great, knowing how much energy we use vs profit we make doesn't do us much good if we never do anything about it. But we could easily take some simple steps to figure out how to reduce costs. On Jan 19, 2013 12:20 PM, "Roswyne" <rosw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Because if the drinks aren't cold, who's going to buy them? > > The drink machine holds a lot, so you can load it once and ignore it for > weeks. > > You'd have to top up the fridge every few days, and there'd only be room > for a few types of drinks. > > While you could choose to keep flats by the fridge after purchase instead > of immediately loading the machine, you'd then have to load the machine > before each event... then unload it when you turn the machine off. > On Jan 19, 2013 11:24 AM, "Jim MacKenzie" <protoj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Would we need to unload it? Just leave stuff in there. I don't belive we >> stock anything that being warm would ruin >> On Jan 19, 2013 11:23 AM, "Roswyne" <rosw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Then someone needs to take over stocking it. I'm not going to keep >>> unloading and reloading it to move drinks in and out of the machine to save >>> so little money. >>> >>> On Jan 19, 2013 11:17 AM, "Jim MacKenzie" <protoj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Yeah, and on non event days we can just use the fridge like "normal" >>>> people >>>> On Jan 19, 2013 11:16 AM, "Ron" <r...@skullsecurity.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>>> >>>>> Yeah, I didn't mean turn it on every time people are in the space - >>>>> that'd probably be wasteful - I meant turn it on just for events, like >>>>> hackathons, talks, etc. >>>>> >>>>> Ron >>>>> >>>>> On 2013-01-19 10:38, Roswyne wrote: >>>>> > We've already discussed this. The consensus was that any saving >>>>> from it >>>>> > being off would be more than cancelled by it having to recoil >>>>> everything >>>>> > when we turn it on. >>>>> > >>>>> > (since it is harder to effect a large temperature change than to >>>>> merely >>>>> > maintain an existing temperature.) >>>>> > On Jan 19, 2013 1:39 AM, "Ron" <r...@skullsecurity.net> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > > We may want to consider turning off the drink machine (or at least >>>>> the >>>>> > > cooling part) except for during events. >>>>> > > >>>>> > > Ron >>>>> > > >>>>> > > On 2013-01-18 23:51, Colin Stanners wrote: >>>>> > > > Measured with Dave's Belkin Kill-a-watt type device: >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > Servers, network gear: constant 700w >>>>> > > > Fridge/freezer: 630w when both compressors running >>>>> (occasionally). 6w in >>>>> > > standby >>>>> > > > Vending machine: 1000w when compressor running (often) >>>>> > > > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > > > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>>> > > > Help: >>>>> http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>>> > > > Archive: >>>>> https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>>> > > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>>> > > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>>> > > Archive: >>>>> https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>>> > > >>>>> >>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>>> > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>>> > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>>> >>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>>> Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) >>>>> >>>>> iEYEARECAAYFAlD61MQACgkQ2t2zxlt4g/RdHQCeI1fjSVIEBgyB0Sjrt+rXdPLV >>>>> fjYAoI9N5FbXE5qGpLr2JM5oEKCI6jCK >>>>> =b4WW >>>>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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