Avoid using GAS and ELECTRIC !

Butterfly_Brain

chloe99 wrote: »

can anyone remember about that cling film stuff you put on single glased windows andthen blow it with a hardryer? is it any good, is it cheap and where can you get it from?

Wilkinsons do it bought some last week:j

Skintmama

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk

Look under Heat and Light Units for the bathroom lamps.
I will be going for one of these to save on the cost of oil for heating my downstairs shower/cloakroom. Thanks for the question as I thought you couldn't get these any more.

Sorry I know this is not the bulb type (used to have one of those 20 something years ago!) but it would give fairly instant heat.

katieowl_2

mardatha wrote: »

WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO BUY CHEAP CANDLES ? oops sorry screaming.

Lidl candles are very good. They have several colours of 'dinner candles'
Box of 10 is about £1 + or - a bit. Haven't seen bog standard white 'prices' candles for years, but I'd check the £1 shops.

Cheap candles can be a it dodgy - the smoke like mad, or burn down badly. So I'd not stock up with a bargain unless I'd tried one out first.

Regards

Kate

Stephen_Leak

I'm an IT Tech' at a school. All our teachers have laptops.

Only using the mains power/charger as and when the battery needs charging is best, not only for your pocket but also for the battery.

Lithium ion batteries really don't like being kept on continuous charge: they don't develop the memory effect of earlier technologies, they just fail. They only last a couple of years anyway.

As far as I can see, using the laptop to also listen to online radio shouldn't increase the power consumption of the laptop by very much. Using the stereo as well almost certainly uses more power.

Samphire

Skintmama wrote: »

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk

Look under Heat and Light Units for the bathroom lamps.


Thankyou to everyone who responded to the question about heating our downstairs loo. I will be getting one of these lights and also looking at other ways of insulating the room - if possible replacing the window, if not bubble wrap (thanks KatieOwl) and also seeing if I can find some so that the floor isn't so cold!

One way we're saving on drying clothes is that my Dad built a roof over our decking in the garden - a frame made with timber and that bumpy clear polycarbonate roofing sheets. It means I can now line dry in the drizzle (and living in Wales we see quite a lot of that ) I also got a machine with a more powerful spin which certainly makes the clothes drier when it's finished though I'm not sure how much more energy it uses per cycle. I used to have an old spin dryer which I got from my gran - like a big salad spinner (you put the clothes in and cranked it by hand). I don't know whether you can still get them - if not perhaps they will make a comeback!

Incisor

OrkneyStar wrote: »

Ok, not sure if I am on the right board so please re-direct me if I am not!
Basically I have a question.....during the day I often use my laptop for various things....the plugged is switched on only when the battery needs charging (I suppose I should do this at night really but just do as and when). Anyway I often listen to the radio too, so would I save power by listening online when I am in the living room/on the laptop, instead of using stereo ? Thanks.

Is this worth the effort to pursue??

If your radio uses 10W, you can run it for 100hours for the cost of a single unit [~10p]

Penelope_Penguin

Hi, there, Orkney Star! Good on you for investigating reducing your energy use :j :T I'll add this to the Avoid using Gas and Electricity thread, to keep all ideas together.

Penny. x

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incisor, the pennies add up over a quarter

sammy_kaye18

Hi All

I have bene looking to reduced gas use alot lately as we seem to use a fair bit and my biggest bug bear is that our flat is single glazed.

I have a question about the clingfilmy stuff for the windows and how to install in correctly.

Right here goes - which part of the window do you attach it to?? Do you jsut put it on the glass?? or do you put it onto the sub frame white plastic part fo the window (you know you have glass,black sealent,sub frame white plastic, main frame white plastic) effectively making like an air trap between the sheet and the clingfilm??? Sorry if it sounds a stupid question but i have a HUGE window and want to know im doing it right and measuring the right part before i do it!

stilernin

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

Hi All

I have bene looking to reduced gas use alot lately as we seem to use a fair bit and my biggest bug bear is that our flat is single glazed.

I have a question about the clingfilmy stuff for the windows and how to install in correctly.

Right here goes - which part of the window do you attach it to?? Do you jsut put it on the glass?? or do you put it onto the sub frame white plastic part fo the window (you know you have glass,black sealent,sub frame white plastic, main frame white plastic) effectively making like an air trap between the sheet and the clingfilm??? Sorry if it sounds a stupid question but i have a HUGE window and want to know im doing it right and measuring the right part before i do it!

I think it would work best if you put it on the subframe as you describe. You are then in effect, double glazed.

Try to pull it as taught as you can when you apply it and then heat it up a bit with the hair dryer to shrink it a bit to make it a really tight fit. Be careful not to get too close or it will melt, but you will get the hang of it.