Avoid using GAS and ELECTRIC !

suzybloo

With regard to the heat from the oven - I have discoverd that if you switch the oven off at the wall when you are finished cooking the fan cuts out so the heat lasts longer, rather than the fan keeping going until the oven is cool again. Never thought about the fan before - common sense I know but only when I have been more concious of saving electric and switching off at the
wall discoverd this.
This thread is great and I will be keeping an eye on it to see what else I can save on.

nicki_2

Skint_Catt wrote: »

Where did you get them nicki???

TJ Hughes in Liverpool. But they do have a website : http://www.tjhughes.co.uk/

ETA : The website isn't very good for stock, but if you can get to one of their stores they're fantastic for bargains!

chunky79

kittie wrote: »

miasmummy. If they are 50w each then it is 200w in one hour at a cost of approx 2.54p per hour. Check the wattage as some are higher.

I know it only pence but if they are on 12 hours a day then it adds up to £27 a quarter

Great eh! i have 12 of the blastered things in my kitchen, this was all before i had any idea about moneysaving. I actually use a lamp on an evening with a 9w energy saving bulb, and for the day plenty of carrots:p ya never see a rabbit wearing glasses do ya:D :rolleyes:

chunky79

Skint_Catt wrote: »

You can get more and more LED spotlight bulbs now - they are expensive (£9 each) initially but they cost pence per year(?) to run. Its a slightly bluer light than normal but well worth the saving!

Are the led lights bright enough i am happy to pay the money but i have heard they aren't very good. can you recommend any?

greenbee

There's a few threads specifically about LEDs on Green & Ethical:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=919305

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=591841

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=549915

The consensus seems to be that you need the 60 LED bulbs for it to be worthwhile. I guess it depends on where you are using them and what for.

chunky79

greenbee wrote: »

There's a few threads specifically about LEDs on Green & Ethical:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=919305

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=591841

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=549915

The consensus seems to be that you need the 60 LED bulbs for it to be worthwhile. I guess it depends on where you are using them and what for.

Thanks for that will have a look now xx

richardc1983

Mrs_Money wrote: »

I've read somewhere that Economy 7 is no longer moneysaving and that if asked, your electricty supplier will remove it (the meter). I think it's because you have to pay a quarterly charge for it? We have it and I don't think it's saving us any money even though we put washing on at night and the dishwasher. Any experts out there know any more?

You want to check that the Economy 7 timer is working correctly as when I had E7 in my last flat the times it was switching over to E7 was incorrect so it was coming on during the day for E7 and i was using at all at night thinking thats when it was switching over.

I think on some meters you can check to see which rate it is running at by looking at the front of it. If its wrong get in touch with your supplier.

richardc1983

dollydaydream07 wrote: »

we have one too, and it is VERY bright, they were less than a tenner and i think we might have got ours for nearer a fiver as DH works there and we got staff discount on it! lol

I bought one of these by reccomendation of a friend however I didnt think it did much at all, apart from blind you with the light when you have it on the highest setting! At lower settings it didnt really do much unless you was sat really close to it it seemed to waste a lot of energy in light output however the glow on the lowest setting gave the impression the room was cosier.

Turned out my friend had an older style heater that used quartz tubes, it looked identical to the halogen ones however when it was on it gave an orange glow and didnt use bulbs, when it was on the lowest setting it used as much as the halogen heater did on the medium setting (2 zones lit) but because it wasnt wasting energy as light it gave more out in heat and this was noticeable, a lot of infra red given off. It has a small fan in the back as well that blows up through the structure and therefore blows heat off of the tubes in side whereas the cheaper halogen ones a lot of heat is retained in the structure.

SO I bought 2 of these heaters from ebay that someone was selling, they are made by Honeywell and are fab but i dont think you can get them any more.

I think the cheap halogen heaters are ineffiecient, I found that they give a lot of light out, too much infact but unless you have it on the highest setting it doesnt increase the room temperature.

richardc1983

1carminestocky wrote: »

Or, better still, don't 'overheat' your water in the first place, negating the need for cooling it down when running a bath.

I still guess that your hot water for your bath will require a little cool water from the tap as you use water hotter than a bath for washing up etc. For instance if you water is at a comfortable bath temp at the point of coming out the tap you wouldnt need to add any cold water, however would it use more energy using a bathfull of warm water or is it better to fill the bath with cold water then add enough warm to be comfortable?

richardc1983

A good way of stopping draughts and keeping the room warmer in winter is if you have curtains that hang down just below the window sill pull the curtains up so they are sitting on the window sill, this keeps the cold draughts from coming down under the curtains and also means that if you have radiators under the window the heat doesnt go straight up into the window area.

I do this every winter and i notice the difference straight away, the room stays warmer.