Avoid using GAS and ELECTRIC !

WartimeScrapingofMarmite

We have just switched providers and had final bills from the old one - we were £100 in credit on the gas and £50 on the electric. Obviously the gas one wouldn't have been such alot had it been winter and the heating had been on BUT, I still put these huge savings down to the tips I've picked up and used from this thread!

LouiseJ

I can definitely vouch for the Remoska cooker, since buying mine I havent used my oven at all. It uses less than a quarter of the energy of a traditional cooker and have managed to feed a family of 4 using only the Remoska and the microwave for over 2 months now:T

I now use my oven as a storage cupboard:rolleyes:

Sunnyday

LouiseJ wrote: »

I can definitely vouch for the Remoska cooker, since buying mine I havent used my oven at all. It uses less than a quarter of the energy of a traditional cooker and have managed to feed a family of 4 using only the Remoska and the microwave for over 2 months now:T

I now use my oven as a storage cupboard:rolleyes:

I had to laugh at the storage comment for your oven, mine is the same now.

I use the remoska, microwave and pressure cooker mostly but will soon be using the slowcooker on the economy 7 at night more for soups and stews etc now that winter is here.

Using tips from this thread i`ve almost halved my electricity usage but i am having problems drying washing, i`m seriously considering taking a pair of jeans a day to work to hang on their radiator

SD

sammyjig

Sunnyday wrote: »

Using tips from this thread i`ve almost halved my electricity usage but i am having problems drying washing, i`m seriously considering taking a pair of jeans a day to work to hang on their radiator

SD

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

When we were on holiday this year, the weather was not good and DS got his jeans very wet. We dried them by putting them on a hanger in the car. The sun through the windows dried them really quick but the car was a bit steamy!!

Primrose

I accidentally discovered another way of getting washing dry the other day - a bit dire though!
Had been for a swim and left my swimming costume and damp towel on the back seat of the car on the driveway - in full sunshine. By the time I remembered it in the evening and went to put the car away in the garage, they were both dry :rotfl:

fizzel81

thats done it lol the more i hear about the remoska the more i want one so im going to see if bromley lakeland have any now i no my tax credits are sorted for thursday, i have an old tiny 1 shelf gas oven.

still no heating in this house, last night myself and ds1 snuggled up in our fleece pj's under the fleece throw and were very toasty

im still umming and arghing over a new kettle something like the quick cup, but i did notice in robert dyers that they is a kenwood energy saving kettle thats the same size as a standard kettle, i need to know the difference on that vs the cost of the quick cups monthly cartridge costs

chocolate.orange_2

Don't know if it will help anyone. But i picked up 4 torches yesterday from Tesco.

They were £3 for a pack of 2 and on BOGOF So i paid £3 for 4 torches complete with batteries ( only tesco value batteries ) But i suppose they have enough power in them to get to our main emergency box downstairs. I bought them to keep by the bed incase of night power cuts

oystercatcher

Are there any financial whizzes on here?
I saw a hob top kettle in Morrisons for £9.99 I was wondering if it would be cheaper to boil water on my gas hob rather than using the electric kettle but have no idea how to work it out? I have a feeling it's much cheaper to cook with gas but don't know what the difference would work out as.

Oystercatcher

cw18

not sure about the kettle comparisons -- but given I've been told it's cheaper to boil the kettle and start things cooking with hot water than from cold I wouldn't have thought it would be any cheaper. I know it seems to take a lot longer to bring water to the boil in a pan on my (gas) hob than in the kettle -- so the fact gas is about half the price per unit gets written off by that

greenbee

Oystercatcher - costwise the difference is going to be minimal. I use a kettle on the hob, which takes a little longer than an electric kettle (but quicker than a saucepan due to shape etc), because a. that's what I prefer and b. my parents' electric kettle (which they use when the Aga is off) had packed up so they had my old one. I can also use the residual heat from the gas ring to start other things off, and keep the kettle on the hob unless I'm cooking lots so a. the heat stays in the area, and b. it's always ready to go. I use filtered water for cooking/drinking, so that's usually room temperature when it goes in, but if I'm using tap water (e.g. for hot water bottle) I try to fill the kettle early so that it's at room temperature rather than mains temperature.

Obviously, if you're on standard tariffs, don't have insulation, keep the heating at 21 degrees etc., this isn't really going to make a difference to your bill. We're talking fractions of pennies when you get to making changes at this level.