Tadpole - an energy saving device???

rosscouk

Any one seen or used one of these?

Seems to attach to your heating system and they are quoting some decent fuel saving possibilities. Obviously it could all be rubbish, I have googled around and haven't found much.

What do people think?

jonewer

Billion to one its a scam. Kind of like those ludicrous magnetic clips you're supposed to put on your car's fuel line to get better performance and/or economy.

greyteam1959

I will reserve judgement until some of the boffins on this forum have had a look at this !!
Might be better in the Green & Ethical department for a better response ??

rosscouk

Just noticed it on the The Oil Club website. These guys are legit I think.

greyteam1959

Yes I have just looked there as well..........

Wywth

rosscouk wrote: »

Any one seen or used one of these?

Seems to attach to your heating system and they are quoting some decent fuel saving possibilities. Obviously it could all be rubbish, I have googled around and haven't found much.

What do people think?

Saves 29% of your energy using vortex technology? :cool:

I bought 5, hoping to reduce my energy consumption by 95%

Wywth

rosscouk wrote: »

Just noticed it on the The Oil Club website. These guys are legit I think.

Oh, they must be legit then if you read about it on t'internet ... :cool:

st999

Removing air from water reduces your heating costs by 29%.

Are people really that gullible?

Cardew

Wywth wrote: »

Oh, they must be legit then if you read about it on t'internet ... :cool:

Yes, I think they cause the atoms to stratify and the mollycules(sic) to line up so they burn slower.

Works with oil, gas, LPG, increases MPG for cars(petrol & diesel) and should have come on the market last Monday!

matelodave

It looks like a very expensive spirovent - ha

All it is is a deaeriator which theoretically removes microbubbles from the central heating system. One would assume that once the system has been running for sometime, there wouldn't be any air left to form microbubbles. I'm not convinced that they'll save much and for £250 for the Tadpole (plus fitting) you'd need to save a hell of a lot before you break even.

The Spirovent is a lot cheaper at about £100 and takes up a lot less space

Silent_Dancer

There no need to fit on as most heating pumps have an auto air vent fitted on them.