The Great 'Energy & MoneySaving' Hunt

Stephenjp

sjp wrote: »

Tag on a tadpole


Has anyone looked at this device and/or fitted one?

£195, said to improve effeciency by 10-30%, but could be more depending on type and state of your current system.
Removes dissolved air from water which improves the effeciency, no more bleeding of radiators, or internal corrosion.

Did email the company to check out it would be OK for my system and got a phone call from the man himself and had a nice chat with him.

Thinking of doing it in the next couple of months, cash-flow permitting, but wanted any feedback from any current users.

I too would be very interested to hear from people who have either fitted or had fitted the Tadpole device. It all makes sense to me and if it can save money and improve the heating without having to up the thermostat that would be great. Look forward to hear what you have to say.

zeupater

Stephenjp wrote: »

I too would be very interested to hear from people who have either fitted or had fitted the Tadpole device. It all makes sense to me and if it can save money and improve the heating without having to up the thermostat that would be great. Look forward to hear what you have to say.

Hi

For the same price I'll bless your heating system and send a 'secret ingredient password' down the telephone line which you just need to whisper to the circulation pump ..... it'll probably have the same effect and save almost exactly the same amount of money.

Seriously, do you think that there maybe a reason why the website has dissappeared ???

HTH
Z

Stella-Bella_2

ooohshiny wrote: »

Okay gents, stop reading now! This will only freak you out!

Ladies, try a Mooncup

Less waste in the bin, less money spent each month and actually less chance of TSS...

Okay, the boys can start reading again now!

I have used one of these for about five years. They are not heavily marketed (even my own gynaecologis and local doctor didn't know about them). Simple, easy to use and saves the environment ... £25 is I think to buy, but pays for itself.

OK - upside - once you have it, you keep for life. Easy to clean and sterilise. I cut the end 'spike' off mine and works just as well.

You also do not get TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME as there are no chemicals/bleach/fibres to irritate you and saves the environment.

Downside - must be fitted correctly (although easy once you get used to it). You have to think carefully where you are if you need to empty it - usually the toilet, and rinse in the sink ... but if you have no sink, you have to use a feminine wet wipe.

Having said that, I get on with mine really well and its far more convenient than the alternatives.

;o)

Doodles1

Save money off your water bills (if metered) and expensive hand car wash places by using water collected in a water butt to wash the car. Have 1 bucket of water with car shampoo added, wash down the car with a sponge. Then fill 2 watering cans from the water butt and rinse the car down from top to bottom. Use a wiper blade to remove excess water and 2-3 microfibre cloths to dry the car off. There's no need for chamois leather and bucket of water and the car looks as good as new.

wuthton

abugintheground wrote: »

This is exactly what google want you to think! sellers are not on the right, sponsored ads are on the right. There's a big difference there!

I know this was posted a good while ago but seen as this thread had popped back up I will correct it anyway.

The sponsored ads on Google are always worth a look if you are searching for an obscure product or service. Google does not get paid for displaying those ads. They only make money when you click on the ad, payment is taken from that company's Adwords account.

Most companies think very long and hard about their keywords for Google Adwords so they do not pay for clicks from people who will not be interested in their products.

jamesingram

save water washing you car , wait til it rains , then pop out in a rain coat and give it a wipe over with a soapy rag

flower_bud

If you still have an airing cupboard with a hot water tank [ so you don't have a combi Central Heating boiler ] instead of keeping bed linen and towels etc. in there, remove all the wooden slatted shelves, and fit rails instead that you can hang washing over.
If carefully arranged, you can probably fit a whole wash load in the cupboard and it will dry much faster than on clothes airers, usually overnight.
Leave the door slightly open to allow damp air to escape.

The way to fit the rails is to first fix three 2"x 1" wooden battens horizontally across the back of the cupboard, spacing them with the top one as high as possible, the lowest one about 8" above the tank [ to hang small stuff on like socks] and the third one in between.
Before fitting them, drill holes about 3 or 4 inches apart, and large enough to push half inch dowelling rods in. [Try to space the holes so the rods will not in be line with the rods in the battens above and below, so that the clothes will hang down into spaces instead of draping over the clothes on the row below.]
These dowelling rods are the rails - cut them to fit your cupboard pointing towards you, from the battens across the back of the cupboard towards the door.
For a plastic coating over the rails, ordinary hose pipe will fit over the dowels.

My husband converted our airing cupboard years ago, and I would hate to have a combi boiler and lose my drying cupboard.
The washing is out of sight and out of the way, and can stay there until you get around to putting it away - and no expensive tumble dryer to run !

PS Another tip is to fold the washing carefully as you take it out of the washing machine and leave it stacked for about 10 minutes or more before hanging it in the cupboard - lots of stuff like T shirts and pyjamas won't need ironing then either. Saves more electricity - and time.

EricMears

flower_bud wrote: »

If you still have an airing cupboard with a hot water tank

Even with a combi boiler, you might consider doing as I have and putting a radiator in a cupboard.

zeupater

EricMears wrote: »

Even with a combi boiler, you might consider doing as I have and putting a radiator in a cupboard.

Hi Eric

Do you not use your cupboard to air the washing in the summer, or do you run your heating specifically to provide heat to the radiator inside the cupboard ? :eek:;)

Z

EricMears

zeupater wrote: »

Hi Eric
Do you not use your cupboard to air the washing in the summer, or do you run your heating specifically to provide heat to the radiator inside the cupboard ?
Z

There's not really a simple answer to that.

We have ufh heating and that in the airing cupboard is the only radiator in the house. It's part of the primary heating circuit fed directly from the Heatbank whereas all the floor circuits are on secondary circuits. The radiator will get hot whenever any of the heaying zones are calling for heat - which of course would be very seldom for most of the summer. However, to ensure that we don't suddenly find any seized up pumps in the autumn, each zone is run for 10 mins per day (the minimum possible time other than zero) so the radiator will have some heating even in summer (but probably not as much as OH thinks she's geting).