Kettle or boiling on gas-how do I work out what’s cheaper

QrizB

Apodemus said:

I, too, was brought up in circumstances where you tended to assume that the header tank for the hot-water system was an open tank, with all manner of life (and death!) in it and best avoided for drinking.

Growing up, we had bats in the loft. Every so often one would fall into the header tank and drown. You'd know about it when bits of fur started coming out in the hot water.

No, we didn't drink from the hot water tap.

Apodemus

QrizB said:

Apodemus said:

I, too, was brought up in circumstances where you tended to assume that the header tank for the hot-water system was an open tank, with all manner of life (and death!) in it and best avoided for drinking.

Growing up, we had bats in the loft. Every so often one would fall into the header tank and drown. You'd know about it when bits of fur started coming out in the hot water.

No, we didn't drink from the hot water tap.

Lol, to the fur!  We had water slaters living in our big, lead, header tank.  When they got sucked into the hot tank, the heat killed them and you ended up with bits of dead water slater in the bath.  The lead tank was another reason not to drink the hot water, or even the cold from the bathroom tap.  The joys of Victorian plumbing!

Alnat1

Water to brush your teeth?

No water should be used to brush teeth, paste on brush, do the clean, spit out excess, done. Don't ever rinse, the remaining toothpaste is still working on your teeth.

You could use hot or cold to rinse the toothbrush after though.

Apodemus

Alnat1 said:

Water to brush your teeth?

No water should be used to brush teeth, paste on brush, do the clean, spit out excess, done. Don't ever rinse, the remaining toothpaste is still working on your teeth.

You could use hot or cold to rinse the toothbrush after though.

Quite right!  My tropical days were during the "rinse and spit" era!