Gas & Electricity

[west didsblue]

It is fun though , reminds me of being a kid

Seriously though , i have a ceiling fan with normal bulbs inthe bedroom and a old style low energy bulb on the wall setting , cant afford to change that lot unless a led bulb can go in them ?

There are LED bulbs that will fit pretty much any existing fitting. Worth changing the old style low energy bulbs as well because LEDs probably use about a third of what they use.

 

[Kompany Car]

For those pissing about with candles or torches, you're wasting your time and effort. A 4W LED bulb could light up a room all year without even switching it off for £11. If it's just used when you're in the room and when it's dark the annual cost would be less than £2. The cost of lighting a whole house shouldn't be much more than a tenner a year.
If you want to save money, turn the heating down a bit, take showers instead of baths and don't leave the TV on when you're not watching it, and if you have any old tungsten bulbs replace them with LEDs.

Best way to reduce consumption of electricity is to wash bigger loads, minimise how often the dish washer goes on and avoid using a tumble dryer. These are by far the biggest consumers. Refrigerators and Freezers come a fairly distant second with lights well down the pecking order.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Best way to reduce consumption of electricity is to wash bigger loads, minimise how often the dish washer goes on and avoid using a tumble dryer. These are by far the biggest consumers. Refrigerators and Freezers come a fairly distant second with lights well down the pecking order.

Paper plates! Although it might increase your weekly shopping bill…

 

[trumpton]

If you want to save money, turn the heating down a bit, take showers instead of baths

Depends.

If you have an electric shower a bath is a much cheaper option. Could probably have 3 baths for the price of a 10 minute shower pulling a minimum of 8.5kw.

 

[urban genie]

For those pissing about with candles or torches, you're wasting your time and effort. A 4W LED bulb could light up a room all year without even switching it off for £11. If it's just used when you're in the room and when it's dark the annual cost would be less than £2. The cost of lighting a whole house shouldn't be much more than a tenner a year.
If you want to save money, turn the heating down a bit, take showers instead of baths and don't leave the TV on when you're not watching it, and if you have any old tungsten bulbs replace them with LEDs.

Not putting the heating on, non essential plugs are off when not home (like tellys) and I had the bath removed years ago and only have a shower.

Also candles add more ambience to a room and are cool

 

[west didsblue]

Depends.

If you have an electric shower a bath is a much cheaper option. Could probably have 3 baths for the price of a 10 minute shower pulling a minimum of 8.5kw.

Fair point.
My shower is connected to the gas powered domestic hot water supply.

 

[Centurions]

I have today put new batteries in my torch for the first time , it is working well , not tripping over merlin anymore , he is black and i cant see him in the dark

Buy some neon yellow florescent paint and spray a stripe along the cats back, job done.

 

[Kirkstall Blue]

2 billion pound profits in one quarter, they didn’t get much out of us we’ve been really carefull and it’s almost November

 

[mancityvstoke]

So warm for October/nearly Nov ...feels strange

 

[kaz7]

So warm for October/nearly Nov ...feels strange

Lovely down here, sixteen at night is mad, eighteen/ nineteen in the day