TightwadsThere's saving money, and there's being tight: saving money at the expense of other people, or simply for the miserly hell of it.
Tell us about measures that go beyond simple belt tightening into the realms of Mr Scrooge.
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chthonic, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 13:58)
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My adviceif you've got a half-decently insulated water heater, keep it on. It'll take less energy to simply replenish the lost heat than it will to heat up the water and THEN replenish the lost heat.
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uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 10:08,
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^ this with bells onI have gas-fired heating and water and did an experiment to see if it was cheaper to turn my hot water off when I went to work and let it heat up again when I got home, or let it keep it constantly hot during the day
My results concluded that for all 3 tests I did of the hot water (11 hours off, 11 hours on x3) to keep it left on used HALF the amount of energy as to switch it off and let it warm up again.
SCIENCE
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Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 11:24,
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if youve got a combithen its hot water on demand rather than on all day etc...
Plus cavity insulation helps...alot!
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