Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category

Merry Christmas

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

A very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year to all our readers

Which Fuse Protects What?

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

New survey sheet added for fuses protecting many items plus updates to most other record sheets based on user feedback.

House Move Means Start Again

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Practical Home Energy Saving will be undergoing some significant changes following our move to a new house giving new opportunities for energy and money saving. First change is to describe the new house. Stage two is to start evaluating electricity use.

Do You Use Rechargeable batteries?

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Practical Home Energy saving has just updated the section on rechargeable batteries and the benefits and pitfalls of using them.

Do You Keep A Record?

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Practical Home Energy Saving has just added new record sheets for electricity/gas/water meter readings and oil tank depth to the record sheet collection.

What Now!

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Practical Home Energy Saving is looking for new ideas and anything new you would like to see on the subject of hone energy saving. Post your ideas here.

Practical Home Energy Saving Updates

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

GP Power Bank battery charger review updated following several months of use. Measuring Oil Consumption updated from user feedback.

Keep The House Cool In Summer

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

You can drop the temperature in your house, especially upstairs, by several degrees, if you open the loft hatch and open doors and/or windows on the north side of the house. By doing so you create a chimney effect; hot air is able to vent from the loft through the eaves and cooler air is drawn up through the house from the north side. Deepending on the structure of the building this can have anything from a modest to a quite noticeable effect and it’s a lot greener then air-conditioning.