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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.