The Shed

 

ha ha ha! In an attempt to "save energy" I bought these bulbs last year.......... no good on stairs, by the time you reach the top and switch it off it's STILL dark................ and the downstairs loo  you go in, wee, wash your hands, flick your hair in the mirror and just about at that point it's getting light enough to see......... I couldn't find the energy to change the bulb tho, so a full year later we're still wee-ing in the dark!  it's great, it's just like camping!

 

When Grandma comes to visit we send her off to the loo with a torch 

 

 

Energy saving my asterix!

yeah, now it works...

 

I love this quote:  "In the UK we have 40% of Europe's total wind energy"

 

...and 90% of that is in The Shed,

 

as for the central heating theory, a heating engineer told me once that a system left on at its lowest setting (at a trickle)  is more efficient during the winter as the house stays "warmed up " - starting the system from cold uses an enormous amount of energy up to operating temperature, whereas turning it up from warm on a really cold day or night is a much easier job for the boiler or immersion heater. if you're still cold you could always do the hoovering or put on an extra woolly..

 

i experimented recently with the petrol saving theory - removing tools and other accumulated junk from the boot hardly made any difference, but i found a big difference when accelerating slowly from standing (keeping to 1500/2000 revs. where possible) and keeping to 30/40mph speed limits - my 1.8 engine guzzles fuel around town (about 15-20mpg) , twice as much when on a long run (35/40mpg). obviously short runs is a big factor, starting from cold guzzles loads of fuel till you reach normal temperature - with petrol at nearly £2.00 a litre it's worth experimenting by driving carefully, i have noticed a 30% reduction in fuel consumption since doing this, but you have to remain thick skinned when dealing with other road users, especially white-van-man!  i might print out a sign to put in my rear window such as "saving fuel - please pass if you're wasting yours" or "observing speed limit , pass if you like - see you at the next set of traffic lights"  

 

 

 

 

Not wishing to sound pedantic Dean, but they did say "practically zero". So if everyone with a mobile did the same as young Leo, the saving may well be worthwhile?

 

Personally I'm puzzled by the statements about the new lightbulbs taking ages to light up. I agree there is a noticeable delay compared to the old style bulbs, but we're talking microseconds. Or are we?

 

Ah in my day the Stevenage train always was platform 10 from Kings X .............

 

Chopper, maybe it's the brand, ours take about 5 mins to reach full light up!

 

 

Wow!. Mind you, that could be useful on some mornings when a bright light might be too much for the old eyes after a night on the sauce.