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cmonstanley 20-08-2008 11:08
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use margarine in the frying pan to cook pancakes.they cook twice as fast..

MargaretR 20-08-2008 11:16
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Originally Posted by Neil (Post 621379)
How do you know it actually works? You would need to monitor the power used with and without it to know properly if it is worth buying. Lots of discussions on the net about them being a load of tosh.
I bought mine from QVC about 13 years ago.
I think it was still working when I stopped using it last December, because the frozen food stayed frozen, and the little red indicator light on it (which tells you when it is doing the saving/reduced current) still lit up intermittantly.
I am considering starting using it again, now that I have been reminded by this thread.
Before I go to the trouble, I would like to read the criticisms of it that you say you found on the web, and please advise me how I can check that it is actually saving money.

Neil 20-08-2008 11:25
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Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 621395)
and please advise me how I can check that it is actually saving money.
You need a KW/h meter to plug your fridge into to check before and after.

AccyLass 20-08-2008 11:28
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Originally Posted by cmonstanley (Post 621392)
use margarine in the frying pan to cook pancakes.they cook twice as fast..

Yeah, but ....... do they taste as good?!

MargaretR 20-08-2008 11:34
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Originally Posted by Neil (Post 621402)
You need a KW/h meter to plug your fridge into to check before and after.
I don't have access to a KW/h meter, but since I already have a SAVAplug, I might as well use it and just hope:)

Tin Monkey 20-08-2008 11:41
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Apparently, if you only wash up once per day you can save £70/year on average.

AccyLass 20-08-2008 11:43
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Originally Posted by Tin Monkey (Post 621407)
Apparently, if you only wash up once per day you can save £70/year on average.
Imagine all the pots with a family of 4

Thank god for dishwashers:D

jaysay 20-08-2008 16:57
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Originally Posted by AccyLass27 (Post 621409)
Imagine all the pots with a family of 4

Thank god for dishwashers:D
Thats no way to call your other half AccyLass:D
on a positive note, I worked for a efridgeration firm in the seventies, and it was always stated that food would start to defrosed 4 hours after the freezer was switched off, if the door was not opened. The Fridge enginers were under contract to attend abreak down within 3 hours at the outside (that was on comercial business)

pipinfort 20-08-2008 19:19
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Originally Posted by cmonstanley (Post 621392)
use margarine in the frying pan to cook pancakes.they cook twice as fast..

That is by far the best tip so far...............:D:D

banjoman 20-08-2008 20:14
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Slightly off topic, but have you seen that advert (think its birds eye) with Suggs from Madness where he goes in the front door and everyones front rooms are all joined together and they have one massive dinner table ? I bet that would save money rather than having 20 seperate cookers etc going.

So my idea is buy a terraced house and knock all the walls through and have a party every night

emamum 20-08-2008 21:03
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Originally Posted by banjoman (Post 621622)
Slightly off topic, but have you seen that advert (think its birds eye) with Suggs from Madness where he goes in the front door and everyones front rooms are all joined together and they have one massive dinner table ? I bet that would save money rather than having 20 seperate cookers etc going.

So my idea is buy a terraced house and knock all the walls through and have a party every night
fantastic...... let me know where you move to lol

Bonnyboy 20-08-2008 21:36
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Don’t see why we can’t have more wind turbines knocking around. Not the great huge ones. Maybe 13/14 metre high ones like they are planning to run the new railway station with. Place them strategically to power a bank of houses on housing estates. Put them down the backs of terraced houses (like the telegraph poles) something that will power a few rows of terraced houses.

emamum 20-08-2008 21:38
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i like the turbines...grandad takes ty up to see them in burnley sometimes, they are a lot bigger than you think!

Mancie 21-08-2008 01:52
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stayed at my mates gaff down somewhere near plantation street and no gas.. we used to put pies on an upturned 2 bar electric fire.. that ran out of leccie so we tried warming them up with candles.. took about 5 hours just to get em warm.. now is that consevring energy.

Neil 21-08-2008 09:04
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 621404)
I don't have access to a KW/h meter, but since I already have a SAVAplug, I might as well use it and just hope:)
I have a kw/h meter, if I can find it that is


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