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Thanks for the offer Neil, but I am going ahead with the plug change anyway

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Nah he got demoted!!

Might re instate him tho cos the dishwasher don't accept payment with a wink and smile:D

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Thats the trouble with us blokes we always fall for the wink and a smile:D

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I have just spent some time this morning online and on phone to Scottish Power.
They brought out a new cheaper online tariff in June, called Online Energy Saver 4.
I was on Online Energy Saver 3 until today. Their practice is NOT to advise existing customers about cheaper tariffs - you have to find out yourself and ASK to go on it.
I found out by chance by browsing Martin Lewis Moneysaving Expert site.

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Martin Lewis is King........:D

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The last time that I did any decorating (a long while ago) I drained and removed the radiators to paper behind them. But first I lined the wall with baco foil and papered over the top.

Also at that time it was possible to buy expanded polystyrene by the roll. This was about 3mm thick, the same width as a roll of paper and was pasted onto the wall before papering. You just have to make sure that the polystyrene join did not coincide with the paper join. It made a noticeable difference to the room temperature.

In the kitchen I also installed one of those clothes racks that you could lower to load and pull up to the ceiling to dry the clothes. In the old days nearly every house had one. Heat rises and it is warmer near the ceiling than at ground level. A definite must for the older houses where the ceiling might be some 9 or 10 feet high. Useful for modern houses too. I don’t know if you can buy them these days. If not then there is a business opportunity for some entrepreneur.

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I remember we had one of these when i was little. Pretty sure it was made out of the side of an old cot....

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The last one that I bought some 20 odd years ago cost less than a tenner and was made out of plastic ends and 4 metal tubes about 6 feet long covered in plastic between them.

Worth its weight in gold in winter and on wet days where drying outside was not possible.

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I had a rack at my last address, but here my ceilings are too low.

I have improvised. I have a 'walk in' cupboard off my kitchen (about 6'x 3') which I think was originally intended as a pantry. I fixed wood battens on opposite walls, about 6' up.
I have 5 lengths of wood batten resting on the wall battens, which provides me with a rack, above stored hoover and other tall appliances.

When I have washing drying in there, I leave the door ajar so that heat and air can circulate from the kitchen.

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Magaret i AM impressed........:D

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So now you might be using more electricity with it than without it.

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I have found it, but haven't fixed it on yet. You have confused me - how can it use more :confused:

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If it does not work correctly, it might prevent the compressor from running correctly so it may have to run for longer and use more power. There is only one way of telling. Like I said before, measure power used before and after.

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Ok - you have convinced me - will put it back in cupboard :)