Squeezing a little extra out of it.

Wearb

Do any of you try to squeeze a little extra eff out of your personal oil boilers, especially if they are outside? Don't go into too much details here on a public forum.

shane0007

I usually give it a hug every now & then...

Got a fill the other day & the missus said the house seemed warmer since the extra oil in the tank & did it have anything to do with the extra fuel in the tank?
Sheesh....

scudo2

Wearb wrote: »

Do any of you try to squeeze a little extra eff out of your personal oil boilers, especially if they are outside? Don't go into too much details here on a public forum.

Plumber I know didn't tell his wife that he secretly fitted and hid an extra wireless room stat. and cut his oil consumption by 20%

shane0007

I know Gary gets into his Speedos to service his & brings the burner up on a step ladder to change the nozzle.

Hmmm....

Wearb

Thread not going where I thought, but on mature reflection, that's not a bad thing.

I don't hug my boiler, but leave a big lump hammer where the boiler can see it. Works wonders. Seriously though, I got a WeMo a couple of weeks ago and have been making great use of it while keeping er indoors in blissful ignorance of my attempts to stop he turning our living room into a sauna

scudo2

What's a WeMo ?

Wearb

scudo2 wrote: »

What's a WeMo ?

Belkin make them. It's a plugin socket that can be controlled over the Internet from anywhere that you have wifi, or any data connection. Through a free app on my phone I can turn it on/off or set timers on it. I can be watching telly with herself and turn it on or off without her knowledge.
Bliss

jimf

Wearb wrote: »

Belkin make them. It's a plugin socket that can be controlled over the Internet from anywhere that you have wifi, or any data connection. Through a free app on my phone I can turn it on/off or set timers on it. I can be watching telly with herself and turn it on or off without her knowledge.
Bliss

me thinks you better not leave your boards page open or change your pw or that bliss may lead to a trip to er :eek:

Wearb

jimf wrote: »

me thinks you better not leave your boards page open or change your pw or that bliss may lead to a trip to er :eek:

Anytime she wants to look over my shoulder, I go onto the geothermal thread and that puts her off for months.

2 stroke

A friend of mine put a smaller jet in his as his wife keeps the stats at 25 insists that the heating should be on for a certain number of hours morning and evening even if they aren't home.

scudo2

Who was it that posted a few months back about talking to the boiler ?

Talking helps, a problem shared is a problem halved !

Problem is fuel consumption, talk to your boiler and see if the fuel bill halves !

jimf

scudo2 wrote: »

Who was it that posted a few months back about talking to the boiler ?

Talking helps, a problem shared is a problem haved !

Problem is fuel consumption, talk to your boiler and see if the fuel bill haves.

if that worked id nearly sing bohemian rhapsody in my speedos every fcukin morn to the the beast :p

shane0007

Nah, I just feed mine with biscuits tins. I read it somewhere on some forum.
:-)

scudo2

jimf wrote: »

if that worked id nearly sing bohemian rhapsody in my speedos every fcukin morn to the the beast :p

Cheers Jim.mate
You replied before I got to use spell check on my so called predictive text !
What will people think..... ?
They had such high regard for me before !!

jimf

scudo2 wrote: »

Cheers Jim.mate
You replied before I got to use spell check on my so called predictive text !
What will people think..... ?
They had such high regard for me before !!

don't fret scudo your still top dog woof woof

Wearb

scudo2 wrote: »

Who was it that posted a few months back about talking to the boiler ?

Talking helps, a problem shared is a problem halved !

Problem is fuel consumption, talk to your boiler and see if the fuel bill halves !

Talking or even better singing helps cows produce more milk. I tried that when I was a youngster. Our cows must have been heathens, didnt appreciate it at all. Almost stopped milking. Frisians can be a bit uppity like that. Should have tried it on the Hereford...a much more refined breed altogether.
Still maintain that a lump hammer near the boiler works wonders though. :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

I still don't know what the pacman symbol represents, but it looks :cool: