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Frugal Living In The Home

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  • #32
    MFlack2012
    Registered Users Posts: 815 ✭✭✭MFlack2012


    messrs wrote: »
    if you have left over gravy after dinner, instead of throwing it out, pour into ice cube trays and freeze, perfect for stock cubes :)


    Never thought of this and always have loads leftover! Started freezing last night, many thanks :)


  • #33
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,500 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    jaqian wrote: »
    Use a Burco boiler instead of a kettle, keeps the water at a constant temp so no need to keep reboiling, which is where you water money on electricity :)

    Unless you use a HUGE amount of hot water this does not work out more efficient in the long run and will otherwise cost you money - you are still using energy to maintain the temperature at all times.


  • #34
    masculinist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭masculinist


    jaqian wrote: »
    Use a Burco boiler instead of a kettle, keeps the water at a constant temp so no need to keep reboiling, which is where you water money on electricity :)

    MYOB wrote: »
    Unless you use a HUGE amount of hot water this does not work out more efficient in the long run and will otherwise cost you money - you are still using energy to maintain the temperature at all times.

    Use your imagination lads ;)

    Boil a kettle anywhere you want so long as someone else is picking up the tab.. e.g an empty classroom, public bathroom , airport , any public socket point... pour it into a large Thermos and you have hot water for most of the day :D

    The stinginess gets better ...

    On cold days , walk into a pub, university , public bathroom anywhere etc and fill up your hot water bottle straight from the tap... bonus points if unseen in disabled toilets :D

    actually theres a stingy thread somwhere this would suit perfectly :D



    ps ...I never did anything like this but it sounds good if you are bankrupt


  • #35
    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,373 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    MYOB wrote: »
    Unless you use a HUGE amount of hot water this does not work out more efficient
    Even when using lots is arguably less efficient. It depends on how you use it, most people use kettles quite inefficiently, e.g. pouring in far more water than they need to use.

    The only truth in the argument is if you have a kettle which continues to boil after it has reached boiling point, it is supplying energy which is going to waste as it is now vapourising the water (though excess heat can heat your room and so cause a thermostatically controlled heater to turn off sooner). Some kettles have poor temp regulation and so continue to boil. When I hear my kettle coming to near boiling point I manually turn it off. Some newer kettles have different temperature settings.

    This wastage also happens in cooking too, people needlessly boiling water in a pot on full power when it can not rise in temperature any more, all they are doing is vapourising water. It can be on full power at the start, but once boiling its more efficient to turn it down. Now if you then dump in cold rice or pasta it will reduce the temp and so high power may be advisable again.


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