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Not on in my house yet I'm aiming for the 28th of October as it's my wife's birthday.
but in a world where folk use a calender to work out the temperature I don’t even know which way is down anymore.
Well it is generally colder in winter than in spring, summer or autumn 🙂
I’m aiming for the 28th of October as it’s my wife’s birthday
That's bleak
Oh and top tip for those who WFH –
Position electrical equipment that is ‘wasting’ energy carefully to maxmise the benefit of that wasted energy.
I'm half tempted to get some flexible ducting to channel my pc towers exhaust fans to use as a foot warmer under the desk hahah!
Is your PC blowing hot air out? Mine doesn't. My MacBook Pro does though, 2hen it probably shouldn't. If I put it on my lap it does make me very warm.
Well it is generally colder in winter than in spring, summer or autumn 🙂
That comment remind me of storage heaters.
The premise being Predict how cold you want to be tomorrow based on yesterday's weather.
But I'll stick to a thermostat to measure the temperature rather than basing it on the month of the year.... After all if you move to the southern hemisphere your calender rotates in the other direction when you take the plug out
Trying to avoid the central heating but having regular fires (in the fireplace)... but wood running a bit low. Off to France soon for a few weeks and have a big woodburner there... and wood.!
Loving all the ‘I’m not putting the heating on’ posts followed by the ‘but I light one of these all winter fueled by half a forest’!
S****. Happy someone else pointed out
Furry crocs from Aldi are brilliant. Need washing occasionally mind.
Bicarbonate of soda is your friend
Not on in my house yet I’m aiming for the 28th of October as it’s my wife’s birthday.
You know how to spoil a lady
Is your PC blowing hot air out? Mine doesn’t.
When I'm playing a game yes.. My cpu and graphics card can get to about 80c.
All that precious warm air gets pumped out of the rear.
If not, chuck a duvet cover or similar over it, makes a big difference
Doesn't the moisture the just go I to the duvet cover - which then needs to be dried?
I would have thought that there is some basic physics that says that x amount of water (in the clothes) requires x kilowatts of heat to evaporate it.
When I’m playing a game yes.. My cpu and graphics card can get to about 80c.
All that precious warm air gets pumped out of the rear.
Are you playing games all day instead of WFH? 🙂
There was me feeling chuffed that I'd saved loads of energy by using a tiny PC and GeForce Now. But that energy would have been in a perfect place to heat me whilst I sit at my desk so it might not be such a saving!
I would have thought that there is some basic physics that says that x amount of water (in the clothes) requires x kilowatts of heat to evaporate it.
There is, but it's how you get the heat into the clothes that matters. In a traditional tumble drier the exhaust air is still hot, so only some of it gets into the clothes, the rest is wasted. In a heat pump or condenser drier, the clothes just get warm and the air is recirculated and cooled at the cold side so far less heat is wasted. In my washer drier the cold side is cooled by tap water which then leaves via the drain, so heat is wasted but less than in a traditional one.
With the clothes rack, it'll be something like oil filled tubes that are heated via a thermostat. If the clothes are in contact with the rack perfectly it'll dry really quickly, but that won't happen. If you have a pair of jeans on there then the bit folded over the rail will dry really fast but the pockets and waistband will stay wet for ages cos they aren't in contact with the rail. And heat will be leaving the rail via the dry clothes and not taking any water with it.
I’m aiming for the 28th of October as it’s my wife’s birthday
That’s bleak
I thought that was quite romantic 😁 not going to suggest it though Nov23rd.! I’d be out on my arse
And where is all the moisture in the clothes going? Off to the coldest part of the room to condense on the wall and grow black mold on the back of a wardrobe probably
Or hang in the air, making it more humid and harder to heat as a result.
We air-dry clothes at the top of the stairs. I don't know where the water vapour goes, but the house isn't damp anywhere at all, which actually surprises me. Wet air is heavier so it must be flowing down and presumably exiting via the usual draughts. Perhaps the downward vapour pressure is forcing it out via the letterbox and leaky downstairs windows. We have a cold tiled floor in the ground floor and that never seems damp no matter how cold it gets, and that is where I would expect it to condense.
Oh and - absolutely 100% serious suggestion: do some strength type exercises - kettlebells, yoga, body weight etc - in the evening. That'll keep you warm all evening and warm the room too. Just done mine and I've had to strip to the waist I'm that hot. Heating still not on!
I need to tap the 'adult kids' gaming machines heat, given they use about 3-4 KWh of our energy every day.. 200w idle, 400 watt gaming x 2 machines....
In a traditional tumble drier the exhaust air is still hot, so only some of it gets into the clothes, the rest is wasted. In a heat pump or condenser drier, the clothes just get warm and the air is recirculated and cooled at the cold side so far less heat is wasted.
Sadly I didn't actually know that!
Ta 😀
I've just bought a condenser dryer of eBay (£42 and it's mint!) for one of my daughters at uni.... Now I want one to replace our traditional one here 😩
Wet air is heavier so it must be flowing down and presumably exiting via the usual draughts.
Actually it's lighter (this caught me out too despite being a chemical engineer).
I don’t even know which way is down anymore.
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At current (geddit!) capped rates that gaming is costing over £1k a year!!!
At current (geddit!) capped rates that gaming is costing over £1k a year!!!
Bloddy hell. A premium GFN sub is £216 a year - ok so it's only for me, but that makes me feel I chose a good value option.
I need to tap the ‘adult kids’ gaming machines heat, given they use about 3-4 KWh of our energy every day.. 200w idle, 400 watt gaming x 2 machines…
My son has just gone back to University. Every time I look at our smart meter in the evening, it’s showing around 200 watts less being used than when he was here. It was always hot in his room too.
Think I'll just set fire to the mountain of artworks the children produce, and their colouring books. Should keep us going for a while.
12.5 currently in the bedroom 🤣
12.5 currently in the bedroom 🤣
Omg that is cold!!!
My wife went to ask if she could put the heating on while we had tea yesterday 😂
Jokingly I said why don't you wait until eating tea warms you up? A nice spaghetti bol I'd made.
Sod it she said why am I asking you? I'm putting it on for an hour!!! 😂
To be fair I've told her to put it on for a bit a few times when she's cold sat WFH wrapped up in throws and a coat. I even asked if she wanted me to get her a cordless heated throw, bit no she doesn't want one 🤷
@molgrips look up Falke, few different designs, I have some cosyshoe bought for me a few years back. Tougher than the usual slipper socks, but not rigid and good enough for the odd trip out to the bins or log shed. Apparently they are really popular in the area of Germany our friend is from.
I need to tap the ‘adult kids’ gaming machines heat, given they use about 3-4 KWh of our energy every day.. 200w idle, 400 watt gaming x 2 machines….
Set them up to run power saving mode when off. They'll have to wait longer to boot and won't have stuff installed when it's "off" but unless they're paying the bills tough luck.
I live in a house full of women, heating timer is on for an hour morning and evening now.
Despite my best endeavours none of them believe me when I explain a thermostat cranked to 35 doesn't heat a house up faster...
Dropped a bit in temp in the house today, hall Nest thermostat says 17.5 which aint too bad for a hallway and no heating apart from cooking and heat from appliances and us.
It doesn't help our utility room has no ceiling at the moment (half of the utility room is in the garage building on the side of the house so ceiling off exposes it to garage roof which has very good ventilation) due to some issues with how the concrete lintel was fitted a few years ago, this along with massive holes in the inner block work in there that will be fixed once the lintel is hopefully adjusted (too much point load currently).
Also calculated gas use without heating over the last 48 hours - 1m cubed this is around 10KWh. Actually used less as it was around 0.8m cubed.
'Heat keeper' socks work, they can be used as slippers if your rooms are carpeted.
We caved in and put the heating on last night. A few hours after work and a couple of hours in the morning. Hot water bottle in bed.
15.3 deg here in Harrogate and there is no way I am putting the heating on yet - I am sitting here working and don't feel particularly cold yet. I was too hot in bed last night despite only having a summer (3.5tog) duvet on.
Wood burner got lit for the first time last night. Still no CH though.
Hive is at 21 degrees, house actually at 21.6, next schedule takes it to 22 degrees at 5pm. I don't get why folks are sitting under blankets and wearing gloves and jackets inside, unless of course they are so hard up they have to.
I'm presuming lots of posters on this thread have expensive hobby kit - bikes and other toys and are happy to spend cash there. I'd rather be warm and comfy in my own house if I had to make a choice. Thankfully I don't have to, but I just don't get it. Maybe it's just me !
awaits flaming (or maybe flagellation with a lukewarm old candle .. 🙂 )
Wife is WFH and gets fairly cold easily so have the heating on for few hours per day as agreed having an office (upstairs) temperature of 14degC and wearing 4 jumpers whilst still shivering wasn't right!
Thermostat set to 19degC (downstairs) which seems to get her office to a useable state but when we moved the thermostat upstairs we found her office has sections at 22degC whilst other bits were sub 17degC - and there's no noticeable draught so we've left it downstairs where it reads more consistently!
Not switched my insulated shed office heating on yet when WFH but have started wearing my work fleece as an extra layer. Reckon as long as it's above 10degC outside I can keep getting away with this but anything where the heating panel (2kW) is on more than 4 hours a day it's cheaper to drive to work sadly!
All good here. Heating is still mostly off apart from a couple of towel rails and boosting the living room radiator now and again. This year will try and use the fire more I think, as that heats the rooms above too.
I’m presuming lots of posters on this thread have expensive hobby kit – bikes and other toys and are happy to spend cash there. I’d rather be warm and comfy in my own house if I had to make a choice. Thankfully I don’t have to, but I just don’t get it. Maybe it’s just me !
Yeah, we have other costs, but oil and elec costs have roughly doubled, food bill is up 25%, petrol too and we're on a fixed income, so wearing a jumper around the house rather than t-shirts doesn't seem much of an issue?
I don’t get why folks are sitting under blankets and wearing gloves and jackets inside, unless of course they are so hard up they have to.
Have you read any news recently?
I don’t get why folks are sitting under blankets and wearing gloves and jackets inside, unless of course they are so hard up they have to.
Well, because why not? Snuggling under a blanket is very pleasant, at 21 the house would be far too warm to actually do that. And given that costs are so high currently, and I do have a limited amount of money, I'd rather spend it on other more fun things. I could spend all my disposable income on bills but that would be a pretty rubbish thing to do.
But really, there are so many up-sides to using as little energy as possible that it becomes pretty hard to justify keeping your house warmer than it needs to be. Just put a blanket by your sofa, it's easy to get used to.
No heating on as yet, but we did pre-emptively stock up with a few tonnes of hardwood as we have a couple of stoves we use most of the time for heating. They have been lit a couple of times in the evening.
So you HAVE put the heating on - you've lit the fire FFS.
I was right with my willy-waving comment.
Has it got a cover on it? If not, chuck a duvet cover or similar over it, makes a big difference
Thanks, trying that today.
ive taken to wearing my merino mountain shirt (a lock down extravagant purchase) and long sleeve baselayers round the house now its cold ( as I do every winter) - im super toasty and not putting the heating on for a while yet.
Still off. Despite the minging weather.
Though I'm planning on fixing the CH this weekend
Is it me, or has the September been colder than usual?
Heating is on a smart thermostat it's set to 21c in mornings, 18 during day and 20 in evening. It's been on every morning for 2 weeks.