Heating Solutions

[Witness]

That is when lake ed become ed shores. A place of dreams for investment or retirement.

Better stock up on ammo, or you'll get overrun by desperate retirees.

[Witness]

it's similar to being able to feel the sun on a cold day.

Either you'll have to rotate regularly, or be warm on one side and freezing on the other. Keep us posted when it gets cold (if New Climate^© allows).

[asthmatic camel]

it's similar to being able to feel the sun on a cold day.

Either you'll have to rotate regularly, or be warm on one side and freezing on the other. Keep us posted when it gets cold (if New Climate^© allows).

Well, as I said, this is an experiment! So far, I'm sufficiently confident of success that I've bought a 720 watt model for the bedroom and two plug-in thermostats. If I end up freezing my nuts off this Winter, then I'll be down £230: not a biggie in the grand scheme of things. If all goes according to plan, it'll cost me another £300 or so to sort the rest of the house. I'd be looking at much more than that for a new central heating system.

Watch this space...

[Witness]

Wise man!

I presume you have checked that your wiring will be up to the new load if you go full electric?

[asthmatic camel]

I have indeed! These won't even come close to the 30 amp capacity of the average domestic ring circuit. As Listy helpfully pointed out, an iron draws more power.

[ed]

That is when lake ed become ed shores. A place of dreams for investment or retirement.

Better stock up on ammo, or you'll get overrun by desperate retirees.

Nah. I'll just pull up the wheelchair accessible ramps.

[ed]

it's similar to being able to feel the sun on a cold day.

Either you'll have to rotate regularly, or be warm on one side and freezing on the other. Keep us posted when it gets cold (if New Climate^© allows).

Hmmmm gave me an idea for a product. I'll name it after AC

The "Asmat-o-Spit"

[ed]

I have indeed! These won't even come close to the 30 amp capacity of the average domestic ring circuit. As Listy helpfully pointed out, an iron draws more power.

Listy reccomended:
1 The Homesman
2 Freezing a disk drive to "fix" it

please recall that Listy has something of a ... whats the word ... puckish sense of humor.

[Anaxagoras]

I'm kinda surprised that Bruce hasn't weighed into this thread yet. As a professional chemist I would think he knows all about heating solutions. Have you considered a Bunsen burner?

[Witness]

Why not a typically British fake fireplace?

[Rob Lister]

And there's a spot on the top for making your tea.

[sparks]

AC may ride fagocycles, but he's not a pussy.

[Witness]

What a delightfully sparksian sentence!

[sparks]

I blush to the roots of my mostly white hair.

[asthmatic camel]

Why not a typically British fake fireplace?

The real ones are increasingly popular and it's something I considered, as my brother's still gardening and produces logs by the ton: in fact, he has trouble getting rid of them without paying trade waste charges. Consequently, both he and my mother heat their homes largely with wood burning stoves.

They are, however, a massive pain in the arse.

I'd need to buy one, (they're not cheap), reinstall a fireplace, install a flue, reopen a chimney etc. just to get started. Think £2000 or more. Then, there's the fag of sawing up logs, carting them around, finding enough space to store a Winter's supply, lighting them, waiting for them to get hot, then being so warm that you have to open the windows, cleaning out the ash and disposing of it, finding and paying a chimney sweep...

All to save less than a tenner a week.

Fuck, as we have it in the vernacular, that.

[Doctor X]

Where is the 50P slot?

--J.D.

[asthmatic camel]

Long gone, sadly, (I had one in my first flat.)



Time marches on... and you're fucked if you're so poor that no-one will give you a credit card.

[Abdul Alhazred]

How hard are those to tamper with?

[asthmatic camel]

How hard are those to tamper with?

Technically, quite easy but they had tamper proof seals which were almost impossible to get hold of. Also, landlords and the energy company would quickly become wise to anyone on the fiddle.

My pal used to reverse the connections on his mechanical gas meter occasionally so that it ran backwards. Luckily for him, it was never in this condition when the meter reader called.

[Rob Lister]

Your other butt-buddy, DeBunk, had a hidden gas meter/connection in his pantry, IIR.