tips and hints for conserving water and electricity in the home?

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anonymoush

me and my dad are struggling to pay the bills at the moment, and wanted to know if anybody out there knows of any ways that we can cut back on our uses of electricity and water.

we turn lights off after we've been in a room. the majority of the time, we rely on natural day light, and at night time, we have a lamp in the living room which is bright enough to illuminate the whole room.

if we get cold. instead of putting the heating or fireplace on, we grab our dressing gowns, jumpers or blankets to keep us warm.

i hand wash the majority of my clothes (apart from difficult things, like bedding, jeans, jumpers and so on) and hang them up to dry.

we turn off and unplug all electrical appliances that aren't in use.

because it's just me and my dad, we don't make many dirty dishes in a day, so what ever we do use, we leave till the end of the day and wash them all together.

i've started to shower every other day (instead of every day) and use dry shampoo and baby wipes in-between showers to freshen up, and have managed to cut my shower time down to five minutes,

and i know this doesn't sound pleasant, but we have the "iff it's yellow, let it mellow" rule for our bathroom (which does get flushed and cleaned and attacked with bleach at the end of every night without fail!)

noting seems to be working to cut down the bills. please can anyone offer any help?
i forgot to add that i rarely use the hover, and sweep the house instead. take more time, but uses less electricity...

we don't have an AC cooling system, and we don't have sprinklers for the garden (our garden needs very low maintenance, luckily enough) and as for cooking food, we normally have microwaveable meals or just snack on crisps, biscuits and sandwiches (me and my dad aren't very big eaters)

thank you so much to everyone so far who has offered some help and suggestions :) xx

Answer
It sounds like you're already doing everything you can to conserve water and electricity.

One suggestion I would make is if you have an electric water heater, do your hot water tasks at one time, then go to your electrical service panel and manually trip the breaker for the water heater. The breaker is usually a 220 volt breaker (double height). Reset the breaker about an hour before you need hot water.

Another big energy user is the refrigerator. Get a thermometer and check the inside temperature of your refrigerator at the top (heat rises). If it is significantly lower than 40 degrees F, you can squeak the temperature control a little higher. Check the refrigerator temperature over the next 24 hours before making any further adjustments. This gives the temperature time to stabilize. The temperature must be below 40 F. If your freezer has an independent temperature control, set its temperature to about 28 degrees F.

In general, use any electric appliance with a motor (dishwashers, clothes washers, dehumidifiers, air conditioners, etc.) only when necessary. AC motors consume significant amounts of electrical energy.

Lighting usually accounts for only 10 to 15% of the average electric bill, but if you haven't already replaced your incandescent bulbs with fluorescent, do so. In the area of lighting, another cost saver is LED lamps. LEDs are even more energy efficient that CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps). The down side is that they are still quite expensive.

I honestly don't know what else to tell you. It sounds like you're already doing everything that can reasonably be done to save water and electricity.

Airsoft - AEG VS Shotgun & Pistol?

Xann B

Hey!

First off remember these guns will be 2-Toned so thats why they are more expensive than their normal colour.

I am spoilt for choice! Between £100 JG M4 330 FPS (reports at 320-340) Also two other M4s an s-system (£150, too expensive for me by 10 pounds so i dont know why im telling you this) and a £105 M4 CQB.

£110 CM028 AK-47 350/360 FPS (reports at 280 - 360)
£50 DE M56DL/M56A

£60-65 260 FPS Full/Semi auto desert eagle
£55 220 FPS Full/Semi auto glock

My question is should i get a AEG (AK/M4) or a Shotgun (M56DL) and a Desert Eagle.

With everything i need (spare shells for shotgun, ect) both sides add up to between £130-£140 (including VAT/Shipping) which is all i can do.

Thanks for your opinion!

Answer
In this case your going to want to go with the AEG.
With shotgun's, it's somewhat the case, once it's broken, it's trash,very few repair parts are manufactured for shotgun's in your price range.
& not only that, Electric pistols are about as economic as throwing your cash in a fireplace

Both companies are of decent quality (CYMA <HAD> a bad rep, but they made a complete 360 with their CM0 line, as far as Chinese clones go)
I much prefer NATO rifles, over Kalashnikov's

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