Replacing the timer in a Dualit toaster

I have had a 4 slot Dualit toaster for the last 15 or so years, and it has worked well. I replaced one of the heating elements some time ago...

LED light bulbs are now good enough

A number of my posts here regard my battle to replace GU10 and MR16 Halolgen bulbs with LED equivalents, via a short period of CFL bulbs. Th...

My Dyson DC14 stopped working

Well a few weeks ago my Dyson DC14 stopped . The motor stopped working and there was a bit of a burning smell. I left it for a while, thinki...

Reducing the energy consumption of Sky+ HD recorder and Samsung LED TV

Common themes across most of my posts are energy conservation , its monitoring and technology. This post sort of combines all three in one. ...

Great Gadgets : Honeywell CM927 wireless programmable thermostat

My existing programmable thermostat , a Honeywell CM67 started failing. Rather odd actually, it would happily run the default programme but ...

LED Light bulbs

I have seperately blogged my experiences with LED replacements for halogen bulbs, where their size, low heat and beam characteristics work w...

Cleaning vinyl lp records

I grew up with vinyl LP's in the 60s and 70s but by the mid 80s I embraced the new CD revolution and sold my LP's. However recently ...

Repairing a GE refrigerator compressor fan and bracket

Preamble About 10 years ago we bought  a  fridge-freezer as part of a new kitchen.We got a  De Dietrich brand refrigerator, which was ...

Dyson DC14 side chamber

A new problem , the Dyson DC14 has a removable side section for clearing blockages. From its size I would guess it also can accommodate a fi...

Reducing your electricity bills

I have been monitoring my electricity consumptions for a number of years on the basis that, in order to reduce it, i need to understand it f...

Mending a Dualit toaster

Some while ago we got a 4 slot Dualit toaster. They look great with their 1950's Italian styling but actually are made in East London. T...

6watt LED GU10 bulb

If you have seen my other blogs regarding GU10 & MR16 bulbs , you will know that I now favour LED replacements where possible. It's ...

CurrentCost IAM device

Inspired by the success of my bridged energy monitor which enables me to publish to and access data from the web, I decided to also get an I...

CurrentCost Bridge

I just got a 'bridge' for my current Cost CC128 device enabling me to publish data to dashboard etc. Early days but here is my curre...

trying to save energy : trying to make sense of the results

So in my previous blog I outlined how it's easy to log your consumption, how to convert everything to the same units (KwH) and a site - ...