Energy Saving Tips

You appear to have missed the fact I was talking about heating in this paragraph that this correction applies to as kettles don't have flues

And actually the electric element touching and perhaps covering the pan will transfer heat energy far better than gas, as gas will also be heating the air in the space between and around the flame and the pan. Open flames mean loss of efficiency, that's a fact. From recall from when doing some calculations I think it's about 17%less efficient?

Good try though DD in avoiding my correction.

Now I'll look forward to your own individual, not club related, suggestions and leave it there in respect to the OP.

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Thermal underwear and thick socks. If you have a decent solar set-up, lithium batteries and an inverter, boil your water when the sun is shining and store it in a thermos for use later in the day. Not so much saving energy but reducing overall costs, change to refillable gas cylinders @ about 80p/£1 per litre against Calor charging you about £3 per litre. Find off-grid sites at about £5-10 per night rather than paying £30 per night for a site with EHU.

I like the Lithium + Solar option. I have just ordered a new 100ah LiFePo battery to replace our old lead acid. The lead acid was (I think) killed our slowly failing Bailey/Truma solar controller that seems to be putting out 15v. Annoying that a £15 item has killed a £200 battery that should have lasted years. 

The new battery is a Kepworth unit from Amazon. £379 (on offer) its not cheap, but is significantly cheaper than its closest rival, and has had a very positive physical review from "DC guy" on youtube here. I opted for the bluetooth enabled version for phone based state of charge checking. 

The nice side benefit is that at 11Kg, it will save 13kg of payload - a not insignificant chunk!

I will update when it arrives :-)

You need to change the solar controller, too...to one that has a lithium charging profile.

like CY, we have plenty of solar and, 'on site' (wherever that may be) one of the simplest ways to reduce electricity usage is to turn off the mains battery charger and allow solar to keep batteries fully charged. Use usb charging cables for phones, tablets etc and for 12v to power TV, water pump etc rather than mains connected devices.

if you need mains for kettle, hairdryer etc its there but for simple charging tasks, use the sun.

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