Fluorescent tubes are not designed to be turned on and off at all times. (LSR = fluorescent tube) The physical background: When the LSR is ignited, 2 filaments are heated in the LSR to create charged...
In old buildings are often old and leaky windows or doors. These can be inexpensively improved in their heat balance with simple measures. 1st window seal: Old windows have no seal between frame and...
I always do that in compostable egg cartons. In the individual wells I give a soaked piece of the compostable material. That comes from the packs that sell tomatoes that are pretty smooth. But of...
Dried tips of ballpoint pens can easily be made workable again! First, the pen is taken apart. Then you take a lighter and warmed the writing tip of the mine carefully with the flame. In between,...
Contrary to popular belief, special "CCS" fast chargers *, such as Conrad offers, not just recharge batteries. This even makes it possible to charge ALL battery types up to fifteen times. Also...
My tip is of course the term washing machine at absurdum, because you have to be present during the washing process, and wait for the drying. I think that drying consumes the most electrical energy....
Contrary to popular opinion, it is better to set a conventional thermostat gas heating to level 2 (if it is really nasty cold 3) and always start, even if you are one-day away and at night. Then the...
A common prejudice against energy saving bulbs is that they are not as bright as the "conventional" ones. That's not true, as long as you stick to the following table during the "conversion"...
Hello, in the time where I had a few days no cooking facilities (stove), I've come up with something more or less useful. Wiener cooking in the kettle. The: - saves time with only 2 minutes cooking...
I got 4 decayed plants that I had to put into plastic flowerpots. Since my dad always picks up such things, I asked him. And now come. He gets the flowerpots in the cemetery! It happens again and...
