Saving Energy The Easy Way

Limescale in a water cyliner

SAVE ENERGY THE EASY WAY

If perchance you live in a hard water area which many of us do, you will probably not realise that limescale builds up day by day throughout the plumbing system.

One area, which is really prone to limescale, is the boiler or hot water cylinder. As soon as hard water gets warm, the scale starts forming getting thicker and thicker so that in a fairly short period of time it takes almost twice as much energy to heat up the same amount of water. The scale keeps getting even thicker and eventually it just takes ages to heat the water. The amount of energy required to heat the same amount of water increases exponentially so the thicker the scale the more energy is required. In the end the scale can be so thick that if you turn on the immersion heater it will just blow because the heat it generates cannot escape into the water. The immersion heater just overheats and packs up.

In real terms this can mean more oil, gas or electricity to heat the same amount of water and of course more money. Money, which in reality is just being wasted.

So IF you can remove the limescale and PREVENT fresh limescale being deposited your water heating becomes much more efficient. It is really surprising that organisations like the Energy Saving Trust and Carbon Trust and all the other so called “green” organisations don’t latch on to this and plug products that do prevent and remove the dreaded limescale.

A very good product that will get rid of limescale and prevent new scale is produced by an English Company and is called Splendid Products Limited. They make (in Oxford) the Little Plumber range, which have been available for 10 years and are so successful that in those 10 years only one has ever been returned. Add to this the 12-month no quibble guarantee and the fact that if you fit one you’ll probably be saving the cost of the unit in the money you save and it’s really a “no brainer”!