Calor has launched clever new technology to ensure that its customers should always have gas. Thanks to advanced wireless technology, which is being incorporated across new above or below tank installations, subject to a site survey*, Calor can provide what it calls The Think Tank^®, allowing customers to relax knowing that hot baths, gas to cook on and open fires will be forever ‘on tap’ as the tank does the thinking for them.

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is clean, efficient and controllable, and offers a real alternative to those people who live beyond the mains gas supply. It provides exactly the same level of comfort and convenience as mains gas for heating, hot water and cooking.

Calor is the UK’s largest market leading supplier of LPG, delivering to tens of thousands of people throughout the country, more than any other supplier, even to the most remote regions and to homes with complex or unique needs.

How does it work?

Put simply, the Calor tanks can think for themselves, analysing when they need to be re-filled with LPG and actually ordering the fuel too. That all human intervention is completely removed is an obvious benefit, setting Calor’s offer apart from alternative fuels’ systems, such as oil that in most cases cannot schedule a delivery automatically.

A gauge reader is fitted to the tank to regularly measure the amount of gas left in the tank. The Think Tank^® is also fitted with a fin-like transmitter unit that sends a signal to a dialler unit inside the house. This dialler unit dials Calor’s central computer to update Calor on the gas level in the tank and, if a top-up is required, a tanker is despatched to the property.*

Dial-up costs are completely free and the tank does all the thinking, so Calor customers with The Think Tank^® don’t have to worry about call charges, checking the level in the tank or ordering gas.

Trouble-free, Worry-free….and Rental-free

As a special launch offer, Calor will waive the first 100 days tank standing charge for all customers signing up to The Think Tank^® system. The technology is both reliable and accurate, whilst installation of the equipment is free, another key benefit from Calor, since other fuel providers, such as oil, usually charge extra for tanks which incorporate wireless technology.

Having been a Calor Country Living customer for some fifteen years, the Gavin family knew all about the benefits of LPG, using the fuel for cooking and heating their individually-styled, modern five bedroom bungalow.

Their home was a self build project that was designed from scratch to provide real ‘wow’ factor. It is packed with the latest features and appliances, such as Philippe Stark contemporary designer bathrooms. Compromise has never been on the agenda and, with such a unique property, choosing a domestic fuel supply which matched this high specification was essential and Calor provided the perfect fit.

And with The Think Tank^® system now installed, they’re happier than ever with Calor, as Mrs Gavin explains:

“The new system is an excellent idea. We live in a village location, so it’s great to know that we will never run out of gas.

“The installation itself was very quick and painless, and we experienced no change in service or fuel effectiveness. With modern life as fast and furious as it is, this is a welcome time-saving, hassle-free device.”

Calor’s technology innovation has also impressed Mark Guest and family. Thanks to The Think Tank^®, their above-ground tank can think for itself, alerting the local Calor depot when it needs a top-up and ensuring that their four bedroom bungalow at Barras, near Stonehaven never runs out of gas.

Mark comments:
“Living on top of a hill, on a road that is regularly blocked by snow in the winter, it’s reassuring to know that everything is automatic and that we don’t have to remember to order gas - it really is like having our own personal gas supply.”

Calor County Living is the choice of more than 85,000 homes throughout the country, even in the more remote regions. To find out more about Calor and The Think Tank^® system, call 0800 121 4461 or visit www.calorcountryliving.co.uk.

Notes to editors

* The Think Tank^® is only available with an above or below ground tank, on new installations and is subject to a site survey.

** The Think Tank^® equipment will be fitted to the tank and a customer’s premises, where the level transmitter unit can be located in a suitable position for the radio signal to be transmitted to the house dialler unit.

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Issued on behalf of Calor by Bright, 10 St Catherine’s Court, Herbert Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3QE For further information please contact Leona Abson/Michelle Simpson/Victoria Crowe at Bright on Tel: +44 (0) 121 711 5000 Fax: +44 (0) 121 711 5001 or Email: leona@bright-consultancy.co.uk

Ref: DCH113
Released: April 2004