This is one of the things we do in this house. Unplug the items we aren't using. And it does save on the electric bill, plus we installed the CF bulbs, which have reduced the electric bill greatly. Now we are trying out a 20,000 ventless gas heater I installed a couple weeks ago, to supplement our boiler or central heat. Hoping to see the results of this effort in the next two gas bills. ----- Original Message ----- From: chiliblindman To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 10:53 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] electrical power uses cut
I had a discussion this mourning about power usage of items in stand-by mode. There was mention of this on this list before about the power used by appliances when in the off mode. Regardless of what it could be; microwave oven, computer or TV, most use power when off especially if we like the instant on feature of items. A couple placed all there appliances on power strips so they could turn them completely off, reasonably in a easy way anyway. Their electric bill has been slashed in half and they were really excited. Apparently they do not have a microwave like mine that needs the time set before it is usable. I figured I would pass this information along. I found something that reduced my electric bill almost in half by accident, my daughter got married and moved out.hahaha ..................bob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
