What about your refridgerator? I did compact bulbs, and new energy star fridge and my bill dropped by almost $100. With 3 kids who leave lights on, I'm only paying 150ish a month.
Mark Rick Carlson wrote: > Don't think I haven't thought of it. > > They DO tend to find such things even when they are trying not to... ;-) > > I will wait and see if the bill goes down two months in a row. Whenever > I bitch loudly to SDG&E the bill goes down a bit the next month and then > right back up the next month. If it doesn't go down, or stay down, I may > just do that. > > I don't think I mentioned it in my other posts but I have been on a Time > of Use Meter since 1999 which is why I do laundry in the dead of the > night, etc. > > It is also why this drives me nuts because they say I am using my > baseline allowance up during the day when nobody is home. > > But before I 'fix it' I may put in for a solar electric system since the > amount you can install and get rebates on it is determined by the past 6 > or so months of your recorded usage. I have a perfect home site for > solar with a south facing yard and no trees in the way with plenty of > roof to mount panels. If I do go that route I may also consider doing > solar pool heating and filtering the pool with DC pumps run off of the > electric panels on the roof. > > Rick > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mark Wolfe Lakeside, Ca. http://www.wolfenet.org gpg fingerprint = 42B6 EFEB 5414 AA18 01B7 64AC EF46 F7E6 82F6 8C71 Linux. The Internet's Operating System. http://www.linux.org -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
