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In Reply to: Electricity bill blues posted by Munkie_NL on September 8, 2006 at 10:39:55:
Everything not in use goes off...no matter what (I use a power strip).I've been on a tear to cut parasitic consumption in my household (too many useless wall warts). This includes the flat screen TV, cell phone charger, laptops, printer, etc....anything not in use gets unplugged...even the toaster and microwave. I also power down my electric hot water heater when I am gone for more than a day.
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I always left my TV on standby, and my friend had an identical TV that he got a month after me. He switched his off on the switch but I put mine to standby... he had 3 TV's to my one as his all blew up on switch on. Mine blew up only because I lost the code for the remote when the batteries run out... only used the switch for 2 weeks (whilst seeking the code numbers) and it went very bang.So he may have saved on the electric bill but I am sure he lost to the retailers.
Whole-house gas tank-less water heater never runs when your at work or asleep. Works great, never runs out.
I've been thinking about one of these...but I will have to upgrade my electrical to make that happen (I only have 100amp service now...will need to upgrade anyway).
Whole-house tank-less water heaters are only available in gas.
I've seen some electric ones...they require 60Amp 240V service
You inplug the tv after you are finished watching it? That must take some discipline! Do appliances and such when they are off use much electricity?
They would use less electricity if my kids remembered to turn them off. Boys in particular have short attention spans. Now I have them trained to unplug stuff when they're done.I have a wood frame victorian so from a fire safety point of view I like to unplug stuff whenever possible. It may be anal on my part...oh well.
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