Hello Dear Readers!
I return to you again with a few great saving tips to cut down your utility bills! But first: Tip Terminology. Proven Tips are the kind everyone can use, regardless of skill or monetary volume. Plausible Tips are a bit more specific, not everyone will be able to utilize them.
Proven Tip: put energy hogging appliances/electronics on power strips. Mr. K and I have been doing this for over a year now (ever since we've been married!). We have knocked our electricity bill down to <$20 a month. Our TV, Wii, PS2, and reading lamp are all on the living room power strip. Our kitchen power strip connects our microwave (A HUGE HOG!) and toaster oven (we have a gas range, and prefer French Pressed Coffee). All the computers have their own power strips. When the hogs aren't being used, the strip is switched of, saving us an absolute ton of money!
Plausible Tip: We've also found that turning off the AC and slapping a big box fan into the window cuts down on the utility bills quite a bit. I'll admit that this isn't feasible for everyone though... depending on your location, AC might be a necessity! If turning it off completely won't do, I would recommend turning it up a few degrees if possible. The billing difference between 74 and 76 degrees is immense: the living temperature? Not so much.
TLDR: Anything that glows anywhere when it's "off"? Stick that puppy on a power strip and swich off the strip when you're not actively using it. Turn off the AC when possible, or turn it up a couple of degrees.
Remember kids; say No to Hogs!
~Mrs. K
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