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10-08-2008, 10:43 PM
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| Community Rank: Jetsetter   Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: St. Charles, Missouri
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| We got our electric bill... WOW  I was shocked when I saw it. Our bill from 8/06 to 9/07 was $185.85. This last months bill 9/07 to 10/05 was $74.61. What a huge difference. We had switched all our light bulbs to the energy effient ones, we use cold water laundry detergent, and we don't turn lights on when it's not nessesary. If I would have know just doing all that would save us a ton of money we would have done it along time ago.
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10-09-2008, 01:36 AM
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| Wow, that's a good saving! 
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10-09-2008, 01:49 AM
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| Community Rank: Trekker   Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Seattle, Washington
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| Yeah, it's amazing what a big difference those little changes can make. I don't know about you but I hate coming home and opening the door to a completely dark house. So I finally got smart and installed nightlights that come on automatically when it gets dark throughout the house including in the entryway. Now when I come home at night the house isn't completely dark and I can see well enough to put things down and hang up my coat. I have 5-7 of them plugged in around the house and figure even with that many plugged I'm using a heck of alot less energy than I would be if I left a lamp on. An added bonus is that they provide just enough light that I don't need to turn on the lights just to get a glass of water out of the kitchen. |
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10-09-2008, 01:52 AM
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| Community Rank: Trekker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Seattle, Washington
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| You should take that $111.24 you're saving on your electric bill and put it in a savings account. At the end of 1 year you would have $1334.88 which is a good chunk of the cost of a Disney package. |
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10-09-2008, 08:36 AM
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| RED SOX NATION!!  Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Connecticut
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| Congrats on the savings!!
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10-09-2008, 08:42 AM
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| #1 Mary Poppins Fan!  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Massachusetts
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| Great savings Teresa!!
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10-09-2008, 09:18 AM
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| WOW!
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10-09-2008, 09:35 AM
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| Amazing! I keep trying to get DH to do that kind of stuff...I am constantly turning off the lights after him and changing to the energy efficient ones...he doesn't like them...thinks they are dim... I also have the night lights with the sensor so they come on when it gets dark...they are only 7 watt bulbs so when they are on its next to nothing...give just enough light to get around at night without falling and hurting yourself. I put all of our outside lights on solar and motion sensors...it helps!
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10-09-2008, 10:18 AM
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| Eileeeeeeen!™  Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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| That's terrific! I was shocked when I saw our savings after making the same (and other) changes and saw that our annual electric/gas bill went down by $400 from '06-'07 -- and these were really minimal changes we made. Since we've done even more "eco" changes in '08, I'm anxious to see what we've managed to do for our pocketbooks and the environment! Eileen
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