Re: Saving Money: Fluorescent replacment lightbulbs (cut your power bill by 50%)
- From: "North" <north@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:01:33 -0500
Sue <sebrady@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:43:27 -0700, TDKozan <sp_ot@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Sue wrote:
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >>
> >> I'm lowering my heat to save money.
> >> Sue
> >>
> >
> >One other note: Drop $50 or less on a programmable thermostat for
> >huge savings too. Mine eats one AA battery a year to operate and the
> >savings it gives are huge.
>
> I have one of those. I don't use it. Have no idea how many settings
> it has, but I'm not even here three nights a week, I'm now just
> turning it off altogether on those nights. I'd turn it off when I'm
> sleeping here at night except I have someone else to consider. I'm
> also now turning it off when I go to work (regular hours 5 days a
> week). Since I live in "sunny" California it doesn't get too cold.
> When I came home this morning it was 60 degrees. I've turned it on
> for 64. That's fine because as long as it's actually pumping out heat
> I'm warm. When I'm home for any length of time (weekend days and 4
> evenings a week) I set it to 67. Only problem is that sometimes I
> forget to turn it off or down which is where the programmable part
> would come in handy. It's just too damned complicated with my
> schedule.
>
>
> >
> >Even a cheapie will have three or more settings for weekdays and at
> >least two for weekends. Mine is set to hold the house at 60° F by
> >default in the winter but it kicks on and runs the house up to 70° at
> >5:45 and holds it there until 7:45 weekdays. After that it drops back
> >to 60° until 17:30 when it kicks in again, heating the place up to 67°
> >until 21:30. Weekends it turns on at 7:30 and holds at 65° until
> >21:30. It's saved a few mortgage payments in gas bills over the last
> >seven years here in Northern Colorado. I suppose there'd be similar
> >cuts in the summer but I have a swamp cooler that gets used as needed
> >instead of central air.
>
> The central air is what costs me the most money. Well, except the
> gas for the heater is now so much more expensive. I used to live in a
> house that was so big and inefficient (and 4 kids at home) that my
> summer time bill was often over $300 and the air conditioner didn't
> get the house below 80 degrees.
>
> >
> >The only other way you're going to get as much bang for your buck will
> >be to replace all the weatherstripping on your doors and windows.
>
> My bill isn't ever so bad now that it's a shock. This last one was
> $151 (that's gas and electricity - PG&E). It's always nice to save a
> little money though.
> Sue
Do you have a bunch of rooms that you no longer use often ? If so, block off
the AC/Heat duct or vent in each room with a piece of wood or cardboard and
keep the doors to those rooms shut. If your duct work has dampers for each
room, close the ones to the rooms not in use, if not, don't worry about it.
By not heating the rooms you do not use, your heater will have to work less,
thus saving you money.
n.
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