Perfectly Imperfect Family and Finances

Posted By Mr. Imperfect on December 29, 2008

Welcome! This is our 100 ways in 100 days series on saving money by reducing your expenses. If you are new here, consider subscribing to our RSS feed to get post as soon as they are available. Not sure about RSS feeds? For a description, and a brief tutorial, check our RSS Page.

We are all guilty of haphazardly working in our kitchens, but we could save a little money if we planned a little better. Our article on baking items together is one way that we have discussed thus far. Also, using a toaster oven will reduce energy cost in your kitchen considerably. Now, we are back to our refrigerator, where we cleaned the coils in one of our post.

This time we want to talk about energy loss from opening your door. A interesting test was preformed at energy boomer about the amount of time a refrigerator door is open. Take the following into account:

1. Opening the refrigerator door at all (even just a second) raises the internal temperature by 1 degree.
2. Keeping the door open for 15 seconds raises the temperature by 4 degrees.
3. Lastly, leaving the door open for 30 seconds raises the temperature by 6 degrees.

Now, think about when you are cooking a meal. If you open the door five times during your cooking, you have raise your refrigerator’s internal temperature by at least five degrees. Our money saving tip is to get all you need out at the same time. In most cases this can be accomplished in under 15 seconds, so you set your loss to around four degrees. It helps to have a list of all you will need before you open the door.

Well, another tip down and many more to go. We really thank you for reading. Please leave a comment, or contact us with any questions, suggestions, ideas, or things you would like to see discussed. Have a great day!

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Category: Frugality, Saving on Expenses
Tags: Frugality, save on electricy, save on expenses, utility bill