100 Ways to Save in 100 Days-1: Unused Appliances and Electronics
Posted By Mr. Imperfect on June 23, 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.
Welcome to our first post in this series! Most of the post in this series are going to be short, specific, and to the point, with possibly a couple of action points each. The majority will be actionable by both homeowners and renters, but there will be a few targeted directly at each. Take what you can use and leave the rest!
OK, first, lets talk about what we mean by “appliances and electronics.” Basically, anything that plugs into an electrical outlet and uses electricity. Did you know the 20% of an items electrical consumption takes place while the item is not in use? For instance, if you use a blender regularly throughout the month and it consumes 1kw (1000 watts) of electricity during that month, 200 watts, or 1/5th, of the blenders consumption took place while it was not in use.
So that is our first step-Unplug unused appliances and electronics. For us: blender, toaster, toaster oven, DVD players, stereos, VCRs, etc. We completed this task during a seasonal change, so it was hard to pinpoint whether the savings were due to this or the use of less heat, but we have seen a consistent drop (from $200 a month gradually down to $155 a month) over the last five months. Not all of the savings are due to this step, some came from other actions we took-but that is another set of posts! Hope this helps, and we would like to encourage your feedback-have you done this before? Could you tell a difference in your bill? Please leave a comment below, or contact us personally via the contact us page. As always, have a great day!!
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