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By: 4 Easy Ways To Save on Your Electricity Bill | Good Financial Cents

4 Easy Ways To Save on Your Electricity Bill | Good Financial Cents — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:46:39 +0000

[...] who is the general manager of Electrical Detectives in nearby Herrin, IL, offers 4 ways to save on your electricity [...]

By: Eleven (Nearly) Effortless Ways to Save Money Each Month | Frugal Dad

Eleven (Nearly) Effortless Ways to Save Money Each Month | Frugal Dad — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:32:18 +0000

[...] of power continuously even when powered down (this phenomenon is often referred to as “vampire power,” probably because it is sucking the life out of your [...]

By: CindyS

CindyS — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:42:52 +0000

I’m up for it. We don’t have a lot of plugged in appliances but there is the tv, vcr, computer, etc. I have enough power strips to turn them all off.

By: Nicki

Nicki — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:37:38 +0000

We put our desk area and TV area both on power strips, along with changing all our lightbulbs and noticed a very significant difference in our bill. It’s annoying to power down the computer every night, but worth it. I feel like I’m doing my part as a responsible consumer and teaching my daughter good habits from the beginning. Like David said, it’s a win-win.

By: Rob in Madrid

Rob in Madrid — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:58:40 +0000

Yes the video is quite corny but it gets the point across.

Quick question what about kitchen appliances? The toaster coffee maker kettle, don’t they have Off Switches built right in?

By: Yousaid

Yousaid — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:52:01 +0000

Very interesting. Some tips that I never thought about. I knew that products with the energy star symbol on it were much more efficient when turned off, but I didn’t think about the cell phone charger. That video was a little corny, but I guess it got the point across.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:16:21 +0000

great post.
I am a great advocate for turning things off not left on stnadby.

There are even products now that you can buy that you plug everything into and then you use a remote to turn them off. However they are a little pricy. Our only hope is that the manufacturers develope electronics that use no power when in standby. I know the technology exists, its just about rolling it out.

By: caryn verell

caryn verell — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:34:46 +0000

had to start putting everything on power strips years ago cause everytime there was a storm we would get zapped….lost too many tvs, and phones from lightning.

By: Steward

Steward — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:06:16 +0000

That is pretty sweet. Your one statistic about how devices use 40% of their power when turned off means that there is an easy way to cut down on electricity costs by 40% – be willing to unplug your devices. It might be hassle, but a 40% savings is probably worth it.

By: David

David — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:13:51 +0000

Just turning off the power strip cuts all the power, you don’t even need to unplug it! Once we switched all of our computers, stereos, TV and kitchen stuff to appliances, we really started saving some money each month. Also, it reduces the amount of power our power companies need to make, which reduces the amount of pollution they emit. It’s a win-win for everyone.