Just a few quick ideas about how to have lower utility bills this Winter. Heating costs are set to rise - substantially! Just how much is anybody's guess.
The good news is - there a some simple and inexpensive changes anyone can make around the house to help ward off those higher heating bills. Try these easy ideas:
Turn down your thermostat. Experts say you can save 10% off your heating bill if you lower your thermostat by 5 degrees! Not bad.... I'll take that $20 I'm saivng and buy some compact flourescent light bulbs. They give about the same light and cost way less to use.
If you swap out the light bulb on your fron porch and put in a compact flourescent bulb instead - you could save about a dollar a month. That pays off the bulb in the first few months you have it! And they last for up to 8 years!
Phantom loads on your electrical system can really add up. You turn off your TV at night and the coffeemaker and the DVD player. But they keep using precious and increasingly expensive electricty even while you think they are "turned off".
The TV has a remote sensor - as do most DVD players. And that little clock in your coffeemaker might be nice to have but it eats up juice too! Unplug it. And the TV and DVD player when you don't use them.
The same goes for your PC and the printer and the wireless router and - well you get the picture. We use those little power strips to plug in the stereo and TV and the computer and monitor and printer. Cut the power at the power strips. One family on the East Coast where electricity prices are just outrageous - figure they saved around $15 each month - just by turning off all those little power strips while they are not in use!
Read on for more ways to lower utility bills.
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