There Must Be A Simple Way...
People everywhere are always looking for ways to save money, whether it be saving on their automobile expenses or watching for the sales at their local department store or supermarket. When it comes to saving money on your electric utility costs, it can become a little tricky because simply turning off a light when you walk out of a room instead of leaving it on for an hour or two, turning it off when you have time, or get around to it. For instance, if you left a 100 Watt light bulb on for 10 extra hours when not needed over a whole month's period of time, your electric bill might show a 12 cent increase. Is it worth the effort ? Just a trivial point made.
Now, what if you replaced 10 of your 100 Watt incandescent light bulbs with the more efficient CFL lamps, which are available in most stores everywhere. You wouldn't have to worry about leaving any one on for a few hours. First of all, the cost saving using the new CFL's would be 75 % lower than the use of the old heat generating incandescent lamps. For example, if you left all ten CFL lamps on for ten hours, versus ten of the incandescent lamps, your bill would show a $ .30 increase, instead of a $ 1.20 increase, a 75 % saving. You have to keep in mind that these lamps might be used for hundreds of hours over any one monthly period, for example, using each lamp an average of one hour a day for 1 month should cost you $ .90 for the CFL lamps, but the cost for using the incandescent lamps would be $ 3.60, or 4 times more. Not only will the cost be more for your lighting cost using incandescent lights, but if you are using air conditioning during warm periods, it will also cost you more because you will also have to cool the wasted heat given off by the incandescent lamps, pumping their wasted heat into your home.
Other Simple Ways To Save Money
If you use electricity or gas for cooking, try using your microwave as much as you can. Today, many frozen dinners use especially designed packages to facilitate their preparation in the microwave. Using your electric stove's oven to heat meals can cost 3 times more than using your microwave. The cost is also similar in using your gas stove's oven in heating meals. A simple way to save even more money in your monthly budget is to lower the temperature of your hot water heater by several degrees. Having it set to 120 degrees instead of a temperature of 125 degrees could save you quite a bit per month whatever type water heater you use. The only adjustment you might have to make is use less cold water for your shower, in order to maintain the same water temperature. Another simple way to reap a quick saving on your electric bill for everyone who still uses the old CRT video display for their computer is to invest in the latest technology LCD display, which use several times less electricity than the old. By making some simple changes in how we use power in our home, we can all contribute in lessening energy waste on our planet.
