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What is your eletricity bill (Regular 2 Month T&TEC Cycle)?

Less than $200 (I steal my neighbours electricity)
Less than $500 (I game by candle light)
Less than $1000
Less than $1500
Less than $2000 (I have my own data center)
$2000+ (My computer runs the matrix)

Author Topic: How to reduce your electricity bill & help save the planet (and your pocket!)  (Read 47098 times)

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...and I am yet to get this Kill-a-Watt.
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lol, you can swing by for a borrow today or tomorrow.

I'll walk with it to work.

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

Here are the results from all the effort around conserving electricity at our home. Going from a high of $1860 to a low of $1561.00 (that's a difference of $300 if you do the math)

*Note, the Dec - Jan period isn't finished yet, still got 12 days to go but I expect it will end up a good $100 less than the period before.

Savings $$ ftw

The kill-a-watt has paid back for itself in one billing cycle. Knowledge is power.

For 2012, I'm going to really push it and see if we can get down to $1000 a month. (wishful thinking but as W. Clement Stone said, aim for the moon)
« Last Edit: January 19, 2012, 10:14:24 AM by TriniWyatt »

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lol, wish I could get your meter installed at my house.

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Any Advice on which local company to get an estimate on powering my PC room with solar pannels? I think i read somewhere that it's being passed in congress to lower the costs of these units locally.

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Would love something like that myself!

Last I checked when we were doing some extensions on the house, it was prohibitively expensive to install solar panels.

Let me know what you discover.

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I Googled it and came across this local site, but it doesn't tell you the costs involved, anyone with expertise can please search up on how much it'll cost to run a home and reply back so us who are interested can invest in this energy alternative. http://www.ttsmartenergy.com/index.html

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small world. I actually know the guy who runs that!

Will give him a holla and see how far he's come along in providing solutions.

Heard the government is also offering subsidies for new installs but can't confirm.

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