What are some ways to dramatically reduce my electric bill?

COMPACT FLORESCENT WILL SAVE A BUNCH OVER HALOGEN'S. THE BIGGEST OFFENDERS I SEE IS VENTILATION & INSULATION ( MOSTLY ON OLDER HOMES ) & RADIENT BARRIER. THE BUILDERS SEEM TO GET THE R-30 THING IS GOOD, BUT WHEN IT COMES TOO MORE SOFFIT VENTS, OR ROOF VENTS THEY WON'T BUY. RADIENT BARRIER ( FOIL/SILVER BACKED PLYWOOD WAS HOT & NOW SOME BUILDERS JUST DON'T BUY IT. THESE THINGS ADDED TO A HOUSE IN THE SOUTH/SUNBELT WILL HAVE DRAMATIC EFFECT ON BILLS. HOME BUILDERS DON'T GIVE A CRAP BECAUSE SOME POOR JACK *** WILL COME & BUY THEIR PRODUCTION CRAP & BE STUCK PAYING FOR POOR CHOICES FOR LIFE!

Heating and Cooling are your greatest potential eaters, no longer the lighting fixtures. a million. advance the placing on your A/C thermostat some tiers. A programmable thermostat is your ultimate guess. you may set it for a enhanced temperature whilst your away (and alter in winter to a decrease temperature) to shrink pull-down time. it fairly is extra low priced to maintain a house cool than to get it cool. 2. Heavy drapes or curtains to stop the greenhouse consequence from the sunlight will additionally shrink your cooling/heating bill. 3.look on the performance of your water heater, particularly in spite of the fact that if it fairly is electrical powered. Are the heating components lined with complicated water deposits? are you able to diminish the temperature and be delicate? Insulate your warm water pipes the place you have get entry to to them. bathe quickly and at the same time with your companion if achievable. 4. in the laundry, do no longer wash partial lots. Wait until eventually you have an entire load to do laundry. comparable with the dryer. the clothing will preserve warmth and help in drying particularly than heating lots of air to dry some products. 5. comparable with the dishwasher. finished lots basically. turn off the heated drying selection.

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Anyways try using small LED lights that turn on due to darkness. I have them all over my house. I spent about 40$ and I have over 40 of them. It lights my whole house up without any electricity at all. Need many plug ins though.

I think common sense should prevail, you say you use halogen lamps., they use a lot of power, you should go for energy-saving type, they have the same type holder as old type and just fit the same way.

Don't use tumble driers as often, hang outside ,weather permitting.

Don't have appliances on stand-by, turn off at wall socket.

first monitor electrical usage.

try rating your electrical usage say.

65W electric industrial fan 8hour. = 520watts per day.

then you can decide which appliance to reduce in usage or replace with a low power consumption

like hallogen pin lights to CFL. or warmlights to daylights.

your decision depends on your needs. say you need to run your AC 10hours so you can get better sleep and work effectively the next morning. or you simply enjoy brewed coffee in the mornings rather than instant coffee just like me. then i just would nt cut down on perculator.

another tip. electric motor (AC, Fans Etc) uses more electricity than electronic applaince. heating elements (heaters, flat iron etc) consume more electricity than motors in a significantly short period of time. reduce use of heating elements and/ or motorized applainces

always turn off the lights when not in use, put all your electronics on a power strip and turn it off when not in use... computers that are left on, as well as phone chargers still use electricity. also, hang clothes outside to dry when it is nice enough!!!!

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