Light savings

Throughout the day, as you are out, think about ditching the lights. Take the time to walk around your home to turn off the lights and save on your electricity bill. Turning off your lights can save you money over time. Especially if you are going on long trips.

People have said well if you are going on short trips then it's not worth it, but the way I figure it, most people work 8 hours a day. That's 160 hours a month, roughly. To me the savings during this time frame is well worth the few seconds to run around. People only worry about the lights though. We started a few years ago plugging all electrical things into power strips. This makes it very easy for us to unplug these also.

Items that are plugged in still use electricity while running in their standby mode. It may only use the same as a LED light, but if you have 30 LED lights going for 160 hours a month... it adds up, believe me.  You can also buy special power saving stips.  They will turn off the power completely to all the items, keeping you from losing that wattage from those items you forget to unplug.  You can save .10 per kilowatt/hour from unplugging and turning off your appliances.

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