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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

fizzgig

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2. we just started turning off the power strip in the living room

Reply to Flaxbee (Original post)

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 05:22 PM

Jan 2013

we use it for the tv, wii, dvd player, stereo and cell phone charger. electric bill was 75 bucks last month, our baseboard heaters are kept at 60 and i wash my clothes on cold, so i figured that would be another way to cut our usage. we made a draft blocker for the door and need to get a piece of cardboard over the fire place, i know we lose a lot of heat there.

we have ac, but we're in a garden unit, so we don't even use it.

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