Years worth of power.

[Admin]

I been figuring up my taxes and my total power consumption for 2009 totaled up to 471.77 ;D

Our flat rate before usage is 16.21 x 12 months =194.52
Deduct the flat rate from the total bill and we consumed 277.25 worth of electricity in 2009. That's a pretty affordable convenience as far as I'm concerned. Shows what shutting off the standby power can do for ya.

[trapperandhunter]

wow sounds good bossman! do you use a wood stove for most of your cooking?

[patricimo54]

Wow JC that is outstanding! Can you give us a break down of how you do it?

[Admin]

I wish I had some magical secret but I don't. It's just common sense really, if it's not being used - turn it off. The only thing here sucking up standby power is the laptops. We do some cooking on the woodstove but this year it's mostly been done on our electric range. There are no appliances in this house left with little clocks and lights burning when they're not in use. Standby power is one of the largest energy drains in a house. All the entertainment gadgets are on a power strip and are off when not used. The breaker is tripped to our kitchen range when we're not baking something. There's never any outside lights blaring away when not needed. The largest part of most folks electric bill is spent on wasted power. After my propane tanks run out I'll be going independant from any gas company and will fill my tanks when I need them, not on someone elses schedule. Someday I hope to have a similar program with my electricity either by solar or wind or both. My neighbors all have porch lights blaring away, driveway lights and some on the garage - on all night and someties all day too. I just don't get it

[yankee]

My shops electric bill breaks $600.00 every month and many months it approaches $1000. But we have no options but to have lots of lights on all the time. We have 3 refrigerators, 6 freezers and a large bait tank compresor running everyday.

To hear you spent less than $500.00 is amazing!