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Today, I took it upon myself to drop our homes' energy use. We have a old refigerator outside that we always stored our extra food in. I also noticed that my mom didn't really move anything from our indoor fridge. (freeze dried food) Basically, I asked her if I could combine all the food into the interior fridge. So we took out all the old food.
So now, I have the outside fridge turned off thus saving a little more energy for our house...Just trying to think of something free to do rather than buy more energy efficent applicances. |
I was just looking on ways to save on electricity and came across this site:
https://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/ It is full of usefull information. |
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oh that's nice! Our energy bill is definately going down.
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here i am....
Now sitting with the A/C off in my house. I am glad summer is almost over. Its 83 degress right now...
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I've done some obvious things to save energy:
Most of my lamps use compact fluorescents Automatic setback thermostats w 4 heat zones Rinnai instant water heater (no water tank heat loss) High efficiency A/C compressor (11 SEER) I already see savings in my energy bill, especially gas. After I installed the tankless water heater, my summer gas bill went down by 1/3. I'm also considering a drainwater heat recovery system. It can save 50-60% of my already-low water heating gas. Winter heating is more problematic. I have $300 to $500 gas bills each month in winter. I'm going to do some minor weatherstripping this fall, but I wonder whether a more efficient furnace is worth the cash. I have a Utica boiler that's about 14 years old. According to the label, it's about 85% efficient. Condensing furnaces are up to 94%, but they're pretty expensive. I'm also considering a dual fuel gas/wood boiler, but they too are expensive. |
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You must be heating some serious square footage? Methods: * reduce the burner's BTU output...means less heat goes up the flue..but the water pump (if you have one) runs a little more * make sure the boiler is clean...so there is good heat transfer * be sure the gas/air ratio is correct...no excessive orange/yellow flames * insulate any open pipes carrying hot water. * might be able to install a heat recovery blower on the flue and route this into living area? * if you do DIY maintenance..with some help...you save here also. |
Designing a wind generator as we speak. Can't beat $.03-.05/kWh electricity.
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