5 Days of Frugality – Saving Money on Electricity

Welcome to my series, 5 Days of Frugality. This series is a part of the 5 Days of Blogging Blog Hop, hosted by the Homeschool Crew! For the next 5 days, I will be posting a series of articles focusing on Frugality. I hope you will enjoy them! Be sure and check at the Homeschool Crew blog to catch a TON more articles on different subjects by other bloggers!

Saving money on the electricity you use in your house is one of the easiest ways to save!  Just by taking a few easy baby steps, you can really make an impact on your electric bill.  While some of these steps cost more up front, they will easily earn back their costs.

• Switch over to compact fluorescent bulbs or the new LED bulbs! Yes, these are more expensive than regular bulbs, but they last forever and if replace all your bulbs with them, your electric bill goes down noticeably! We’ve lived here over 12 years and we have no regular light bulbs in the house. We have to replace one occasionally now, but so far, we’ve only had to replace 2 this year and they were 2 of our oldest ones (nearly 7 years old!).
• Also, get rid of your “ghost” loads. Any appliance or electronics with a “wall wart” (as my DH calls them!), plug into a power strip with an on/off switch. This also goes for ANYTHING with a remote control, clock, etc. These items use electricity even when you’re not using them (You’d be surprised by how much!). We’ve plugged our computers, TV, VCR, DVD player, etc into power strips and then turn the switch on the power strip off at night and when we’re gone.

Just by replacing all our bulbs and using power strips, we save a lot of money every year. It lowered our electric bill by nearly $20 every month, for a savings of about $240 per year!

Check back tomorrow for the fourth article in the 5 Days of Frugality series!

Don’t forget to stop by the Homeschool Crew to find a TON more articles!

Linking To: Penny Pinching Party, Works For Me Wednesday, Women Living Well Wednesday, Homemaking Link-Up, Encourage One Another Link-Up, Simple Living Wednesday, Frugal Days Sustainable Ways, Wisdom Wednesday, Wise Woman Wednesday, Natural Living Link-Up, Proverbs 31 Thursday, Simple Lives Thursday, Thrifty Thursday, Beautiful Thursday, Frugal Friday, Mama Moments Mondays, Better Mom Mondays, Monday’s Musings, Welcome Home Link-Up, Titus 2sday, Making a Home, Teach Me Tuesday, Domestically Divine Tuesday, Living Green Link-Up, Titus 2 Tuesday, Thankful Homemaker Tuesday,

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