Electricity saving "tip" curtousy of the Oprah show.

[BobMarleySpliffs]

I got this tip off the Oprah show "I know I'm gay, lol". One girl on the show was showing how she split her electric bill in HALF each month just by unplugging anything that's not being used. Apparently when you shut off your electronics ect...it still uses a large amount of electricity all day long. So what she does is simply unplug anything that's not in use and makes her kids do the same. It takes time and discipline to do it, but it adds up huge, and the more things you plug into one power-bar makes it easier to just unplug the one plug each time.

So for anyone wanting to save or worried about consuming to much power with extra lighting should try this. I'm going to be doing it.

 

[hom36rown]

you watch oprah?

 

[aknight3]

plz let me know results thats very interesting

 

[predator0187]

Sounds interesting but....I'm too lazy to do that...lol

 

[BobMarleySpliffs]

you watch oprah?

Listen, I already admitted I was gay in the post, to get that out of the way. No, but it's hard not to watch from time to time, it's on 200 channels all hours of the day.

Sounds interesting but....I'm too lazy to do that...lol

That's the problem most people will be, but that's why you plug in 10 things all on the same power bar so you just have to unplug the one plug in each area of the house.

 

[ststepen420]

that is a good idea, another one is if you dont need a big fridge then invest in a small one like you have in college dorm rooms, i personally dont need a huge fridge. Also kinda going along with what he said about the unplugging, thats for sure true, i try to not run anything except my grow room and my living room, the rest gets turned off but i havent been unplugging which im gonna start doing.

 

[ODGROP]

Dude we are stoners, how are we going to remember to do this all the time, and I for one am way to lazy to go through all that shit.

 

[ststepen420]

put a note on the door, that way youll see it before you leave and remember to do it. Fuck tie a ribbon around your finger, its not that hard to remember shit and thats sucks that your lazy man, not the way to live life.

 

[ODGROP]

Seems to have worked for me so far, and being lazy I don't liek walking to the door and having to turn around and walk all the way back.

 

[BobMarleySpliffs]

Dude we are stoners, how are we going to remember to do this all the time, and I for one am way to lazy to go through all that shit.

Yup, it's up too you if you want to save, if it's not a worry than you won't do it. If you got one power-bar in all your main rooms that you use the most it would take a matter of seconds, you just have to program yourself to make it a habit.

 

[ststepen420]

nah man, hes too lazy for all that

 

[ANC]

You get a number of wall outlets that will automaticaly shut down appliances in standby mode...

 

[EyezofSnake]

It's true. A lot of electronics draw a small current when idle. TV's especially

 

[ODGROP]

Well maybe I used the wrong word when I said I'm lazy, I don't have a problem doing what I feel is important or needs to be done, but doing shit that I don't fell is important like washing dishes is almost impossible. This is mostly when I have weed to smoke, if I run out of bud for longer than a week then I start looking for unimportant shit to do.

Another problem I have with this is having to reset the clocks on the TV, DVD, stove, microwave, and shit all the time which is mostly what I would be unplugging all the time.

 

[DontKnowBeans]

Yeah, I've heard of this before. It's called phantom drain. You can actually cut it down using power bars and switching them off instead of constantly unplugging everything. Here's an article about it:

http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/19/the-one-hour-project-kill-the-electricity-phantom/

 

[ststepen420]

so get a wall clock that runs on batteries, you dont have a cell phone?? who gives a shit about dvd and microwave clocks

 

[lilmafia513]

wouldn't flipping the switch on the strip do the same thing?

 

[DontKnowBeans]

Yes, it will. That's what I was trying to say and the article I posted says the same thing.

 

[Hank]

I know the tele uses up alot of electricity. I only turn it on at night and if i feel sleepy i set the timer for 1 hr to shut her off. Same as my computer. Im trying to conserve the best i can.

-Hank.

 

[ODGROP]

Yes I have a cell phone lol, I give a shit about the DVD clcok because I record shit off the TV with it and for that I need the clock to be set right. I guess I don't really need to have the mic clock right but flashing 12:00 all the time annoys the shit out of me.