tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122163157306498894.post6099806761735938797..comments2024-03-29T16:21:59.295+11:00Comments on My Abundant Life: Cutting The Electricity Bill.Wendy Gowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01079131126381265901noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122163157306498894.post-90553229735451577982016-11-04T01:55:11.288+11:002016-11-04T01:55:11.288+11:00Hi, Wendy,
Thanks for the ideas! Like many of the ...Hi, Wendy,<br />Thanks for the ideas! Like many of the ladies, I've been frustrated by seeing my efforts to cut the electric bill go seemingly unrewarded. Our new house has two fireplaces, so I'm hoping that using them will help keep heating costs down this winter. We installed some LED lights, too, so hopefully we'll see results from them as well.<br />Blessings, LeighLeighhttp://achatovercoffee.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122163157306498894.post-1505642765157761982016-11-03T07:48:32.625+11:002016-11-03T07:48:32.625+11:00Hi Wendy,
What about a solar oven. I have seen pla...Hi Wendy,<br />What about a solar oven. I have seen plans on You Tube? Would you have enough sun.<br />PattiPrecious People Preschoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284398084100195331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122163157306498894.post-81977538306278981942016-11-01T20:49:16.835+11:002016-11-01T20:49:16.835+11:00Hi Wendy. Thanks for lots of great tips. It would ...Hi Wendy. Thanks for lots of great tips. It would be good to save some more $ on electricity costs. We have had solar hot water for long time and and now have solar panels (3kw). To get the best value out of our panels, we try to minimise our power usage at night as we have to use grid power then. So, we do little things like load dishwasher at night but not run it to morning, we wash clothes during day and not at night and so on. I bake during the day but have to get better at cooking meals then and only re-heating at night. This summer, I plan on lots of salads as minimal heat/no heat required to make those. We recently compared our usage for same time last year and it has dropped somewhat which is good. I think it is these little things, as inconsequential as they seem individually, that are making the difference. Meg:) p.s. We've started to eat some meals by candlelight too. Our boy thinks this is very cooool!Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573371198907761962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122163157306498894.post-8767102609751134852016-11-01T06:11:15.919+11:002016-11-01T06:11:15.919+11:00I am always trying to lower my bill too. Nice tips...I am always trying to lower my bill too. Nice tipsā„Summerhttp://summerdaisycottage.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122163157306498894.post-31129796178678546692016-10-31T22:21:12.085+11:002016-10-31T22:21:12.085+11:00Hi Wendy,
So timely this post as I also received ...Hi Wendy,<br /><br />So timely this post as I also received my bill last week and nearly died and we have solar panels also.<br />Count me in. If you use an electric kettle , I was told when I had an audit to save power, that they chew up heaps of electricity, hair dryers and hair straighteners. <br />MaureenMaureennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122163157306498894.post-31129735574069796722016-10-31T19:21:56.569+11:002016-10-31T19:21:56.569+11:00Use a stove top kettle on your gas burner.
We are ...Use a stove top kettle on your gas burner.<br />We are with AGL and can login to our electricity account and check daily usage and solar generated. It also gives a rough estimate of the bill. Check if your electricity provider does this.<br />Ask to be billed monthly. You can check if your "power saving" measures are working sooner, rather than wait for a bill every 3 months.<br />Good luck.<br />Tonia Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13060926545319384994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122163157306498894.post-8360054502366992152016-10-31T18:00:46.252+11:002016-10-31T18:00:46.252+11:00Count me in too Wendy,remember when i had no elect...Count me in too Wendy,remember when i had no electricity for 4 days?,if this happens in your area you can contact your electricity provider for a discount but you need to ask,ways i try to save power when getting up during the night i use a torch,we are lucky that we have gas hot water or those 4 days would of been a nightmare,i also always have my hot water bottle i dont believe in electric blankets but that is just me <br />have a great week x Melissa Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796520135908460661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122163157306498894.post-45399303609856865202016-10-31T14:48:19.588+11:002016-10-31T14:48:19.588+11:00Hi Wendy,
I too decided recently to try to get our...Hi Wendy,<br />I too decided recently to try to get our electricity bills down. Each night for the last month I have been taking a photo of our water and electricity meters and then recording the results in a spreadsheet to see how we are going with our daily usage. This seemed to be working really well until my husband decided to take the photos of the meters for me and dropped my phone while taking a photo of the water meter and cracked my screen. This happened two days before my birthday so guess what I'm getting for my birthday (which is today) - a new screen for my phone. So much for trying to save a few dollars. Oh well, I guess I don't have to come up with a birthday gift idea now. Kind Regards,SuzanneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16431204120885393216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122163157306498894.post-8752101438838695172016-10-31T12:54:23.046+11:002016-10-31T12:54:23.046+11:00i will join you in lowering my electricity bill an...i will join you in lowering my electricity bill and see what my next bill will be.<br />thanks fionaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122163157306498894.post-52227392885331949532016-10-31T12:29:38.601+11:002016-10-31T12:29:38.601+11:00Hi Wendy,
We use our hooded gas Barby for a lot o...Hi Wendy, <br />We use our hooded gas Barby for a lot of our baking. Saves on electricity and also means the house doesn't heat up. We have solar powered fairy lights on the veranda and eat most of our meals out there. It's also much nicer and cooler so we tend to spend our evenings relaxing out there. I have pomegranates in large pots growing along the side of the house that cops all the morning sun. These trees are still young but I'm hoping to have a little less baked brick heat coming in through the walls come summer. The heat will also help the pomegranates to ripen up. We don't have any air con and we don't have a dryer. We don live in the Fraser Coast Qld so we have lots of an all year round. Mind you it does get very hot. We only have ceiling fans for cooling.<br />Our bills are still too high. We are exploring going off grid with solar. Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06964345893499561504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122163157306498894.post-43050289019767627552016-10-31T12:23:35.462+11:002016-10-31T12:23:35.462+11:00I will join in. We have investigated solar panels ...I will join in. We have investigated solar panels - but at the moment there is so much concerning info that means I cannot work out a break even point. I also set a goal 2 months ago to reduce our daily usage by 2kw and did everything possibly but it didnt budge. Very disapointed.Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548494571735721603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122163157306498894.post-82061980740471479762016-10-31T07:04:07.119+11:002016-10-31T07:04:07.119+11:00Hi Wendy, this is a great topic and those are some...Hi Wendy, this is a great topic and those are some great ideas. We have done a few things around the house to make our electricity bill stay low. Our neighbours are jealous that our bill is so low. This is what we have done:<br />* changed all downights to LED, these use a fraction of the electricity than the regular downights and standard light bulbs.<br />* All other light bulbs in the house are energy saving<br />* We have a nightlight at night for the hallway, it barely uses much electricity and it automatically turns off when there is enough light. No other lights are on during the night. <br />* use the dryer only as needed<br />* put only the needed amount of water in the kettle before boiling (thermos is a great idea, we are usually out during the day and don't boil the kettle apart from the morning).<br />* turn all appliances off at the wall where possible<br />* we use the oven wisely and not everyday <br />* We have sensor lights that turn on when a person/car walks on our drive way and is only on for 2 minutes. <br />* we are thankful that our water is heated by gas (cheaper than electricity so far). <br />We used to rent a property a few years back with a really old water heater that would heat all day. Our electricity bill per quarter was at least $600 and that was us being as frugal as we could be! The system was so old we couldn't adjust the temperature. However we could turn it off so we did that when we went on holidays or if we were going to be out for a day or two and that helped. I don't know how efficient the newer electric water heaters are. I'm sure you'll figure out how to get that bill down Wendy!<br />AmyAmy Milliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680311473217162840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122163157306498894.post-49490020989957069582016-10-31T06:42:19.616+11:002016-10-31T06:42:19.616+11:00Hi Wendy,
We now use less power than we did previ...Hi Wendy,<br />We now use less power than we did previously BUT the cost of power has gone up so the bill is more!! Good tips for reducing use.. doing all the relevant ones. Many thanks, Cheers, Jojomorronoreply@blogger.com