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Saving Electricity UpdatePosted on Wednesday 20 June 2007 at 2:22 PM in Household Projects - Post CommentOriginal post: http://www.homesteadblogger.com/annreathome/59457/Saving+Electricity.htmlThe Kill-A-Watt device arrived yesterday and Hubby was able to test a few things. Here are a few that he tested: The fridge is constantly using a minimum of 200 watts. The coffee maker takes a whopping 2 watts to show the time...but 970 watts each time we make a pot of coffee! Should have went with the stove-top perculator when we were looking at them! The microwave we use mostly to heat up a cuppa coffee...many times a day...was off the Kill-A-Watt scale! (Do we really NEED a microwave???) Our TV was using almost 10 watts when it was off! We use a fan since we don't have an air conditioner...it takes 40 watts on low...46 watts on high. Not sure how that compares to an air conditioner. Listen to my radio is only 2 watts. My Kitchen Aid mixer is 45 watts. My iron is 1200 watts! Update: Dishwasher uses 640 watts. Dryer went up to 750 watts when it started up, then stayed around 300 watts while it ran. Still have to get the info on the computer stuff, DVD player, fish tank, cordless phones etc. We have so much more that plugs in now than we did when we lived in Michigan...when I had nearly $10 a month electric bills. Hubby and I were discussing last night things we chould change over to non-electric...like the coffee maker...and do we really need 4 cordless phones??? Again...I'm not buying into "man-made" global warming  , but I do buy into being frugal and getting out of debt  .
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