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Participantstrictly efficiency speaking, you are CORRECT. recessed (even flood bulbs) doesn’t luminate like standard overhead with a single bulb. Unfortunately (or fortunately) from a design perspective we have recessed (and can’t change that). well, maybe a floor lamp in the most used room(s) would help somewhat as long as it is not halogen… good point.
Participantstrictly efficiency speaking, you are CORRECT. recessed (even flood bulbs) doesn’t luminate like standard overhead with a single bulb. Unfortunately (or fortunately) from a design perspective we have recessed (and can’t change that). well, maybe a floor lamp in the most used room(s) would help somewhat as long as it is not halogen… good point.
Participantstrictly efficiency speaking, you are CORRECT. recessed (even flood bulbs) doesn’t luminate like standard overhead with a single bulb. Unfortunately (or fortunately) from a design perspective we have recessed (and can’t change that). well, maybe a floor lamp in the most used room(s) would help somewhat as long as it is not halogen… good point.
Participantstrictly efficiency speaking, you are CORRECT. recessed (even flood bulbs) doesn’t luminate like standard overhead with a single bulb. Unfortunately (or fortunately) from a design perspective we have recessed (and can’t change that). well, maybe a floor lamp in the most used room(s) would help somewhat as long as it is not halogen… good point.
Participant“So 100 watt burning for an hour will cost 1/10 of a kilowatt hour (100/1000) x the rate of 20 cents or say .02 per hour, or 48 cents a day. So if you left if on for 24 hours and 30 days that 100 watt light bulb would be about $15 bucks a month.”
sounds like my biggest issue may come from lighting as well.. nearly all recessed. I should check the wattage on all. problem is all are on electronic dimmers, and most CFL lightbulbs fail on electronic dimmers. The only ones that I’ve found that work on dimmers are Phillips bulbs and they are $12 each. So multiply that by 100 lights and it gets expensive! Cost vs. savings needed on that one…
Forgot to mention also have 2 40 pint per day capacity dehumifidiers that run 24 hours per day on 1st floor (which is below grade and back wall has moisture to pull out). I guess I need to find the wattage on those.
Participant“So 100 watt burning for an hour will cost 1/10 of a kilowatt hour (100/1000) x the rate of 20 cents or say .02 per hour, or 48 cents a day. So if you left if on for 24 hours and 30 days that 100 watt light bulb would be about $15 bucks a month.”
sounds like my biggest issue may come from lighting as well.. nearly all recessed. I should check the wattage on all. problem is all are on electronic dimmers, and most CFL lightbulbs fail on electronic dimmers. The only ones that I’ve found that work on dimmers are Phillips bulbs and they are $12 each. So multiply that by 100 lights and it gets expensive! Cost vs. savings needed on that one…
Forgot to mention also have 2 40 pint per day capacity dehumifidiers that run 24 hours per day on 1st floor (which is below grade and back wall has moisture to pull out). I guess I need to find the wattage on those.
Participant“So 100 watt burning for an hour will cost 1/10 of a kilowatt hour (100/1000) x the rate of 20 cents or say .02 per hour, or 48 cents a day. So if you left if on for 24 hours and 30 days that 100 watt light bulb would be about $15 bucks a month.”
sounds like my biggest issue may come from lighting as well.. nearly all recessed. I should check the wattage on all. problem is all are on electronic dimmers, and most CFL lightbulbs fail on electronic dimmers. The only ones that I’ve found that work on dimmers are Phillips bulbs and they are $12 each. So multiply that by 100 lights and it gets expensive! Cost vs. savings needed on that one…
Forgot to mention also have 2 40 pint per day capacity dehumifidiers that run 24 hours per day on 1st floor (which is below grade and back wall has moisture to pull out). I guess I need to find the wattage on those.
Participant“So 100 watt burning for an hour will cost 1/10 of a kilowatt hour (100/1000) x the rate of 20 cents or say .02 per hour, or 48 cents a day. So if you left if on for 24 hours and 30 days that 100 watt light bulb would be about $15 bucks a month.”
sounds like my biggest issue may come from lighting as well.. nearly all recessed. I should check the wattage on all. problem is all are on electronic dimmers, and most CFL lightbulbs fail on electronic dimmers. The only ones that I’ve found that work on dimmers are Phillips bulbs and they are $12 each. So multiply that by 100 lights and it gets expensive! Cost vs. savings needed on that one…
Forgot to mention also have 2 40 pint per day capacity dehumifidiers that run 24 hours per day on 1st floor (which is below grade and back wall has moisture to pull out). I guess I need to find the wattage on those.
Participant“So 100 watt burning for an hour will cost 1/10 of a kilowatt hour (100/1000) x the rate of 20 cents or say .02 per hour, or 48 cents a day. So if you left if on for 24 hours and 30 days that 100 watt light bulb would be about $15 bucks a month.”
sounds like my biggest issue may come from lighting as well.. nearly all recessed. I should check the wattage on all. problem is all are on electronic dimmers, and most CFL lightbulbs fail on electronic dimmers. The only ones that I’ve found that work on dimmers are Phillips bulbs and they are $12 each. So multiply that by 100 lights and it gets expensive! Cost vs. savings needed on that one…
Forgot to mention also have 2 40 pint per day capacity dehumifidiers that run 24 hours per day on 1st floor (which is below grade and back wall has moisture to pull out). I guess I need to find the wattage on those.
ParticipantOur billing cycle resets the 16th of every month, so we agreed (wife and I) to start Feb 16th and really go over the top to cut down on as much as possible for 1 month to see what happens (just the easy things, I’m not going to start off by adding extra insulation between the exterior walls and the master bedroom).
shutting off lights, unplugging TVs that aren’t used, unplugging chargers, turn off computer and monitors, all the “easy” stuff.
depending on the outcome we may just go back to old ways if it doesn’t save that much, or go to next phase (whatever that means I don’t know yet)
It’s not the money per se, but more the principal of not wanting to waste it, and perhaps being more environmentally responsible in some small way. (I tried hypermiling my 2004 yukon for a full tank once and it only made mileage about 1-2 mpg more, which only saves me about $1-2 for every 100 miles I drive, hardly worth the extra effort)
Okay, now I’m expecting smart-a$$ comments about driving a yukon (kid, dogs and boat, so necessary), the big house (not necessary but my choice), and now a boat (haven’t used in over a year).
ParticipantOur billing cycle resets the 16th of every month, so we agreed (wife and I) to start Feb 16th and really go over the top to cut down on as much as possible for 1 month to see what happens (just the easy things, I’m not going to start off by adding extra insulation between the exterior walls and the master bedroom).
shutting off lights, unplugging TVs that aren’t used, unplugging chargers, turn off computer and monitors, all the “easy” stuff.
depending on the outcome we may just go back to old ways if it doesn’t save that much, or go to next phase (whatever that means I don’t know yet)
It’s not the money per se, but more the principal of not wanting to waste it, and perhaps being more environmentally responsible in some small way. (I tried hypermiling my 2004 yukon for a full tank once and it only made mileage about 1-2 mpg more, which only saves me about $1-2 for every 100 miles I drive, hardly worth the extra effort)
Okay, now I’m expecting smart-a$$ comments about driving a yukon (kid, dogs and boat, so necessary), the big house (not necessary but my choice), and now a boat (haven’t used in over a year).
ParticipantOur billing cycle resets the 16th of every month, so we agreed (wife and I) to start Feb 16th and really go over the top to cut down on as much as possible for 1 month to see what happens (just the easy things, I’m not going to start off by adding extra insulation between the exterior walls and the master bedroom).
shutting off lights, unplugging TVs that aren’t used, unplugging chargers, turn off computer and monitors, all the “easy” stuff.
depending on the outcome we may just go back to old ways if it doesn’t save that much, or go to next phase (whatever that means I don’t know yet)
It’s not the money per se, but more the principal of not wanting to waste it, and perhaps being more environmentally responsible in some small way. (I tried hypermiling my 2004 yukon for a full tank once and it only made mileage about 1-2 mpg more, which only saves me about $1-2 for every 100 miles I drive, hardly worth the extra effort)
Okay, now I’m expecting smart-a$$ comments about driving a yukon (kid, dogs and boat, so necessary), the big house (not necessary but my choice), and now a boat (haven’t used in over a year).
ParticipantOur billing cycle resets the 16th of every month, so we agreed (wife and I) to start Feb 16th and really go over the top to cut down on as much as possible for 1 month to see what happens (just the easy things, I’m not going to start off by adding extra insulation between the exterior walls and the master bedroom).
shutting off lights, unplugging TVs that aren’t used, unplugging chargers, turn off computer and monitors, all the “easy” stuff.
depending on the outcome we may just go back to old ways if it doesn’t save that much, or go to next phase (whatever that means I don’t know yet)
It’s not the money per se, but more the principal of not wanting to waste it, and perhaps being more environmentally responsible in some small way. (I tried hypermiling my 2004 yukon for a full tank once and it only made mileage about 1-2 mpg more, which only saves me about $1-2 for every 100 miles I drive, hardly worth the extra effort)
Okay, now I’m expecting smart-a$$ comments about driving a yukon (kid, dogs and boat, so necessary), the big house (not necessary but my choice), and now a boat (haven’t used in over a year).
ParticipantOur billing cycle resets the 16th of every month, so we agreed (wife and I) to start Feb 16th and really go over the top to cut down on as much as possible for 1 month to see what happens (just the easy things, I’m not going to start off by adding extra insulation between the exterior walls and the master bedroom).
shutting off lights, unplugging TVs that aren’t used, unplugging chargers, turn off computer and monitors, all the “easy” stuff.
depending on the outcome we may just go back to old ways if it doesn’t save that much, or go to next phase (whatever that means I don’t know yet)
It’s not the money per se, but more the principal of not wanting to waste it, and perhaps being more environmentally responsible in some small way. (I tried hypermiling my 2004 yukon for a full tank once and it only made mileage about 1-2 mpg more, which only saves me about $1-2 for every 100 miles I drive, hardly worth the extra effort)
Okay, now I’m expecting smart-a$$ comments about driving a yukon (kid, dogs and boat, so necessary), the big house (not necessary but my choice), and now a boat (haven’t used in over a year).
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