Can i save electricity by shortening the cables to all my household electric appliances?

Question

Can i save electricity by shortening the cables to all my household electric appliances?

Answer 1

Shortening the cables has nothing to do with electricity sav ing. This means reducing electricity consumption by switching off unnecessary appliances. At the same time you must check lighting at home.

All this will really help saing electricity.

Answer 2

Sure

and electric is cheaper next to the power plant

Answer 3

NO...TRUST ME...

Answer 4

Sure, but you could save even more if you spliced all the cords together so that you only had to plug one in. Also use very thin wire so that the power goes through very slowly. And another thing you can do is put caulking in all the unused outlets so that none of the power leaks out onto the floor. If you don't want to caulk all the outlets put buckets under them so you can return any leakage back to the power company.

Answer 5

silly billy  

Answer 6

You can save stacks of electricity by simply slicing through the cables all together.

Actually you would probably save something like 0.000001% of the power per inch shorter.

Do it for about a thousand years and you could buy a McDonalds with your savings.

Answer 7

yes- an even better idea to save more money would be to move next door to the substation;) lol

Answer 8

phnar, phnar,   you have been watching redtube.com too much haven't you. Naughty boy

Answer 9

Absolutely! You should also straighten out the cables so the electricity has less far to go and try to run them on a downward slope to get extra power free.

Cheers, Steve.

Answer 10

I have just told my husband this, he laughed so much he fell off the sofa onto our labrador. Must go now and call  Doctor and a Vet.

Answer 11

Here is a site that might help: www.centralelectriccoop.com/prodserv/sav...

I save electricity by unplugging thing that I use once a day for a short time:

-cell phone chargers

-hair dryers

-coffee maker

-toaster

-microwave

- do laundry and dry after 8 pm

- us motion detector on porch lights

-use energy efficient light



and, Yes this really works

Answer 12

You can save electricity and the environment by unplugging all electrical appliances, gadgets, etc. when not in use.

Answer 13

No, the length of wire it takes to cause a current drop is miles.  The wire you have in your house is just not long enough to show a difference.

Answer 14

SHORT   answer   NO  

Answer 15

One word,  NO

Answer 16

No, but you could by unplugging the ones you are not using.

Answer 17

In theory, YES. This would be because each flex is itself a resistor, and it becomes warm under load, so using power. Reducing cable length would reduce the resistance and so reduce the power dissipated in the cable.

And of course, if a cable is uncoiled, then you don't have inductive losses either.

Answer 18

Thanks for asking this question, the laughs from most of the answers was worth it.

You could cash in all the cords' copper!  But then you'd still have to replace all the cord caps, so you would remain at a loss......

............I hope that dog is going to be okay!

Answer 19

Just make sure your have the correct value in the workshift, ensure all tool offsets are correct. change all tool tips and double check that all the power tooling collects are tight.

Answer 20

Unless you are talking lots of yards/ metres then no as the voltage saved would not be worth the effort.