Please help me lower my apartment electric bill?

Question

what uses less energy? microwave or toaster oven?

I want to lower my electric bill, please send ideas.thanks.

Answer 1

A calculator for your query, figures do vary from one calculator to another

Answer 2

I see several people saying turn your hot water heater off. It might be more effective to just insulate it and the pipes. Depends on your physical setup. One thing though, on all of these, especially turning the hot water heater off, you should have a switch installed. The breakers in your panel are not designed for repetitive use as switches. They will wear out fairly quickly.

Answer 3

microwave oven.

Also, unplug all chargers and devices you're not using. Buy an extension cord with a main switch so you can shutoff/turn on power to many devices at once.

happy conserving!!

Answer 4

use florecent bulb, thay have lower watts, oven toasters has lesser consume of energy..

turn off the light if you don't use it, even the plugs that are connected, pull them off if you are not using them...

Answer 5

U can save your electric bill by following this method:

U-SEE (Unlimited Savings of Electrical Energy), a World Bank honored innovative idea for reducing misuse of electricity units is explained. It does not involve technology nor requires billions. U know solar light is infinite. Many of us burn bulbs during day time for lighting purpose.Sun is shining just outside our window. Let us bring home the sunshine. Switch off all bulbs and do the following.

U need simple house hold mirror, small pillow. Place the pillow on the ground or a chair outside the window and place the mirror on it in an angular position so that sun's rays falling on the mirror is deflected through the window and on to the white ceiling and watch natural light spread inside your room.Use a bigger mirror and u can vary the lux and lumins of light. The light u get is free, reduces bulb burning/global warming, preserves natural resources. We can save 7,00,000 units per month if 1,00,000 people can stop using one bulb during day time. Let us be the change we want to see.  For further clarification, if any, please mail to: [e-mail]

Browse World Bank website 4 U-SEE: http://dmblog.worldbank.org/mirrors-can-...

U-SEE this idea is so simple and to make it work all of us can become innovators depending upon the place where the sunlight falls in and around our house. If u r innovative, u can even take the sunshine into other rooms by placing another mirror to take a part of the sunlight deflected by just altering the angle of the 2nd mirror. Anywhere in the world, we can safely assume that sun's rays will be available between 150 to 200 days in a year. Imagine, if half the world's population adopts U-SEE and switch off two or more bulbs and get infinite free light from U-SEE, billions of units of electricity  will be saved and it accrues to our future generations?

Remember one unit saved is 3 units generated.   In addition to savings on our electric bill, we save natural resources like fossil fuels + money spent on generation like equipment and machineries+labour+overheads+transmissio... loss+CO2 from burning bulbs that result in global warming+ a host of other benefits.

Lastly, U-SEE GIVES YOU FREE LIGHTING FOR LIFE AT LEAST FOR 6 MONTHS IN A YEAR. Save the world please.

Answer 6

switch to flourescent(spelling)lightbulbs, cost more per but last a lot longer and requires less energy

Answer 7

use a low wat microwave, unplug everything you dont need. fill 1/2 full water jugs-put in your freezer[to fill space] dont use your blow dyer, hang laundry up[dont use dryer] hang  a note on your wall to remind yourself!!!!!

Answer 8

Set your thermostat higher or lower and wear more or less clothes.  Plan for hot water use so you can turn it on, wash dishes, shower then turn it off(you need to find the length of time it take to warm the water).  The aways on electronics is convenient but is a constant drain of electricity.  Make sure you know everything that uses power.  Turn everything off then check your meter, if its still turning you are drawing power from somewhere.  I have also heard of people taping someone else's meter for their power, you will be checking that with your meter test.

Answer 9

If you don't want to turn your hot water heater off, just turn it down to where its comfortable to shower with only the hot water k**b on.   No reason to heat water up, then cool it down with cold water.

Answer 10

shut your hot water heater off while your at work, makes a big difference.