Tuesday, November 18, 2008 | Filed in:
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Do y'all know how hard it is to find this information out? Luckily I stumbled upon a site with a cool calculator to see just how much it costs in dollars to run various electirical items. The national average is 11 cents per kilowatt hour. Here, ours is considerably lower, I think more like 7-8 cents a kilowatt hour but this gives us a general idea.
According to the calculator a 60 watt bulb left on for 24 hours a day will cost just under $5 a month in energy costs. I am so guilty of leaving lights on 24 hours a day in the basement because I forget and in bathrooms for convenience and night lights. Five dollars a light times 5 bulbs is $25 that I'd much rather use on scrapbooking supplies, take out, or hair dye.
Not anymore. Every single light is being shut off if the sun is shining. As lights burn out we're replacing them with those funky looking low watt bulbs. The initial cost turned me off, but now I can see the real savings. I also found an off brand at Target that costs just over $1 a bulb when you buy 5. Bonus!
It's too early to tell a difference in my electricity bill and besides we moved so I can't compare anyway.
Another bonus is that the bulbs last longer and I don't know about you, but I hate climbing up on a chair to change a light bulb.
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