Ideas for conserving energy & saving money

 Could be useful:
http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/conserve.html

  Keep the hot water heater off except 10 - 15 minutes before you take a
shower.

An electric hot water heater will run up your electric bill about 20 -
30 cents for a 5 minute shower whereas it will cost $s more if you
leave it on 24/7.


Bret Cahill

 
Seems like electric water heaters should have two tanks or one small high
heat output.

Its also good to go through your home on a cold day and measure with an IR
temperature guage all your rooms, ceilings, windows, ceiling lights,, etc., and
check
for cold spots.

greg

 
Be gentle flipping circuit breakers as they weren't really designed
for switch duty.


Small high current tanks, some little more than pipes, have been on
the market for years for that very reason.


and check

We need to create a heat transfer culture.

The average 2 star chef knows more about heat transfer than the
average engineer.


Bret Cahill

 I turn the heat way down at night, and use a heated blanket turned way up.
This is a lot cheaper than heating the whole house. I also keep a heated lap
blanket around for when I get cold sitting on the couch. There's a
programmable thermostat, of course.

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