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It shocked me also, but no, we don't leave lights on 24/7. This also includes a few halogen bulb replacements, and the bulbs in the refrigerator, also some chandeliers (biggest savings there). It definitely went down over 30% monthly with doing nothing else. My (natural gas) heating, gas kitchen stove, and gas dryer costs LESS to run than my electricity part of the bill. We have Consumers Power in Michigan as our provider.
Still seems rather odd. Lighting doesn't make up 30% of my current bill so even if the cost went to zero I couldn't save 30%
Only thing with LED is that I needed bulbs that contains multiple LED nodes in order to get enough light. So I typically run a 22watt LED bulb for my living room recessed lighting.
My parents hates LED bulbs too cool for them, they like warmer lights.
I find CFLs are expensive upfront - and then they don't last like old incandescents despite what manufacturers claims.
Warm spectrum lighting is a must for me.
Still seems rather odd. Lighting doesn't make up 30% of my current bill so even if the cost went to zero I couldn't save 30%
You changed the bulb in your refrigerator?
All four of them were replaced with led bulbs. Two in the refrigerator, and two in the freezer part. The former bulbs were 40 watts each. The led bulbs use like 9 watts each.
My dual driveway spotlights were 120 watt halogens, and are now 25 watt led spots. Same lumens, MUCH less current. Still sensor controlled, so they don't stay on all night.
Sorry I can't seem to get you to believe this to your satisfaction, but facts are facts, and my electric bill dropped that much right after swapping out every light bulb with led bulbs.
All four of them were replaced with led bulbs. Two in the refrigerator, and two in the freezer part. The former bulbs were 40 watts each. The led bulbs use like 9 watts each.
My dual driveway spotlights were 120 watt halogens, and are now 25 watt led spots. Same lumens, MUCH less current. Still sensor controlled, so they don't stay on all night.
Sorry I can't seem to get you to believe this to your satisfaction, but facts are facts, and my electric bill dropped that much right after swapping out every light bulb with led bulbs.
Your bill might have dropped but something else contributed significantly to the 30% reduction. Lighting accounts for 8-15% of ones electricity usage as per a few different sources, no where near 30% so it wouldn't really be possible under normal circumstances for your bill to drop that much. That's why I asked if you left all your lights on 24/7 otherwise something else is feeding into it like less AC usage between the two months
Your electricity bill went down by 30% by just changing out the light bulbs? Do you have your lights on 24/7? Cooling and heating by far make up the largest portion of ones gas/electricity bill. I couldn't imagine changing my bulbs would reduce my electric bill by 30% mostly because I normally only have the lights on in the room I'm in, if at all
I don't have central air and my heating system is a milivolt system, so the only thing that I use electric for are lights, TV, fridge, microwave (rare) and computers/printers. My stove doesn't even have a clock. Oops, washer and dryer too.
I run a dehumidifier in the summer and a window AC when necessary.
So I'm always interested in bulbs that save money.
Do they put out a lot of light? I remember when CFL's first came out. I installed them in all the basement sockets and ended up putting incandescents back in because not only was it too dark, but they didn't throw the light as far. That has changed with CFLs though. I tend to like the sunlight spectrum in some of my rooms too.
Try cleaning your gas furnace. If it's not burning blue, it needs some kind of maintenance, and you might be in danger from carbon monoxide. Usually no danger, because it all goes up the flue. But if it's not burning blue you're wasting gas.
My furnace is only a few years old. I just got it inspected for the season. I haven't looked, but my guess is that they would tell me if it was wasting gas.
Close. I'm really frugal with things like electricity. I don't pay the high rates as others. I installed 4 acres of solar panels several several years ago.
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