Any idea how much power your home is using? Nay, not your home, but your everyday things , like your phone charger, computer, electric shaver, florescent light vs traditional light bulbs? I sure have! For that reason I have done some research that would apply to this area of life. There are a few products out there that you can test anything you want to see how much it is costing you! They are called electricity usage monitors! So kick PG&E in the rear and get one!
These products will tell you how much power something is using and break it down to money and watts per hour/month/year.
Of all the different variations out there I have narrowed it down to 2 ! I will not list them in order of best to worst or anything like that because they are both great in their own way but are better suited for different situations. For example a fishnet tee-shirt would be great for a gay pride parade, but if your trying to avoid a sun burn its not really the best choice.
The P3 Kill A Watt : Not only does it have a super fancy name, but it also has a plethora of different ways to display the data collected, and in general is the more useful of the bunch. The best feature is the battery backup so you can unplug it from the wall and read the info with it in your hand , not on the wall. My personal choice.
The Belkin Conserve Insight: A very simple design with a break down of price per month/year to run the item, total consumed watts, and how much CO2 is produced by the item no matter the source of the power be it natural gas, coal or solar panels on your roof ( which would be 0, so it is not very accurate)
-Also the read out comes on a 6 foot long chord for ease of reading display. Big plus!
Now, after using your fancy new gadgets to figure out what is costing you the most on your monthly bill you should get a SECOND one and plug it into the first to find how much power it is using to find out how much power is being used. OR just don't worry about that and go get a smart power strip and plug in the power hungry items.
Rage against the power company!
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Friday, December 30, 2011
PG&E made my morning fun.
Hello All! And welcome to my thought process;
So I wake up late and miss my morning radio show . Normally i wake up for a couple hours and just lay in bed half asleep listening to the show. But today was different. I had no memory of the show even being on . I went though the list of possibilities : was my radio set for pm instead of am ? Was it unplugged? Was it broken! after looking at it for a little I decided it was not broken, but the power was out. Did I blow a fuse? Forget to pay the power bill? Was there an accident that knocked out the power? Then I get out my battery powdered radio and turn it onto local news and nothing comes up. Then I decide it was me not paying the bill. But then I realize it was the middle of the month,the bill is not due for another two weeks. My next actions involved me being out of bed, dressed and wandering the house looking for a cause. At this point I'm starting to want coffee and some eggs and bacon. I go downstairs and turn on the stove and then utter some harsh language under my breath (dang it ) when I remember that the stove requires power. Then I go over the various ways there are to cook eggs in my head and just as I am about to get out twelve candles to put under my frying pan when I recall that my sister gave me a turkey fryer that runs off propane!
All my camping knowledge comes back to me like a flood! I whip out that frying pan, my lighter, a stick of butter seasoning and the eggs and I have breakfast cooking in no time! So sad though, no bacon! oh well, maybe next time.
This thing was great! It's original purpose is to fry turkeys on, however I am glad I kept it beyond the time I thought I would need it.
The only problem was that the lowest setting was close to the highest setting on my stove, and that is HOT!
The end result was much better then I was even hoping for! I then boiled some water and made some coffee, I even made some toast and had a little egg sandwich.
The only thing that really gave me trouble was showering in the dark. That was tough, but luckily it was close to Christmas, and my mother likes to celebrate more then one religion , so we had the menorah out. That made showering much easier.
So I wake up late and miss my morning radio show . Normally i wake up for a couple hours and just lay in bed half asleep listening to the show. But today was different. I had no memory of the show even being on . I went though the list of possibilities : was my radio set for pm instead of am ? Was it unplugged? Was it broken! after looking at it for a little I decided it was not broken, but the power was out. Did I blow a fuse? Forget to pay the power bill? Was there an accident that knocked out the power? Then I get out my battery powdered radio and turn it onto local news and nothing comes up. Then I decide it was me not paying the bill. But then I realize it was the middle of the month,the bill is not due for another two weeks. My next actions involved me being out of bed, dressed and wandering the house looking for a cause. At this point I'm starting to want coffee and some eggs and bacon. I go downstairs and turn on the stove and then utter some harsh language under my breath (dang it ) when I remember that the stove requires power. Then I go over the various ways there are to cook eggs in my head and just as I am about to get out twelve candles to put under my frying pan when I recall that my sister gave me a turkey fryer that runs off propane!
All my camping knowledge comes back to me like a flood! I whip out that frying pan, my lighter, a stick of butter seasoning and the eggs and I have breakfast cooking in no time! So sad though, no bacon! oh well, maybe next time.
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| PG&E made me do it! |
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| There will be fire even if PG&E does not provide the fuel! |
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| PG&E Can't make me go hungry! |
The end result was much better then I was even hoping for! I then boiled some water and made some coffee, I even made some toast and had a little egg sandwich.
The only thing that really gave me trouble was showering in the dark. That was tough, but luckily it was close to Christmas, and my mother likes to celebrate more then one religion , so we had the menorah out. That made showering much easier.
OK! Thanks for reading everybody!
Come back again soon! I should have another couple posts up soon!
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