Nads logic on saving on electricity bill

[formerlurker]

Response to diabeticman (Original post)Thu Mar 7, 2013, 10:15 PM
nadinbrzezinski (116,955 posts)
6. We lowered ours by turning the computers off when not in use

And using an outside washer/drier

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I don't understand how using a laundrymat saves you any money.  What am I missing here?

Also note Nads, you run your scanner 24/7, which is work related.  Shouldn't your online news rag pay for that?

[Chris_]

Translation: her apartment in San Diego doesn't have washer/dryer hookups.

The last time I did laundry in a laundromat, it was three dollars a load, plus the time I spent hauling my crap up and down to it, and the time wasted waiting around said laundromat.  There's no net benefit to using an outside laundromat at all.

[GOBUCKS]

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I don't understand how using a laundrymat saves you any money.  What am I missing here?

Also note Nads, you run your scanner 24/7, which is work related.  Shouldn't your online news rag pay for that?

When it's on standby, a desktop computer draws around ten watts, so about one kilowatt hour every four days.

A kilowatt hour costs maybe ten cents. Big savings - over a half-dollar a month.

And of course using a laundry  mat (Pam Dawson) means you're paying the cost of the energy, plus depreciation and other overhead, plus a profit to the owner. Big negative savings.

Once again, the all-knowing nutcase nadin hasn't got a clue.

[Evil_Conservative]

If you want to save money, don't use your A/C in the summer.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Would that she'd turn-off her life support when not in use.

[vesta111]

Translation: her apartment in San Diego doesn't have washer/dryer hookups.

The last time I did laundry in a laundromat, it was three dollars a load, plus the time I spent hauling my crap up and down to it, and the time wasted waiting around said laundromat.  There's no net benefit to using an outside laundromat at all.

In order to find out what is leaking electricity you do not know is used, call the electric company. They will come in and do a search of your home or apartment to find out every darn thing that in the place that even when you think is off is still causing a leak.

Neighbor of mine was upset at the electric bills, seems the landlord when installing washer/dryers  and the Electricians "Accidentally tapped in to their line".  

Every time others used the washers/dryers the electricity to run them was  sent to their line.    
Got to be interesting on who was responsible, the land lord or the subcontractors that did the wiring.

Heard about a family whose neighbors had a family living in a very large travel trailer in their back yard.

They vacationed away from home 6 months of the year.   They kept utilization's on to prevent frozen pipes  and keep the the security active.    They  came home when when they were billed for $200 bucks for one month.  they came home home to find a PCV pipe had been run into their property  up to their out side electric outlet..

Call the experts in your  company when things go about odd,  same goes for Cable company,  why pay for some others usages on your dime.  

[I_B_Perky]

Response to diabeticman (Original post)Thu Mar 7, 2013, 10:15 PM
nadinbrzezinski (116,955 posts)
6. We lowered ours by turning the computers off when not in use

And using an outside washer/drier

I'll tell you how to really lower it Nadin. Open up the breaker box, throw the big breaker with a large number on it... usually 200, and viola!!! Lower electric bills!!!

[Delmar]

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I don't understand how using a laundrymat saves you any money.  What am I missing here?

Also note Nads, you run your scanner 24/7, which is work related.  Shouldn't your online news rag pay for that?

Maybe she wasn't talking about a laundrymat when she said outdoor washer/drier.  It could be that she takes the laundry down to a creek and does the washing on a flat rock and hangs the clothes up on bushes to dry--just like she learned how to do it as a muchacha down in Mexico.

[GOBUCKS]

In order to find out what is leaking electricity you do not know is used, call the electric company.

First go outside and check all around your house for a puddle of watts.

[BattleHymn]

Translation: her apartment in San Diego doesn't have washer/dryer hookups.

The last time I did laundry in a laundromat, it was three dollars a load, plus the time I spent hauling my crap up and down to it, and the time wasted waiting around said laundromat.  There's no net benefit to using an outside laundromat at all.

This is nads' clothing we're talking about though.  You're going to need a washer that can handle a mu-mu the size of a Bedouin tent, for starters.

[GOBUCKS]

The last time I did laundry in a laundromat, it was three dollars a load, plus the time I spent hauling my crap up and down to it, and the time wasted waiting around said laundromat.  There's no net benefit to using an outside laundromat at all.

Pam Dawson had a near-death experience in a laundry  mat.

[FlippyDoo]

Pam Dawson had a near-death experience in a laundry  mat.

I remember that. Wasn't that when an assault car went crazy and tried to murder her? We should ban cars.

[jukin]

I remember that. Wasn't that when an assault car went crazy and tried to murder her? We should ban cars.

Or laundromats. Better yet ban DUmmys.

[Freeper]

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I don't understand how using a laundrymat saves you any money.  What am I missing here?

Also note Nads, you run your scanner 24/7, which is work related.  Shouldn't your online news rag pay for that?

I think she was suggesting you beat your clothes on a rock in a stream then hang them to dry.

[Chris_]

If I had hung my clothes out to dry at my apartment, I would have either had the landlord called on me or they would have been stolen.

I don't expect San Diego is any different.

[FlippyDoo]

If I had hung my clothes out to dry at my apartment, I would have either had the landlord called on me or they would have been stolen.

I don't expect San Diego is any different.

That's why you need a riffle. If you were in San Francisco and had clothes with ruffles you'd especially need a riffle.

[diesel driver]

This is nads' clothing we're talking about though.  You're going to need a washer that can handle a mu-mu the size of a Bedouin tent, for starters.

Is nads talking about a laundry mat, or a car wash? 

It would be easier for her to hand her clothes on the outside of her car and drive thru the car wash.

The drive home would dry them (unless it was raining.  In that case, pre-wash and an extra rinse.) 

[JohnnyReb]

I'll tell you how to really lower it Nadin. Open up the breaker box, throw the big breaker with a large number on it... usually 200, and viola!!! Lower electric bills!!!

Take cover off, stand in bucket of water, wet hands, grab largest naked wire you see.....YOUR electric usage just went to zero.

[AprilRazz]

I think she was suggesting you beat your clothes on a rock in a stream then hang them to dry.

I have no problem with nads beating her clothes against a rock to was them...


The only thing I would ask is that she still be in them.

[Doc Savage]

Translation: her apartment in San Diego doesn't have washer/dryer hookups.

The last time I did laundry in a laundromat, it was three dollars a load, plus the time I spent hauling my crap up and down to it, and the time wasted waiting around said laundromat.  There's no net benefit to using an outside laundromat at all.

Maybe she goes to meet lonely sailors....

[Skul]

Maybe she goes to meet lonely sailors....

Even a very drunk sailor wouldn't do that.
Stevenumbers, on the other hand.....

[zeitgeist]

Maybe she wasn't talking about a laundrymat when she said outdoor washer/drier.  It could be that she takes the laundry down to a creek and does the washing on a flat rock and hangs the clothes up on bushes to dry--just like she learned how to do it as a muchacha down in Mexico.

Yer readin my mail that's exactly what I thought when I read it too.  ^5 for thinking like me.

[Celtic Rose]

One of my first purchases when I moved into my new place was a washer and dryer.  The ability to have at home laundry capabilities was one of my requirements.  I work on keeping my electric costs low by setting the thermostat to 50 overnight and rarely raising it above 60 during the day.  A down comforter and sweaters are my friends.   

[Tucker]

Translation: her apartment in San Diego doesn't have washer/dryer hookups.

The last time I did laundry in a laundromat, it was three dollars a load, plus the time I spent hauling my crap up and down to it, and the time wasted waiting around said laundromat.  There's no net benefit to using an outside laundromat at all.

When I read it, this is what popped into my mind.

Washer.

Dryer.

[Freeper]

One of my first purchases when I moved into my new place was a washer and dryer.  The ability to have at home laundry capabilities was one of my requirements.  I work on keeping my electric costs low by setting the thermostat to 50 overnight and rarely raising it above 60 during the day.  A down comforter and sweaters are my friends.   

I tried that once, 50 at night and 60 during the day, our electric bill shot through the roof, then I realized I tried it in the summer.