Frugal Tip Saturday — Waste Not, Want Not
One way to save money is to stop wasting so much. One area my family noticed that we are wasting in is not turning the thermostat up when we leave the house.
Thermostat by Super-Structure on Flickr.com
Usually we keep the thermostat on 75 degrees when we are at home. At night we turn it up to 77 degrees. It’s comfortable and turn it back down to 75 in the morning while we are getting ready.
But sometimes we forget to turn the thermostat back up before we leave for work. By forgetting to turn the thermostat back up, we are wasting electricity because the air conditioner will run and cool the house while no one is there. Our ideal temp to leave our thermostat on while we are gone is 80 degrees. The house will still be comfortable when we get home from work and it won’t overwork the air conditioner to get it cooled a little when we get home.
By turning the thermostat up when we leave in the morning, we will be cutting back some on our electric bill and saving money. What are some areas that you see that you are wasting money in and can cut back? Leave us a tip and let us know. We’d love to hear from you.
Till next time,
JT Locke
The Frugal Housewife
all these little thins , so called energy savers, they do work, however they all require human intervention…..
now what if they were automated and you only had to set them once?
My family’s human intervention is fine for us. I’m not sure what you are talking about.
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The thermostat does make a big difference. We have a programmable thermostat which makes it even easier.
You are right! Stop wasting and start saving..
I go one further I turn off unused circuit breakers and found it really does help on the ele. bill. I even turn off the water heater and have saved 40 a month since I started doing this. I did invest in the new green light bulbs but have found they only last 1 year not 7 like they advertise. It’s a big expense to replace these and I’m not sure the savings makes up the difference since they have to be replaced so often.