Is your electricity meter as old as the hills? If you are like the majority of people, your electricity meter is most likely is over half a century old. Sometimes even though the electricity meter is new, the technology that it uses is just as ancient anyway. (more…)
If your dimmer switch is an old one you may find that it just converts the excess power into heat at the dimmer switch itself, which does not really save you any money.
However, the later model dimmer switches do help save money by reducing the power when the lights are turned down.
Texas can get very hot. So air conditioning is no luxury here, it’s indispensable. But the cost of running your A/C can get to be a real burden. Over the summer months many people are spending hundreds of dollars per month on electricity, most of that is going into just keeping cool. (more…)