Is it cheaper to have electricity in an apartment where only...?

Question

Is it cheaper to have electricity throughout an ENTIRE APARTMENT, where at any given time, the only things running are a lamp, the TV, the DVD player, a fan, and a laptop (a total of 5 things, give or take.) or is it cheaper to run it all off of one surge protector?

I'm attempting to prove a point to my mother that it would benefit her more to turn the electricity on in the upstairs apartment where I'm living for the summer as opposed to running everything on ONE surge protector for the entire apartment.

So which is cheaper, electricity completely, or a surge protector that, according to my mother, is "drawing on the power from downstairs and dimming the lights"?

Answer 1

do you mean to say that instead of turning the power on in your apartment that you have an extension cord and it is run up to your apartment from your mothers apartment....there is a few things to condsider here ..1..you have to pay a deposit to have power turned on....2 it would be safer than running your power through an extension cord from her apartment and overloading one of her circuits...3..as far as cheaper i would doubt it would be cheaper but it definitely would be safer .... how cheap would it be to replace the building because of an electrical fire caused by an overloaded circuit as to turnin the power on for a few months..

Answer 2

What does your Mother imagine a 'surge protector' does??? And yes, with electricity it's all or none. The light dimming episode needs an electrician to check it out before you have a mishap and at the same time perhaps a quick 'overview' in the workings of electricity for both you and your Mom.

Answer 3

You are going to use the same amount of electricity either way. I would want the upstairs electricity turned on if it was up to me. If the lights are dimming downstairs, I would be concerned with overloading the circut, overheating the wiring or a connection. There are sometimes electrical fires from overloads that don't blow the circut breaker, but run close to the limit. The " dimming lights " is not a good sign.

Answer 4

Make sure none of the electricity is leaking out of the unused outlets. Buy a bag of outlet safety plugs and plug all of the unused outlets. When you are not using the appliance, unplug it and use the safety plug so that the electricity does not leak out.

Remember that when you make your tin foil hat to keep the government from stealing your brain waves to sell to the Chinese, it must have seven sides, otherwise the polarity will be off and you will end up pointing north (if you live in the northern hemisphere).

Answer 5

It isn't possible to have electricity in only a part of the apartment. It's all or nothing with the power company.