please help me lower my apartment electric bill?

Question

what uses less energy? microwave or toaster oven?
I want to lower my electric bill, please send ideas.thanks.

Answer 1

shut your hot water heater off while your at work, makes a big difference.

Answer 2

All electric heaters are 100% efficient at converting electricity to heat. Because of Newton's first law of thermodynmics, which states that matter and energy must be conserved and cannot be either created from nothing nor removed from existence, the electricity going to your heater has to turn into heat. There's nothing else for it to turn into except that a tiny bit of it turns into motion if you have a fan (but even that eventually becomes heat as friction between air molecules). So for a given temperature in your house, you'll spend the same on electricity regardless of the type of electric heater you buy. The question you should ask is, how can you cut the amount of heat you create and still be comfortable? First off, consider a radiant heater - such as a parabolic heater. These handy heaters emit infrared radiation (that's just light in the infrared spectrum, which happens to turn into heat when it strikes a solid object). These are great for a drafty room because the air itself isn't directly warmed by the heater - only the solid objects the heater points at are heated. So you can be sitting on the couch with the heater pointed at you, and you'll feel toasty warm even as a gale blows through (well, not quite, but you get the point). Some ceramic heaters combine radiant heat with forced air convection - producing heat inside the heater and projecting it through the air with a fan. This churns all the air in your room up and spreads the heat evenly. That's good if you move around a lot. Some people think oil filled heaters are more efficient. As I pointed out above that's physically impossible. They do provide a more steady heat, and if you can place them close to where you are most of the time, they'll heat you well without heating the far corners of the room as much, because they don't have a fan to spread the heat evenly. But the best way to lower your electric bills if you have to heat with electricity is to pile on lots of sweaters, slippers, buy an extra down comforter for the bed, and keep the temperature as low as possible at all times. If you can lower it more at night, or when you're out during the day, even better (that is more efficient than keeping it warm all the time). Also, you can do things like put insulating doorjams on the foot of doors, buy cloth bags stuffed with oat seeds or beans and warm them in the microwave, then take the hot bags into bed with you to stay warm (instead of heating the whole room), or put plastic sheeting on your windows to reduce drafts and add a layer of insulation against the cold outdoors (much of the heat escapes through windows).

Answer 3

Set your thermostat higher or lower and wear more or less clothes. Plan for hot water use so you can turn it on, wash dishes, shower then turn it off(you need to find the length of time it take to warm the water). The aways on electronics is convenient but is a constant drain of electricity. Make sure you know everything that uses power. Turn everything off then check your meter, if its still turning you are drawing power from somewhere. I have also heard of people taping someone else's meter for their power, you will be checking that with your meter test.

Answer 4

U can save your electric bill by following this method:
U-SEE (Unlimited Savings of Electrical Energy), a World Bank honored innovative idea for reducing misuse of electricity units is explained. It does not involve technology nor requires billions. U know solar light is infinite. Many of us burn bulbs during day time for lighting purpose.Sun is shining just outside our window. Let us bring home the sunshine. Switch off all bulbs and do the following.

U need simple house hold mirror, small pillow. Place the pillow on the ground or a chair outside the window and place the mirror on it in an angular position so that sun's rays falling on the mirror is deflected through the window and on to the white ceiling and watch natural light spread inside your room.Use a bigger mirror and u can vary the lux and lumins of light. The light u get is free, reduces bulb burning/global warming, preserves natural resources. We can save 7,00,000 units per month if 1,00,000 people can stop using one bulb during day time. Let us be the change we want to see. For further clarification, if any, please mail to: [e-mail]

Browse World Bank website 4 U-SEE: http://dmblog.worldbank.org/mirrors-can-...

U-SEE this idea is so simple and to make it work all of us can become innovators depending upon the place where the sunlight falls in and around our house. If u r innovative, u can even take the sunshine into other rooms by placing another mirror to take a part of the sunlight deflected by just altering the angle of the 2nd mirror. Anywhere in the world, we can safely assume that sun's rays will be available between 150 to 200 days in a year. Imagine, if half the world's population adopts U-SEE and switch off two or more bulbs and get infinite free light from U-SEE, billions of units of electricity will be saved and it accrues to our future generations?

Remember one unit saved is 3 units generated. In addition to savings on our electric bill, we save natural resources like fossil fuels + money spent on generation like equipment and machineries+labour+overheads+transmission loss+CO2 from burning bulbs that result in global warming+ a host of other benefits.
Lastly, U-SEE GIVES YOU FREE LIGHTING FOR LIFE AT LEAST FOR 6 MONTHS IN A YEAR. Save the world please.

Answer 5

I see several people saying turn your hot water heater off. It might be more effective to just insulate it and the pipes. Depends on your physical setup. One thing though, on all of these, especially turning the hot water heater off, you should have a switch installed. The breakers in your panel are not designed for repetitive use as switches. They will wear out fairly quickly.

Answer 6

microwave oven.
Also, unplug all chargers and devices you're not using. Buy an extension cord with a main switch so you can shutoff/turn on power to many devices at once.

happy conserving!!

Answer 7

use florecent bulb, thay have lower watts, oven toasters has lesser consume of energy..
turn off the light if you don't use it, even the plugs that are connected, pull them off if you are not using them...

Answer 8

switch to flourescent(spelling)lightbulbs, cost more per but last a lot longer and requires less energy

Answer 9

A calculator for your query, figures do vary from one calculator to another

Answer 10

use a low wat microwave, unplug everything you dont need. fill 1/2 full water jugs-put in your freezer[to fill space] dont use your blow dyer, hang laundry up[dont use dryer] hang a note on your wall to remind yourself!!!!!