Home Electrics - Housewares DIY hints and tips

Like most people I’ve heard repeatedly how switching my lights to compact florescent bulbs can save you money and helps save the environment and I actually have a couple. I’ve always really wondered though, is it REALLY worth it? Am I going to save a significant amount, or even enough to cover the cost of the bulb? I wanted to find out how much I’d save by switching all my incandescent lights to florescent.

I have an average size house (1300 square feet) and was somewhat shocked when I counted up all the light bulbs in the house and it came to 24! The house is occupied by someone most of the day so I’m estimating each bulb spends an average of 6 hours each day turned on.

Incandescent Lights

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With winter fast approaching and the economy still in turmoil, it looks like more and more Americans will be hunkering down and staying put at home this cold weather season. But being confined indoors doesn

Seems old Ben Franklin was ahead of his time. With the nation in economic turmoil, in no other day and age has the adage,