Update CFL

The previous post got me anxious and I remembered I had a 4-pack of cfl's laying around. I'm certainly not going to make a post for every light bulb I change - but I did want to make this one just to show what the difference can be in just 1 room.

Our upstairs bathroom had 3 - 40w bulbs. Which totaled 120watts. I replaced them with a 3 - 9w cfl. Which as lighting goes is pretty darn close to the amount of light that the 40watts produced.

 Total watts now being used 27. Saving 93watts. 





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Everyone's going Green -- Right?

I'm not sure if going Green - is the correct term here.  I'm not buying solar panels for the roof, or putting a wind turbine in the back yard.  

I really just want to save a couple of bucks off the Electric Bill.  

Getting rid of your old light bulbs and replacing them with CFL seems to be a "what to do first" for folks. 

Here is a run down of how many light bulbs need replacing.  I  never realized how many light bulbs are in our house. Over 40 bulbs... 

(Energy Sales Tax Holiday Oct. 10 - 13th)

Room	# of bulbs allowed	# of CFL needed	Current CFL Replaced
Den	4	4
Living Room	0	0
Office	n/a	n/a	n/a
Foyer	2	1	1
Coat Closet	1	1	1
Bathroom	2	1
Utility	2	1
Kitchen	4	4	1
Dining	1	1
Stove (above)	1	1
Garage	2	2	1
Sunroom	1	1	1
Adam Room	1	1
Matthew	1	1
Matt Closet	1	1
Hallway	2	1
Bathroom	3	3
Back Room	0	0
Master	1	1
M. Closet	1	1
M. Bathroom	4	4
Front Door	2	2	2
Front Motion	2	2
Back Motion	n/a	n/a	n/a
Back Flood	1	1
Side Door	1	1
TOTAL	40	36	7

* Bold -- used often

Sams Club 13 watt  – 10pk   $14.78 (free shipping)

Sams Club 23 watt  – 6pk   $13.86  (not free)

Sams Club 15 watt – indoor spotlight – 3pk  $15.12 (free shipping)

Sams Club 26 watt – Outdoor Spotlight   - 3pk  $13.76 (nf)

 

Still making Dirt -- slowly!

Back in September we set up our Compost Bin that we got from The Richmond Clean City Commission. We actually picked up 2 - and will be using #2 in about another month when our first Compost gets full.  

So far so good.  I'm really impressed and somewhat amazed about about much waste we produce.  We are a family of 4 (soon 5).  And on average we produce about 3-4 bags of garbage a week.  and 2 recycle bins full every other week.  Since we started the compost bin - we have been averaging about 3 bags of garbage each week.    

No we are not putting that much trash in our compost - but I think we have been more aware of what goes in our trash.  Since, we are saving our food scraps (no meat or dairy) for the compost, I think we are catching more of what can be recycled.  Cool!!!