Tag: washing machine
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Home Made Laundry Soap
A short while ago [Donna](http://casafamiglia-thefamilyhouse.blogspot.com/) left a comment asking about tips to get the family grocery bill down. Making your own laundry soap is a great way to save a lot of money! The recipe we’ve been using is very simple: – 1 cup Lux flakes or 1 bar grated Sunlight soap – 1/2 cup…
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MS6115 Mains Power Meter Review
####What is it? The MS6115 mains power meter is a device for measuring the electrical power used by an appliance. It looks like an electronic timer switch (see photo at right). You plug it into your power point, and then plug your appliance into it to measure its power use. ####What does it do? You…
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Using A Plugin Power Meter
>_When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts,…
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Reducing Electricity Consumption
After figuring out our [baseline electricity consumption](http://green-change.com/2008/11/07/baseline-water-and-electricity-usage/), we were mortified to see how much electricity we use. I had honestly thought our usage was about half of that amount. So, where are we wasting electricity? We have over 30 50 watt halogen downlights throughout the house. They use a lot of electricity, and we’re pretty…