This last 2 months i have made an effort to save the electric bill going through the roof like it has been, since i have more and more tanks running. Below are a few tips to help others.
Fridge/Freezer- Turn them down, most of my freezers were set so high, they were giving things frost bite !
Dishwasher- I now have the kids washing the dishes in the sink after every meal. Before this we were running the dishwasher once a day.
AC/Heat- This is on a timer so that during work/school hours its just on standby, the 1st person to walk through the door will switch it on. Before this the AC was blasting away whilst nobody was home....made no sense ! I also dont have the AC running in the fish room anymore.
Aquarium Equipment- All 10 heaters are set at 74 degrees now instead of the usual 78 degrees. I also have 3 breeding tanks stacked on top of each other and was using 3 HOB's, now i have 3 sponge filters powered by just 1 pump. Im also using the pink styro sheets that ive painted and placed on top of the glass lids to keep heat in from the holes where filter inlet and outlet hoses go. At night i even place a towel over the tanks.
Lights/T.V's The kids have learnt that when going from one room to the next a light must be switched off in order to switch on a new light. Before, the kids would run from bedroom to dining room to kitchen to bathroom and then go and play outside for 2 hours and leave all the lights on and every T.V on in the house ! We have also changed all our bulbs to energy efficient type bulbs since they were on offer at HD 6 for $2 !
Just by doing these simple things we have saved $86 the 1st month of trying and $112 the 2nd month !
I am trying to bring the water cost now as its kind of fun to see how much you can save ! Ive started by watering the plants with old aquarium water. Before i used to throw it down the toilet and then fill the tanks back up and then a hour later get the garden hose and water the plants !
I hope this helps some of you, if you have any other tips then let me know !
Fridge/Freezer- Turn them down, most of my freezers were set so high, they were giving things frost bite !
Dishwasher- I now have the kids washing the dishes in the sink after every meal. Before this we were running the dishwasher once a day.
AC/Heat- This is on a timer so that during work/school hours its just on standby, the 1st person to walk through the door will switch it on. Before this the AC was blasting away whilst nobody was home....made no sense ! I also dont have the AC running in the fish room anymore.
Aquarium Equipment- All 10 heaters are set at 74 degrees now instead of the usual 78 degrees. I also have 3 breeding tanks stacked on top of each other and was using 3 HOB's, now i have 3 sponge filters powered by just 1 pump. Im also using the pink styro sheets that ive painted and placed on top of the glass lids to keep heat in from the holes where filter inlet and outlet hoses go. At night i even place a towel over the tanks.
Lights/T.V's The kids have learnt that when going from one room to the next a light must be switched off in order to switch on a new light. Before, the kids would run from bedroom to dining room to kitchen to bathroom and then go and play outside for 2 hours and leave all the lights on and every T.V on in the house ! We have also changed all our bulbs to energy efficient type bulbs since they were on offer at HD 6 for $2 !
Just by doing these simple things we have saved $86 the 1st month of trying and $112 the 2nd month !
I am trying to bring the water cost now as its kind of fun to see how much you can save ! Ive started by watering the plants with old aquarium water. Before i used to throw it down the toilet and then fill the tanks back up and then a hour later get the garden hose and water the plants !
I hope this helps some of you, if you have any other tips then let me know !
