thought this was really interesting.. Electricty bills.

[feeb]

Our laptops are on charge all the time.

[sconeonamission]

My laptop is closed at night, powers off, but is charging. TV gets put into standby mode (you know, you pick up the remote and press on and it comes on). Since we had the energy efficient guys here, the most things get turned off at the wall. And I try to use stuff only during the middle of the day / night

[Mum2Romone]

Shouldn't leave your tv on standby.

Did you know plasmas and LCD screens can only be used for three hours at a time or you will burn them out....they even get hot

[Astrid]

Shouldn't leave your tv on standby.

Did you know plasmas and LCD screens can only be used for three hours at a time or you will burn them out....they even get hot

I question that one as well, many businesses now use LCD screens for computers and that means they are on all day. Maybe it is something about the early models that is no longer an issue in the current ones.

[Loula]

OOps mine is on aaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllll day

[sassy123]

170 per 3 months doesnt seem like much to me sorry to say.
everyone i know use 300+
our bills r normally between 380 and 450.

[~Hestia~]

That's really interesting Efjay, I'm going to tell my DH that! He is a sparky by trade which makes it hard for me to argue power saving tips with him but now I have back up!

[*Efjay*]

170 per 3 months doesnt seem like much to me sorry to say.
everyone i know use 300+
our bills r normally between 380 and 450.

$170 a quarter was just the PC though. Our bills average the same as yours. But the idea that $170 of it is made of the PC is the scary bit.