I love saving money! I get chills up my spine, shaky knees and yet feel empowered all at once. My husband came home from Costco today with a big box of ....light bulbs!
"Guess how much they were?"
I shuttered. I just happened to pay a whoppin' $7.00 for ONE of these very looking bulbs at Winco (my cheap store) and do so every time one of our 13 spotlights blow out.
"Well..guess", he insisted.
"Umm , $5.00 each?" I hoped.
"Nope, $4.00 for a package of 6!"
"No way," I exclaimed.
"Yup, they are not your normal bulbs, they are compact fluorescent bulbs using 75% less energy." Working out the wattage and voltage usage my electrician husband estimated a savings of $300-400 per year!"
He quickly installed them all. They do not come on instantly though and in fact when we first tried them we were a little surprised at the slowness to become fully bright. Once they warmed up, (5-15 sec? or so) they seemed as bright as what we have had before,...no brighter! Yeah, I can compromise....open my eyes a little wider for that kind of savings. As long as the expected life span is as good as it says on the box we'll be set.
I am going to be checking our power bill and maybe charting it compared to last year this time to see if it makes a difference. I hope to shed some light on other ways we have learned to save money as well over the next few weeks. I'll keep you "posted!"
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We just found a good deal on the regular energy-efficient bulbs at Costco (not the spotlight ones, although I'll have to take a look to see if we they have those ones, too). They were sooo much cheaper than all the other stores!
I don't find that ours have too much of a delay, but maybe the spotlights are different. We're hoping for big energy savings, too!
Stephanie
http://www.keeperofthehome.org
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