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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
How much electricity are you using?
DH and I saw these little gadgets that tell you how much your electric appliances, lamps, t.v.'s, etc. are costing you. I'm not sure if the $50 price tag is worth it, but I thought it was interesting. http://www.naturalbuilthome.com/products/337-gift_ideas/9474-kill_a_watt_meter
Tired after a long morning of hiking and swimming.
Re: How much electricity are you using?
I saw these on something just the other day and thought it was great, except for the price tag!! Thankfully I have a 'smart meter' that tells me what my electric and gas usage is used for, whether its lights, food storage, etc. I have no idea how but it seems quite right.
How did you get a smart meter? Explain this to me! I am all ears!!! er... eyes!!!
We have one of these - but it was only $25. We bought it from thinkgeek (http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/travelpower/7657/). It appears to be the exact same one...but for 1/2 the price. :-)
We've used it to test out how much electricity certain things use and to see the difference between unplugging something or leaving it off and plugged in. It's pretty neat to be able to see exactly how much electricity things use.
We are using a frick-ton of electricity. Our apartment has electric baseboard heat, and lousy insulation. Ugh. We got one of those meters and found that all the electronics we were could think of to test were drawing almost nothing when idle (yay), except for the projector, which takes like an hour to warm up if it hasn't been plugged in (okay, an hour is an exageration, it's probably more like 20 minutes--crazy long though). Rather a disappointment...
So I'm thinking we didn't help the environment any (or our pocketbook) by buying that little device. On the other hand, I suppose we can loan it out to our friends and may manage to get some utility out of it that way. I would definitely urge you not to buy one without first seeing if there is anyone you know in your area you can borrow one from.
Oh yikes, baseboard heat is SO expensive! I won't use mine at all, but I have a furnace-rated gas fireplace.
I don't know how I got the smart meter! I learned about it here!! I was posting about how my electric bill shows what I use electricity for, and its correct. Someone said I must have a smart meter. I have no idea how it works!!