Green Living
Dear Community,
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.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
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.
Unplugging appliances
Hi everyone, this is my first post on this board... I'm trying to cut down on my utility bills and read online that unplugging appliances can help. Does anyone do this, and has it made a difference on your electric bill? What do you unplug and what do you keep plugged in?
Re: Unplugging appliances
It will only matter if it's something that uses power when "off" - stuff with a clock, that operates by a remote, or with lights.
So unplugging your toaster? Not helping. Unplugging your TV (or putting on a power bar) or microwave? Will help a bit.
Power bars help a lot!
I keep my microwave unplugged - hardly use it anyway so its no big deal. And I put tvs/dvd players on a power strip, so I just flip the switch to use them.
The hardest thing for me is my cell phone charger, but I am pretty good about it since I've been making the effort.
I do this. It helps, but not a ton.
I pretty much unplug anything we don't use constantly on a daily basis. This includes appliances in the kitchen (Coffee pot, toaster), lamps in rooms we don't go in a lot, spare tvs we don't watch a lot, chargers for things, etc.
I'm pretty sure the dishwasher doesn't use any energy unless actually in use, unless it has an LED display of some sort.