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Would you consider me really cheap...

I'd think there are better ways to reduce energy consumption than removing the light bulb from your fridge.
 
Nothing wrong with trying to lower your electric bill. Changing all your bulbs to more efficient ones is a great idea but taking the one out of your fridge is kind of ridiculous because it really is not going to make that much of a difference. Standing there withe the fridge door open letting all the cold air escape is more expensive than running the light bulb in the fridge while it is open. Just don't stand there "thinking" about what you are going to eat.
 
No, I'd just think of you as being naive thinking you're going to save anything of consquence by not having a light bulb in your fridge. The bulb in your fridge is, what, 40 watts? How many hours total per month do you have the fridge door open? Maybe 1? That means you'll save 40/1000, or .04 kilo-watt hours. Over the course of a year, you'll save a whopping 5 cents in electricity (assuming you pay 10 cents per kilowatt-hour).

Not even worth the 1 minute it would take you to switch out the bulb, and certainly not worth the frustation of not being able to see a damn thing when you're looking for something in the fridge.
 
Your bulb in the fridge doesn't turn on only when you have the doors opened? If it does, removing it isn't going to save you much.
 
I would expect it from ATOT. 😉

Turning off your computer for 10 extra minutes a month would be more cost effective, IMHO.
 
No, actually. I like changing over to fluorescent for two reasons... one, I like their light better and two, I won't have to change the bulb for a long, long time. Eventually, I want to get a few LED lamps, but that'll be a while.
 
lol... you are not cheap, you are psycho. You are not saving any significant amount of energy. in fact, you maybe using more. you keep the door open longer because you can't see as well.
 
Originally posted by: ChaoZ
Your bulb in the fridge doesn't turn on only when you have the doors opened? If it does, removing it isn't going to save you much.
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In fact, going in and removing it and leaving the door open for all of that time is probably going to use more electricity overall than just leaving the bulb in and not opening the fridge often.
 
It's good to change the bulbs in your house. Fluorescent bulbs and pretty cheap, so it doesn't cost much to upgrade, and they use a lot less power (and produce a lot less heat, cooling bill is lower).
 
Originally posted by: Eeezee
It's good to change the bulbs in your house. Fluorescent bulbs and pretty cheap, so it doesn't cost much to upgrade, and they use a lot less power (and produce a lot less heat, cooling bill is lower).
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Depends completely on the type of bulb you're replacing. Regular Edison Base, "40w/60w" CFLs, less than a buck a bulb. Dimmable R40/R30s, not uncommon to pay $10+/bulb at retail stores.
 
The cheapo GEs at walmart can be had for, IIRC, $5/3 which is insanely cheap, and they last longer then a lot of the other cheapo compact fluorescents I have seen.
 
Wouldn't it make more sense money wise to replace the bulbs as they burn out rather than throwing away something that you already paid for that has not yet exhausted it's full potential?
 
I just got 10 packs of 13 watt CFL's at Costco for $6.50 after instant PG&E rebate, PLUS, since we don't live in PG&E territory, we get to collect on the CFL rebate from our utility too...for every $20 we spend on CFL's, we get a $10 credit on our bill. Since we bought 4 10 packs at about $14.00 each, we'll get $20. After that rebate, we paid about $6.00 for 40 CFL bulbs...Now if I could only get such a good deal on dimmable CFL's...I need at least a dozen.
 
It's an old fridge that's been in the apartment probably for quite a few years. I just moved to a new place so I have no idea how long the bulb has been in there. Anyways, I was looking to replace it with another CFL but like I said in that second post, I ran out so right now it's just running without the bulb.

And have you guys ever wondered why there's no bulb in the freezer but in the fridge?
 
Originally posted by: Parasitic
It's an old fridge that's been in the apartment probably for quite a few years. I just moved to a new place so I have no idea how long the bulb has been in there. Anyways, I was looking to replace it with another CFL but like I said in that second post, I ran out so right now it's just running without the bulb.

And have you guys ever wondered why there's no bulb in the freezer but in the fridge?
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lol, freezers have light. Yours is probably burnt out.
 
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: Eeezee
It's good to change the bulbs in your house. Fluorescent bulbs and pretty cheap, so it doesn't cost much to upgrade, and they use a lot less power (and produce a lot less heat, cooling bill is lower).
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Depends completely on the type of bulb you're replacing. Regular Edison Base, "40w/60w" CFLs, less than a buck a bulb. Dimmable R40/R30s, not uncommon to pay $10+/bulb at retail stores.
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damn, i didn't know they had dimmable CFL's... so expensive. our ceiling fans are the one's that get the most light usage, and I've always wanted to change them out.
 
Originally posted by: jaqie
Originally posted by: sdifox
lol, freezers have light. Yours is probably burnt out.
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No, most (especially older and cheaper fridges) do not.
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odd. all of mine have them... Never seen a freezer without a light before...
 
Originally posted by: randomlinh
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: Eeezee
It's good to change the bulbs in your house. Fluorescent bulbs and pretty cheap, so it doesn't cost much to upgrade, and they use a lot less power (and produce a lot less heat, cooling bill is lower).
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Depends completely on the type of bulb you're replacing. Regular Edison Base, "40w/60w" CFLs, less than a buck a bulb. Dimmable R40/R30s, not uncommon to pay $10+/bulb at retail stores.
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damn, i didn't know they had dimmable CFL's... so expensive. our ceiling fans are the one's that get the most light usage, and I've always wanted to change them out.
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It is not recommended to put them in Ceiling Fans. Vibration will cause CFLs to fail before their expected life span is up.
 
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