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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Would you like a 4th? My wife wants to sell hers.
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Ask her. Actually don't. Please.
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Originally Posted by Shazam
I bought a wall plug power meter a while ago. Aquariums use almost nothing. My 50 gallon uses about 10 watts (I have LED lights though).
Nothing sucks back electricity like your fridge and your clothes dryer.
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I've actually got one of those meter things. I should find it and put the aquariums to the test. Perhaps my blame is misplaced, as our 16-year-old fridge is the only major appliance in the house that hasn't been replaced since we bought this house.
One thing that definitely did save me a noticeable amount of money was not letting my desktop PC run 24/7. It isn't a fancy, high powered machine, and I would let the monitors sleep, but I used to let it run so I could access it remotely. Now I force it to sleep (or shut it down if I know I won't be using it for a few days) and it made a noticeable difference to my little graph on the Enmax Energy IQ thing that shows you your usage compared to other homes. I can wake it remotely by sending a WOL magic packet when I do need to use it, and use it only occasionally anyway, so it really was silly to let it run 24/7.