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[quote=Anonymous]Chargers use electricity even when not charging.  Most other appliances use no electricity and it should be obvious which ones apply.  For example, a toaster doesn't use anything unless it has a LED display that is always on.  Then it uses maybe 2 cents with at most.  Unplugging everything you aren't using may save you about 98 cents on your electric bill.  Your nutty husband will never see the difference.

Things that do make a difference:  Make sure your water heater is set no higher than 120ºF.  Wash all your clothes in cold water.  Don't always turn on the hot water when you are rinsing dishes.  It makes little difference. 
 Wash and dry full loads of clothes or just don't wash everything as often.  An electric dryer uses a LOT of energy.  Open the windows at night and let the house cool down, close them in the morning-especially the windows on the sunny side of the house,  close the curtains and don't turn on the AC.  I haven't run my AC or heat since the last week of August.  When you do run the heat, set it on 68ºF and put on more clothes if you are cold, or get up and do something active.  If you have to run the AC, and you shouldn't for the next 6 months, set it no lower than 78ºF.  If you are running a dehumidifier in the basement, set it on 55% humidity.  Most people seem to set them on 40%, the lowest setting which is crazy.  It will run non-stop and use a lot of juice.  Also, clean the filter on the dehumidifier.  Over half the people I visit have never cleaned the filter and don't even know where it's located so the thing runs non-stop and barely works.

If you have teenagers who take long showers try this trick.  Locate the water valve that feeds the water heater.  Once the kid has been in the shower for about 10 minutes, choke that valve down about half way.  The kid will then adjust the water temp but turning it more towards hot but that should be a warning he/she is running out of hot water.  Give it a minute then choke it off a little more.  Then finally, turn it all the way closed and the kid will hop out quickly.  Do that a few times and they will learn to take quicker showers and probably complain that the hot water runs out fast so it's probably broken.  Thank me later.  It's not only effective, it's amusing as hell.  [/quote]

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