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Reducing electricity bills
mogwai
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Hi all,
Does anyone have any tips or links for reducing our elec bill? Just had a quick look at the 50% electricity challenge, and everyones bills are so much lower than ours! I know my dad is stressing about this a bit.
Its around £220 at the moment. We have a big 5 bed house, but have recently put in energy saving bulbs in the bedrooms and hallways.
Is there anything we could do that would substantially reduce our bill?
We have a tumble dryer, and quite a lot of elec using gadgets - 3 computers almost always on the go, big TV etc.
We've never tried reducing our elec usage before, not sure where to start!
Does anyone have any tips or links for reducing our elec bill? Just had a quick look at the 50% electricity challenge, and everyones bills are so much lower than ours! I know my dad is stressing about this a bit.
Its around £220 at the moment. We have a big 5 bed house, but have recently put in energy saving bulbs in the bedrooms and hallways.
Is there anything we could do that would substantially reduce our bill?
We have a tumble dryer, and quite a lot of elec using gadgets - 3 computers almost always on the go, big TV etc.
We've never tried reducing our elec usage before, not sure where to start!
We got rid of the kids. The cat was allergic. 
Debt at LBM (Sep 07): £13,500. Current debt: [STRIKE]£680[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£480[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£560[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£13[/STRIKE] £0 overdraft
Current aims - to start building up savings
1st £1000 in 100 days - £1178.03 2nd £1053.38/£1000 3rd £863.59/£1000 
:j
Debt at LBM (Sep 07): £13,500. Current debt: [STRIKE]£680[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£480[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£560[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£13[/STRIKE] £0 overdraft
Current aims - to start building up savings
1st £1000 in 100 days - £1178.03
2nd £1053.38/£1000 3rd £863.59/£1000 :j
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oo scrap that, have just read through to later posts in the 50% challenge thread!We got rid of the kids. The cat was allergic.
Debt at LBM (Sep 07): £13,500. Current debt: [STRIKE]£680[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£480[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£560[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£13[/STRIKE] £0 overdraft
Current aims - to start building up savings
1st £1000 in 100 days - £1178.03 2nd £1053.38/£1000 3rd £863.59/£1000
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