Dragonlady
Designing Woman
I've been getting led lights lately. a 60 watt bulb may only burn 12 watts apiece. I changed out all my bulbs a couple of monhs back, and it cut my electricity by $200 last month. My house is rather obnoxiously large, but I have a lot of hobbies and still have a large quantity of quilt fabrics around.
My guest friend bought a travel trailer to live in. There are no harsh words any longer, and not even any harsh words at all. He can't hear when I say "hello," and he doesn't bother to ever come across the driveway for much of any reason including to say hi or anything else. I no longer have to take depression meds with no constant critiques to listen to. God is good to me lately.
I have compact florescents in every light fixture in the apartment. They're 11 watts each - similar to the led's. The first time we did that in our house in Toronto, in 2005, our power useage was cut by more than 1/3, and the light bulbs never burned out. When we moved, in 2014, some of the same bulbs we purchased in 2005 were still in the fixtures.
The issue with the power is that running the entire apartment on one 20 watt circuit is dangerous. Finding out that both my apartment and the one across the hall are both running on that one 20 watt circuit makes my hair stand on end. My brother was a master electrician. I don't know a lot about electrical systems but I know that much.
The fuses blowing are a sign the circuit is dangerously overloaded. There is a risk of electrical fire. The woman at the Electrical Safety Authority freaked when I told her about the overloaded system. She tried to get someone here today, but their inspector had already left my area.
There is to be an electrical inspection of the property on Monday, and if the building fails the inspection, our power will be cut off. In the meantime, the woman across the hall and I turning will on as few lights as possible. The two 100 watt hallogen lights are not on. My microwave oven is blown, and I'll do with for the time being. At least until the inspector goes through on Monday.
I most definitely will not be running both my TV's and cable boxes to watch two different competitions on TV, while ironing in the sewing room, with a load of laundry going, all at the same time.