The easiest way to save heating dollars is to lower the temperature setting on your house thermostat, when possible. As a general rule, you will save 2 percent on your heating bill for every 2°F you turn down the thermostat overnight. Programmable thermostats have electronic timers that allow you to preset household temperatures for specific periods of the day and night. In a typical … [Read more...]
Why You Should Use Smart Power Bars
Did you know that monitors, printers, scanners, DVD players, televisions, cable/satellite boxes, PVRs, stereo amplifiers and other electronic devices draw as much as 70% of their total power even when they are in stand-by mode or switched off? Phantom loads are created by devices that continue to draw small amounts of power, even when they are off or in sleep/standby mode. Smart Power … [Read more...]
Goodbye to the Gas-Guzzling Mercedes 500SL
Yes, it's true. I GAVE my 500SL (an AMG version no less) away over Christmas. I donated it to the automotive program at Okanagan College in Kelowna. My reasons were many-fold. We needed the space it was taking up in the garage for Ed's new pickup truck. I didn't drive it at all last year. It was besotted with electrical problems, i.e. you couldn't drive it without charging it first, even … [Read more...]
Home Sellers: Top 5 Home Improvement Projects Based on Cost and Return on Investment
Make note of these tips from HomeGain to improve and increase the value of your home - especially the point about plumbing! RISMEDIA, November 10, 2009—HomeGain.com, one of the first websites to offer Web-based free instant home values, announced that it has released the results of its nationwide home improvement and home staging Home Sale Maximizer survey. HomeGain’s recent survey shows the top … [Read more...]
Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying
Average Rating 36 reviews Let David Bach show you a whole new way to prosper—by going green. Internationally renowned financial expert and bestselling author David Bach has always urged readers to put their financial lives in line with their values. But what if your values are a cleaner and greener earth? Most people think that “going green” is an expensive choice they can’t afford. Bach … [Read more...]