[jaspurbeck]

Hi there!

I installed 8 Emporia plugs last month. What I’ve been doing (after updating their firmware) is rotating them around my house to see which plugs are still draining energy when the device is not in use. Amazingly, I have found that my newer devices, including TVs, are not draining anything in most cases.  I am also using them to help troubleshoot which items on the circuit are sucking up so much power. In one case, we actually lowered the temp on our bar refrigerator to get its run rate down.

For our older electrical items (toaster, coffee maker, blender, old TV, some office equipment), I permanently assigned an Emporia plug to the item and set schedules for the items to be fully off from 11pm to 5pm of the following day. That way my son and husband can watch TV, use the DVD player, etc. without even noticing the items are not powered up most of the time.

An idea – we have an Amazon Visa that we use for everything we can. We used the monthly rewards to buy the Emporia view, and we are planning to buy more Emporia plugs as were are essentially getting them for free by using this card and paying it off every month.

Our monthly power bill was $430 +/- $20 when we started this journey in August. We replaced our entire HVAC system (the AC died) with high efficiency. Our bill dropped to $270 in September! We added the Emporia Vue and Emporia plugs and ended up turning off some items and adding schedules to the worst offenders. Our October bill was $180. We just replaced our dishwasher yesterday (almost dead) with an Energy Star rated dishwasher yesterday, and we are adding more plugs this coming month. In 2023, we are looking at either a hybrid electric water heater or a tankless system and solar. 🙂

Please let me know if you discover any shareable hacks – I’m on a mission!

Good luck!

 

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