When it comes to the cold December months, it can be difficult to stay warm with the chill of Father Winter nipping at your heels. Instead of spending a chunk of change on your heating bill, you can stay warm and cut costs with a few changes around the house. Instead of turning on your heating system, consider a space heater. In a small closed space, like a bedroom, portable electric space heaters can keep the area warm for hours. You might also put a few throw blankets around the house; a comfortable fleece blanket is never unwelcome when you feel a draft! Wearing your coat indoors tends to be uncomfortable, but consider do your best to keep your feet and head warm; this will translate to your body retaining more heat.
Though this is a more expensive option, replacing your windows and insulation can help your home to retain more heat, and over time, dramatically cut costs on your heating bill. However, if money is an issue or if you’re in a temporary home, it’s not recommended.
Have you ever had a power surge destroy or damage any appliances or electronic devices in your home? Chances are that at some time in everyone’s lifetime, they will experience this and it can be quite expensive at times.
Just a week ago, I was visiting a relative in South Dakota on a Ranch, and they were telling me about a power surge caused by lightning that took out three electronic devices in their home just the previous week. If only they had installed a whole house surge protection device, the electronic devices would not have been damaged and need to be replaced.
There are several surge protection devices on the market today that provide protection for the home. Most of us are aware of the devices that we use to protect out computers etc. , but few home owners know about the whole house surge protection devices. At a modest cost of about $200 to $1000 plus the cost of installation, it is cheap protection.
Some of these whole house surge protectors are combined with other features such as Electrical Noise Filtration and or Power Factor Optimization. These devices have added value and may be worth looking into for the extra features that they provide. Electrical Noise is detrimental to our computers and plasma tv’s and shortens their life span while power factor optimization can save a significant amount of money on your electric bill each month.
So again I ask the question, have you ever had a power surge destroy or damage any of your appliances in your home? Now you can have the protection that you want with whole house surge protection, [some companies even give you a guarantee], and not have to worry about the next time an electrical storm comes through.