The U.S. Department of Energy says you are paying about $100.00 a year for nothing and the EPA estimates that this nothing consumes $4 billion worth of power each year. Equivalent to the power generated by 12 power plants.

This energy Black Hole is the total of all those appliances that still draw power even when the power buttons are switched “off”. The average house hold has between 20-25 of these appliances that have electronic controls or smart features that still pull energy while “playing possum.” (more…)

Well, the last 20 hours have been just as fun as it can be! Lost power last night due
to a tremendous spring storm. Lots of wind (60 mph), lots of rain, a little downburst
about 100 feet from us and lots of trees going down.

So, out comes the generator, heavy with a tank of gas, hook it up and got power to the
RV so life was aok after it got going. Got to sleep around 1:30 a.m.

Got up at 7 a.m. to see what kind of damage was done. Well, this little acre was
completely covered with limbs, leaves (more…)