Comments on: Frugal Friday Week 9 http://www.joetaxpayer.com/frugal-friday-week-9/ Financial Commentary For The Average Joe Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:56:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JOE http://www.joetaxpayer.com/frugal-friday-week-9/comment-page-1/#comment-7430 JOE Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:06:58 +0000 http://www.joetaxpayer.com/?p=1613#comment-7430 I am in Massachusetts where I pay 20 cents per KWh, that's how I got the 6 cents/hour savings. The CF package I'm looking at states a 9 year (!) warranty, so the savings should be much higher on average. It's just a matter of fronting the money and spending the time to run around the house and put them in. I appreciate the note, 140 hours can be less than 2 weeks for all day use. Even on a tight budget, a same month payback is a great purchase. (Let's not forget that in the summer, these bulbs run cooler and save on AC) I am in Massachusetts where I pay 20 cents per KWh, that’s how I got the 6 cents/hour savings.

The CF package I’m looking at states a 9 year (!) warranty, so the savings should be much higher on average. It’s just a matter of fronting the money and spending the time to run around the house and put them in. I appreciate the note, 140 hours can be less than 2 weeks for all day use. Even on a tight budget, a same month payback is a great purchase.

(Let’s not forget that in the summer, these bulbs run cooler and save on AC)

]]> By: Augustine http://www.joetaxpayer.com/frugal-friday-week-9/comment-page-1/#comment-7429 Augustine Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:40:53 +0000 http://www.joetaxpayer.com/?p=1613#comment-7429 I don't know where you live, but even in CA, the state where energy is expensive state, the average price for the kWh is $0,12. Yet, even at the more typical rate of $0.10 per kWh, each bulb would pay itself off in merely 140h! Assuming that the bulb lasts only as long as an incandescent one due to short on-cycles (800h), it would save about $20 over its useful life. I don’t know where you live, but even in CA, the state where energy is expensive state, the average price for the kWh is $0,12. Yet, even at the more typical rate of $0.10 per kWh, each bulb would pay itself off in merely 140h! Assuming that the bulb lasts only as long as an incandescent one due to short on-cycles (800h), it would save about $20 over its useful life.

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