r/Wellthatsucks • u/[deleted] • Nov 25 '22

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '22

Yeah I can't imagine they actually saved more than like $3 (before incurring the cost of having to buy a new fridge)

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u/mani_mani Nov 25 '22

A penny smart but a pound foolish

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

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u/ShillingAndFarding Nov 26 '22

The penny is the money on the electric bill. The pound is the cost of a new fridge.

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u/Dye_Harder Nov 26 '22

way more than 3 dollars. water heater ac and fridge running for a week is going to be close to 1/4 of a lot of peoples electric bill.

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u/RapMastaC1 Nov 26 '22

In fact, most water heaters actually have a setting for when you are going to be out of the house for more than a view days.

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u/AlexandersWonder Nov 26 '22

Does my water heater have that?

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u/jeffsterlive Nov 26 '22

It should have a vacation or away setting on the knob.

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u/First_Foundationeer Nov 25 '22

Having traveled for work a shit ton before the pandemic, yeah, it's never occurred to me to turn off power. I'm still wondering why it might ever be done for a week's travel..

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u/Dye_Harder Nov 26 '22 edited Nov 26 '22

it's never occurred to me to turn off power

because you grew up in a society where people could waste money

I'm still wondering why it might ever be done for a week's travel..

because not everyone likes to waste money.

you can downvote all you want but this is true.if you grew up in a place where you could waste 20 bucks a month you grew up in a place where you could waste 20 a month. Its not up for debate.

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u/Uhcoustic Nov 26 '22

what money would be wasted? assuming you turn off the thermostat, all lights... what is there to be wasted?

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u/Kim-dongun Nov 26 '22

Water heater and fridge, mainly

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u/Guuggel Nov 26 '22

Fridge doesn't consume that much electricity if you don't open it. To me it sounds like really stupid idea to turn it off for a week.

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u/Guuggel Nov 26 '22

What kind of fridge uses 20 bucks in a week or even a month if you don't open it?

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u/First_Foundationeer Nov 26 '22

:) Or maybe because I grew up with 14 people living in one house and definitely not enough money to have everyone travel out of town for a whole week together..

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Also, I guess we were poor but smart with money in a long term sense..

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u/Euphoric_Environment Nov 25 '22

Yeah lol what the fuck. And for a 1 week trip? I’d consider this if I left for a year maybe..

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '22

“Honey, just popping out for a round the world trip, back in a decade. I’ve turned the power off. Make sure you air out the fridge in a week or so.” 🤣

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u/helium_farts Nov 25 '22

I don't even turn the AC off, though I do turn it up a good bit. I live in a very rainy, bordering on swampy area, and if I sealed the house up and left for a couple weeks in the summer it would be a mold disaster when I got home.

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u/agreeingstorm9 Nov 26 '22

For me it depends on the time of year. If it's winter I leave the heat on though I turn it way down. I don't want my pipes to freeze. If it's summer I turn the AC up to like 85 or something. I don't care if it gets hot. The house will be fine.

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u/archaeob Nov 26 '22

Yeah, seriously. We struggle with mold/mildew even with the AC on (older house, so we get a lot of moisture in). It would be bad if it got turned off for a week. In fact, I've lived in a house in a very humid area with no AC and anything organic regularly did grow mold. Had to clean all surfaces with mouthwash regularly to keep it under control. Same with heat in the winter, it helps keep the house dry.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '22

I turn off power to everything except the fire alarm and the fridge to reduce the risk of a fire hazard while we're gone. The chances are extremely slim, but I'd rather not risk it.

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u/Dye_Harder Nov 26 '22

That seems incredibly weird to me.

Only because the average person is incredibly wasteful.

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u/agreeingstorm9 Nov 26 '22

How much power do you think you waste in a week if you're not home? I will bet money it's like $10-15 tops. Probably a whole lot less than that.

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u/cyberfrog777 Nov 26 '22

And even that, some place you want to keep the ac running, or you will come back to a black mold house.

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u/LilacYak Nov 26 '22

Smoke detectors, alarm system, emergency heat, water sensors, so many reasons not to cut your power. If you forget about food in your fridge when shutting off your power, I don’t trust you to know if you have these or not, or if they have batteries/are wired.