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		<title>My lowest usage month to date. (unoffical)</title>
		<link>http://solarhomenews.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/my-lowest-usage-month-to-date-unoffical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I won&#8217;t actually get my bill for another week, this is an unofficial record. Depending on when they gather the reading, I will be very close to 600 kW hours. This is a nice improvement. From my previous rant we know that I have removed some vampire loads. I think this has helped reduce [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solarhomenews.wordpress.com&blog=4163981&post=913&subd=solarhomenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trying to calculate heating requirements of my house.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>indianasolar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I was trying to calculate heating requirements for my house. I was using this site for a little reference. I have R-19 walls and had R-38 ceiling. I run the numbers and I kept getting about half the BTUs. I was racking my brain and then it hit me. What about the windows and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solarhomenews.wordpress.com&blog=4163981&post=911&subd=solarhomenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Country Save laundry detergent, worth a try?</title>
		<link>http://solarhomenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/country-save-laundry-detergent-worth-a-try/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon.com has quite a few review on this product. Most are very good. Only a few are 1 star. So I thought I would give it a try. Since I have a front load washer. One box should last for 160 loads. At the rate I do laundry, one box will last half a year.
How [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solarhomenews.wordpress.com&blog=4163981&post=902&subd=solarhomenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New LED light at Menards!</title>
		<link>http://solarhomenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/new-led-light-at-menards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Replacement freezer light]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a 25 Watt replacement. A15 bulb style. (normal bulbs are A19) This one is going into the freezer.
Here is a picture of a 40 Watt incandescent.
Here is a picture of the &#8220;25 Watt&#8221; LED replacement.
These are without flash and the same shutter speed. As you can see the LED is dimmer but it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solarhomenews.wordpress.com&blog=4163981&post=900&subd=solarhomenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Which is worst, CFL with mercury or incandecent run with coal electricity?</title>
		<link>http://solarhomenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/which-is-worst-cfl-with-mercury-or-incandecent-run-with-coal-electricity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>indianasolar</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://solarhomenews.wordpress.com/?p=888</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First assumption is that you will throw away the CFL instead of recycling it. I am not going to do that and most likely neither are you. Let say you did. The biggest difference is that the mercury would be in a landfill and not in the air. Then after it rain it gets into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solarhomenews.wordpress.com&blog=4163981&post=888&subd=solarhomenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You could go solar if you used gas for heating!</title>
		<link>http://solarhomenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/you-could-go-solar-if-you-used-gas-for-heating/</link>
		<comments>http://solarhomenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/you-could-go-solar-if-you-used-gas-for-heating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>indianasolar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Saving Electricity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[new solar power]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://solarhomenews.wordpress.com/?p=890</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[... if people used more gas appliances in there homes they could make "going solar" much easier.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solarhomenews.wordpress.com&blog=4163981&post=890&subd=solarhomenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Did you know they don&#8217;t make 80 gallon water heater blankets.</title>
		<link>http://solarhomenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/did-you-know-they-dont-make-80-gallon-water-heater-blankets/</link>
		<comments>http://solarhomenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/did-you-know-they-dont-make-80-gallon-water-heater-blankets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>indianasolar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looked everywhere, I guess if you have an 80 gallon tank they figure you are energy waster.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solarhomenews.wordpress.com&blog=4163981&post=881&subd=solarhomenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recent news about lack of CFL interest.</title>
		<link>http://solarhomenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/recent-news-about-lack-of-cfl-interest/</link>
		<comments>http://solarhomenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/recent-news-about-lack-of-cfl-interest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>indianasolar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I heard on NPR the other day that purchases of CFLs are down again this year. They peaked in 2007. Some say that there needs to be more incentives for CFLs so more people will buy them. I say no. Why, you ask? Because I just replaced my second CFL in six years inside my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solarhomenews.wordpress.com&blog=4163981&post=879&subd=solarhomenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When something is hot, it is wasting electricity.</title>
		<link>http://solarhomenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/when-something-is-hot-it-is-wasting-electricity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>indianasolar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That is my new rule of thumb. What made me think about it? I have a UPS (Uninterpretable Power Supply) for my computer. Because this one was plugged into a difficult outlet I have not checked it with my kill-a-watt meter. Today I made time to check it out. When I first plugged it in, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solarhomenews.wordpress.com&blog=4163981&post=874&subd=solarhomenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Minimum Daily Electric Usage.</title>
		<link>http://solarhomenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/minimum-daily-electric-usage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>indianasolar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just want to say that is stinks. Standby usage has to decrease.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solarhomenews.wordpress.com&blog=4163981&post=871&subd=solarhomenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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