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How to Lower Your Monthly Tech Bills

by Dan Reilly on August 18, 2009 at 12:01 AM


Use A Low Flow Showerhead

Wasting one minute of hot water per shower, according to the people at showerhead manufacturer Evolve, can cost you $75 in heating bills. Luckily, there are a lot of options when it comes to efficient showerheads, such as the ones featuring Evolve's ShowerStart technology, which slows water to a trickle when it reaches $95, then lets you turn it back on full blast when you're ready to hop in. Then there's the Lowest Flow Showerhead, which can go as low at 1.2 gallons per minute and has a valve that lets you stop the stream as you soap up. Also, showers don't need to be half an hour long unless you've been playing in a garbage dump, so make it snappy in there, and start counting the energy-bill savings that'll add up when your hot water heater doesn't run all day!


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