I will be honest with you — I started this experiment out of pure skepticism. Every few months I see someone online claim they dramatically slashed their electricity bill simply by unplugging their TV, cable box, and kitchen appliances every night before going to bed. I always rolled my eyes. Surely the savings could not be meaningful enough to make the daily inconvenience worth it. But when my electric bill crept up for the third month in a row with no obvious explanation, I decided to stop rolling my eyes and actually try it for myself. For four full weeks, every single night before bed, I unplugged my television, cable box, microwave, toaster, coffee maker, and a few other small kitchen appliances. Then I waited to see what happened to my bill.
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