"JerryMouse" wrote in message
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Chuck Conner wrote:
I have been having extremely higher than normal electric bills. We
live in a retirement village. I was talking to my neighbor, and he
told me I may have an electric leak. He also recommended a remedy to
contain the electricity leaking from outlets. He took me in his home
to show me these plastic plugs which plug into the outlets. A couple
of questions on this.

1. Do these really work?

2. From your experience, how much can one expect to save monthly on
your electric bill?

Chuck

You could achieve more savings by simply unplugging your clocks when not
in use.
First you need to ascertain whether or not you do in fact have a leak, you
will need two pieces of metal thin enough to fit into the little slits, hold
one in the right hand and one in the left then stick them in there. If you
wake up in heaven or a hospital then you've got a leak. Seriously either
your neighbor is pulling your leg or he's stupid. Those little plastic plugs
are mainly used to keep kids from doing what I just mentioned above. You
don't mention how much higher the bills are, would expect slightly higher
bills in the winter. Especially in Jan and Feb.

Stone