Jump start the new year by changing water filter
28.01.10
Drinking filtered D from the refrigerator is good for the family, the environment and the wallet. Consumers can the bottle with confidence knowing that their refrigerator water filter serves as a last lead of defense against unseen contaminants such as lead and mercury. It is portentous to note that these contaminants and other filtered substances are not present in all users' soften.
"There's no better time than the new year to get in the habit of changing refrigerator tone down filters to achieve the best results," said Rick Andrew, operations manageress for the Drinking Water Treatment Units program at NSF Universal, a national leader in public health, safety and charge of the environment. "Changing Whirlpool water filters every six months helps assure proper and consistent performance including effective contaminant reduction, which in aim more effectively provides you and your family with fresh water."
A refrigerator system that uses two irrigate filters per year can filter the equivalent of 3,000 bottles of not work, saving more than $600 a year versus purchasing a unrivalled brand of bottled water (based on two 6-month 200 gallon filters).
Source: Las Vegas Review - Journal
Cash For Appliances: Dryers Need Not Apply?
28.01.10
Krista Al Qirim, Contributing novelist As fuel prices increase, the economy flounders and concerns mount over feel change, a growing number of consumers are taking upper hand of federally funded state rebate programs meant to forward upgrade from less to more efficient appliances.
Not surprisingly, these tax stimulus-funded "Mazuma change for Appliances" programs do not cover clothes dryers.
Why "not surprisingly"? Because incompatible with washers and refrigerators, both of which have seen dramatic improvements in efficiency, dryers are notoriously ineffective, and very little has been done on the commercial front to remedy this.
Since "Cash for Appliances" programs try out only to Energy Star-rated appliances, no currently ready dryer qualifies.
Energy Star, a program administered by the U.S. Dependent of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, provides an energy carrying-on rating system wherein standards for efficiency are set and products are
Source: WJACtv.com
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