# I Unplugged My Microwave Between Uses for Two Weeks to See If It Would Lower My Electric Bill. Here’s What Happened.
I’ve been looking for small ways to reduce my electricity bill lately.
Not dramatic changes. I’m not ready to sit in the dark with every appliance switched off or spend my evenings wrapped in three blankets because I refuse to turn on the heating.
I wanted to find the little things that might be quietly using electricity in the background without me realizing it.
That’s when I started thinking about my microwave.
Like most people, I use my microwave regularly. Sometimes it’s for reheating leftovers. Sometimes it’s warming up a cup of coffee that I forgot about. Sometimes it’s making something quick when I’m too tired to cook.
But there’s one thing I almost never do.
