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today we're in talks how to save money
on your electric bill so much is going
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on in the world right now with everyone
having to stay home and with that a lot
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of people's electric bills are going
higher and higher and higher every day
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that we are stuck at home so today I'm
going to talk about how to cut your
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electric bill actual things that you can
do right now as you're watching this
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video go around the house collect these
items do these things and save some
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money on your electric bill there's so
many little hidden things that rack up
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energy and really can increase that bill
so I'm gonna give you some actual steps
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that you can do to reduce that the first
one is look into off-peak hours call
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your electric company and see if they
offer off-peak hours I know Graham
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Steffen is huge in off-peak hours I
called my company FPL which I live in
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Florida and honestly I feel does offer
off-peak hours but it didn't benefit us
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so really look into it do some math and
run some numbers and what off-peak hours
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is in a nutshell is you're using your
prime electric usage during off-peak
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hours so a lot of people are running
their electricity at night you know on
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the weekends and when they're at home so
using off-peak hours is when people
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aren't doing that so a lot of times it's
like between like 8 and 10 a.m. during
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the week so you can do all of your
laundry during that time or set a timer
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for your dishwasher to run at that time
and have those bigger electric items
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running then and they'll give you a
discount per wattage per unit of
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measurement that they use for
electricity
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Thanks kilowatts whatever it is so look
into that and you can really save a lot
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of money this is great for stay-at-home
moms this is great for people that are
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home all the time and you can really
make sure that you're using the energy
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in that source so do some research about
off-peak hours it can really really save
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you a ton of money on your electric bill
next is saving money on laundry and how
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laundry can really inflate your budget
by for ways to save money on laundry
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first make sure running full loads I
know that kids are really bad at you
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know just throwing a couple things
especially if they have somewhere to go
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that they'll just do a couple sometimes
husbands do this as well mine doesn't do
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that right no but having full load to
make sure that you're doing a full load
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of laundry every single time
you don't want to have all that water
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wasted all that electricity if you're
not only doing a couple items if you're
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going to just do a couple items just
hand wash it just do it that way or wait
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until you have other items that you need
to do as well second put a towel in the
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dryer I know it sounds crazy but putting
a towel in the dryer even if it's
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clothes even if it's wet towels put one
dry towel that's gonna help absorb some
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of that moisture and its really gonna
cut drying time down also goodbye
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dryer sheets do not use dryer sheets
they have so much toxins in them and
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they're just running in the landfill and
they cost money I have invested in
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reusable dryer balls we have had the
same dryer balls for probably six six
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years now I think it is I have a couple
plastic and a couple of wool ones and
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what they do is they really they bounce
around though they're a little loud I'll
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be honest but they bounce around that
kind of beat out the wrinkles they
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really improve dryer time the wool ones
are really great for static and I put a
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couple essential oils on them like once
every several months and it kinda just
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freshens up and then the plastic ones
those have a little hole that allows
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steam to come out and they steam your
clothes as you use them so they cut our
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drawing tag down drastically okay two
more things cold water cold water is
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just fine for your clothes the only
times that I will use hot water and a
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larger e is for towels and sheets that's
it everything else I use cold water guys
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the detergents it's it's fine it's gonna
get everything clean it's gonna it's
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gonna be fine really you're gonna save a
ton of money on not having to use your
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water heater for your laundry that's
going to be a huge and then lastly is
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hang dry your clothes I try to hang Joey
the majority of our clothes we have a
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little rack above our washer and dryer
that I hang dry those there or I have
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the old-fashioned kind we use that as
well and that's gonna help save your
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clothes so that they last longer it's
gonna cut down electricity it's really
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gonna maximize it and even if you can
pull out like six items from the dryer
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it's gonna cut down the dryer time in
total so you don't have to dry and dry
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all of the clothes just dry some of them
and then that's going to maximize the
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whole dryer time and cut that down and
also you have your dryer balls and you
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have your towel in your dryer so all of
that combined it's really gonna cut your
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drying time in like half which is
amazing coasters they can be expensive
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next tip is that you don't always need
the light on and this may seem like
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common sense but we ended such a habit
of you walk in a room and you turn on
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the light right and then you walk out
and you're shutoff supposed to be mm-hmm
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not always but it really does make a
difference especially during the day
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during the day guys there's sunlight you
don't need a light I went to take a
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shower the other morning and I'd have it
I went to turn on the light and that was
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like Kelly it is plenty bright in here
we have a big frosted window in our
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bathroom so there's no peeping toms but
I would take shower and I was like
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there's plenty of light I don't need the
light on right now so break that habit
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of always when you walk in a room turn
on a light no that is not necessary
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especially during the day natural
sunlight it's beautiful outside so get
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in that habit of really thinking twice
do I needs a light on yes no and then
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also make sure you get in the habit of
shutting the light off when you leave
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that is huge guys that is huge
especially if you have kids or husbands
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that don't do that shut the lights off
next is phantom power and this one this
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is a doozy guys phantom power can
increase your electric bill by up to 10%
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which is crazy there's so many times
that we have things plugged in and then
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we're like oh it's off it's totally fine
right no even if it's off it's still
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gonna be drunk power with it being
plugged in so make sure that you're
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unplugging those items a great way to do
it is have a power strip that way you
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can plug in everything and whine a power
strip and then just unplug the whole
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strip and then when you're ready to use
the items you can just plug them back in
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for me I have all of these lights and
everything for my setup I have a monitor
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and all of this and I have everything in
a power strip so that when I'm done
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filming I can just unplug the strip the
power strip and then when I'm ready to
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film I just plug it back in and it's all
there it's all ready to go for me and
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it's not trying useless power right now
when I'm working from home and we have a
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desktop computer for my job I have a
laptop for a YouTube a MacBook then I
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have at my desktop for my work so I'm
making sure that I'm fully shutting that
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down every single night and unplugging
it so that it's not drying it a lot of
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power desktops hope they draw so much
power it is crazy
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I've noticed that I'm watching our
electric bill and with us being home
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it's crazy how much higher it goes and
so we're having to be very resourceful
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and take in these you know tips for
ourselves to make sure that we're lowing
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that because we don't want our electric
bill to double which it can in this time
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of quarantine guys it can it can double
fast so be very aware of phantom power
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especially when you're going on trips
and vacation and you're not home like
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unplug things like their microwave and
all these random big appliances those
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are gonna draw in a lot of power you
obviously want to keep your refrigerator
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your freezer plugged in because you
don't have food to spoil but those other
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electronics your TV your computer your
everything like that that can all be
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unplugged and that's gonna save up to
10% on your power bill if you're finding
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talk about upgrades that can save money
in the long run so there are some things
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that you invest in upfront and then over
time will save money so one of them
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being a nest thermostat or an echo key
we have an echo B we bought it when we
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bought the house here and it takes about
two years to recoup your costs but it
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can save around 130 dollars a year on
just programming your your AC and your
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heat which is crazy there have been so
many times where before in our apartment
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I forgot to turn the AC down before we
turn it up because we live in Florida
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turn it up before we left the house and
then I would come home and it would be
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freezing cold like crap that a/c just
ran for 12 hours oh my gosh so expensive
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so now with our echo B we can program it
so that as soon as we leave the house it
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goes up as soon as we come home it goes
down and then at
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it has a different temperature you can
program it so that when the last person
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leaves it goes on in certain
temperatures so even if like it's
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programmed for daytime when we're
leaving for a work schedule if we're
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leaving on the weekend or for on
vacation it automatically knows if we're
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not connected to Wi-Fi if we're not
connected to the home app it's gonna
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turn the air up so that it saves us
money which is amazing
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another thing is LED bulbs LED bulbs
guys there are a game changer I have
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some we have LEDs all over this house
and don't think we have any old school
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lights anymore but they they really save
a lot of money and same thing with the
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bulbs is we can program them in our home
app through our Apple TV and when we're
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leaving they go off when we come home
they come on and it really helps to
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minimize lights getting left on because
there have been times where we come home
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and lights been left on all day long
just it gives you some perspective on
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LED bulbs and how much they saved an
old-school light bulb is about 60 watts
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can be replaced with a 9 watt LED bulb
so 60 watts compared to 9 watts that's
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what the savings that's gonna be on your
electric bill that is HUGE guys and then
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lastly is Energy Star appliances make
sure that you're buying appliances that
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have the Energy Star or if you're
upgrading your appliances like your
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washer dies your refrigerator dies your
dishwasher or any of those appliances
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they die when you do replace them make
sure that you're getting the Energy Star
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appliances where our washer is on the
fritz right now so it's actually looking
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at washers this morning and I was
surprised at how many washers still
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aren't Energy Star certified like it was
crazy I thought that was just a thing
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across the board now but it's really not
so make sure that you're specifically
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looking for that so that you're saving
as much money as possible when you are
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running in this next one it is an easy
fix and that is making sure that you're
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changing your air filter especially if
you're living in Florida if you have
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pets if it's pollen season if it's high
humidity anything like that switch in
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the summer months make sure you're
changing your air filter that's going to
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help improve the efficiency of the
machine so that it costs less when it
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runs and it's going to help with just
the air and the pot of the particles
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whoo my boss and just came out the
particles in the air make sure they are
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breathing clean air the the air filter
really does make such a difference I've
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noticed that when we don't the next
month after we change it our electric
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will actually does go down from that
which is so cool this next one is a
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really easy one you can go and do it
while you're watching this video is
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adjust the temperature on your
refrigerator so a lot of times that we
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have a refrigerator in freezers way
colder than what is recommended and what
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is necessary so recommended is 40
degrees Fahrenheit for your refrigerator
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and zero degrees Fahrenheit for your
fries or anything below that you can
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bump it up anything above that you want
to bring it down to make sure they are
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40 and zero because if you are above 40
then you can have food spoilage and it
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or your food is going to spoil faster
than it would at 40 degrees so make sure
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you're at 40 degrees Fahrenheit for your
refrigerator and zero degrees Fahrenheit
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for your freezer and that's gonna help
save a lot of money it's gonna really
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improve that so that is a great
actionable step that you can take right
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now to see a drastic difference right
away next is to use smaller appliances
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we have an air fryer and Anniston pot
those are my two favorite appliances in
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the whole house and what I've noticed
with those is you can cook your whole
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dinner in them and it's not heating up
your whole house with your oven so the
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instant pot the air fryer those couldn't
take a lot less energy than it would if
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you were to use the oven and in addition
to that it's not gonna heat up the whole
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house like an oven does especially in
Florida we have to be careful of that
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because then the AC is running as well
so using those smaller appliances can
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really help to save in the long run
because you're using less electricity
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for them next is to block out outside
air heat cold regardless of where you
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are these are really gonna help make a
big difference we use outlet covers on
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the little ones that you have for your
baby we have those on all of our
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exterior outlet plugs that are in use
and what that does is it helps block
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that air that comes in you would be
surprised on a windy day how much air
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comes in through those little outlet
holes so we use those to block all of
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our outlets and then we also use shades
and curtains and different materials to
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block out the outside heat that comes in
if you're in a cold environment that's
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going to be the same exact thing I
remember
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when I lived up north and we had shades
and curtain and that would put up the
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shade for a daylight and it would be
crazy how much more of a draft comes in
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how much more of the the cold air came
into the room when I was sitting by the
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window just by that shade and just by
those currents it really makes such a
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big difference so we used the room
darkening wines we use the ones that are
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thick so that's keeping it for us in
Florida that heat out so that it keeps
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our room in our home cooler which saves
a ton of money we want to know how we're
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