How I Cut Thanks. First I should BRAG about my Results a bit. 50 yr old brick rancher. 2000 sq feet. Maryland. Up near Pennsylvania border. Summer Electric bill in 2005 was 30.00 a month. Ran my central AC for 3 hrs. You might not wanna Do EVERYTHING I Do. But My Electric bill in 2026 is up 50%. 30.00 last year. 45.00 this year. For May 2026. So a WHole lotta PAIN coming if you don't do Something. Every idea in this series of Reports YOU CONTROL. (No solar roof panels. ) My HVAC Background means - I am not the average Shmuck sitting still while the Giant electric Utility Companies STICK it to home owners. By doubling and trippling their Electric bills. One of my Past Jobs I managed 800 people. Had Responisiblity for thousands of University Dorm rooms. Apartments. And houses. Every type of heat and AC system you can imagine. We had to Fix 24/7. And stock parts for. For Example: - Did you know Your Home Heat pump is worthless below 32 Degrees? It switches over to Bare Electric wires with Air blowing past them. 10X More Expensive. OR Did you know the fancy Room Heater you bought. Also switches over to Pure Electric Heat when the room Temp gets low enough? AND Did you know The Smart Meter Outside your home or Apartment sends More powerful EMF waves than units used in War? And sends this Radiation for miles? So it can be read from a distance. We found a solution for that too. Turns the Radiation into safe energy waves. But let's talk Home Energy Savings. This Past Winter (2025) it got so cold a 50 gallon barrel of rain water on my porch froze solid. But I didn't turn my furnace on once. Keep Reading. We'll tell you how we did that. But let's start with some basics. Where We Live the Weather is BAD. And drivers Go too fast. Snap telephone poles off. Trees knock the power lines down. NO JUICE for days or a week. So We Are MOTIVATED. Let's LED bulbs are 10X more efficient than Incandescent and Fluorescent bulbs. Switching saved me $100 or month or 1200.00 Bucks. There are Huge Advantages to buying 60 watt - Equivalent LED bulbs. EXAMPLE - When we replaced the 3 Flourescent Bulbs over the bathroom. We couldn't See! Way too bright. So we unscrewed 2. And one LED was just right. So when you get the 60 watt LED bulbs. Not only is it 10X cheaper. But you can use ONE LED bulb instead of 3 in EVERY LIGHT FIXTURE in your house! NEXT... In the rooms you don't spend much time in. You can Install Motion detectors. Lights go off when nothing moves in the room. NEXT... I have 3 little Solar Lamps. Invented by a college coed. Intended for poor Africans. You sit these little suckers in a sunny window for a day or two and you have 12 Hours of Light. Free. WARNING - lots of lousy imitations. (I bought a couple by mistake. Had to throw them Away!) Here is the one you want. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DTM36WPB?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&th=1 NEXT... Even with 3 of these. After 2 or 3 days of Clouds. You are In The Dark. So. I hang a LED Camping Lantern - 3 D Batteries in the Bathroom, kitchen window sill. Dining room table. Living room. On The back of The Couch. Yet Again. Most of these Camping LED Lanters SUCK. I have bought quite a few brands. Some don't light right. Most die after a year or 2. The Best one So far. (Link Below) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YQB0CD4?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&th=1 Final LED Suggestion - There were 4 Flood Lights outside. One for each corner of the house. I discovered deer walking under them. I do not wanna pay so Deer can See Better to Eat Grass. So I climbed on the roof. Leaned over. Unscrewed each flood light. Left the flood light in the socket. Just not so it will Light up. Thanks, This "Mistake" saves me $400 bucks a year.
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Winter Electric Bill was 120.00 a month
Ran my Furnace Once to Double Check it Works Ok.
Propane and Fuel Oil too.
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But you Should not buy just Any Wattage LED Bulb. We did some testing.
Glenn
P.S. - Next Up. What I did After my 500.00 SOLAR OVEN EXPLODED.