I reduced my electric bill by probably 75%….. I got divorced

One thing I have learned is that as long as my feet are warm, it doesn't matter what i'm wearing or how cold the house is, i am warm, so I invest in good thermo socks.

Lol! I had to laugh on the whipping cream also! My dog, Humphrey Bogart, KNOWS what that can is when he sees it, KNOWS what that sound is when he is in another room and Hears it being shook and he comes running, stops with a skid and starts begging! And yes, he knows to open his mouth! Aren't they just the smartest?❤

Last month's bill $68. this month $38. Thank you Prepper Princess. God bless and love to all

I heard somewhere that a full refrigerator is more efficient. If yours isn't, fill it with jugs of water. I guess the water helps keep it cold so that you're not cooling empty space. I need to try it!

Electric blanket is the best hack! Plus it runs off solar or battery bank easy. Saves a ton on heating costs.

I checked out a meter reader from my utilities company so I could read how much electricity each of my appliances use when turned off. Some surprises: when not in use, my printer & washing machine still use electricity. Same with the humidifier, electric clothes dryer, & desktop computer. Solution? Purchased inexpensive power strip for my office and turn it off when I'm not in that room. Purchased inexpensive single plug inserts with on off switch for each 120 v appliance and switch that appliance off at the plug when not in use. The dryer I simply unplug the whole unit it when I'm done with my laundry. My energy usage has gone down!

Prep Princess 👸. She’s such a rare gem 💎. Man if more were like her, we’d have plenty substance to go around and to spare.

Husband and I sold our massive 3000+ sq.ft. home 3 years ago in the early spring and lived in a motor home in a GREAT campground with a pool. Did laundry in the campground laundromat once per week, used the pool daily, and used their honor system library full of DVDs, CDs, and books/magazines. The Yearly Fee was $1500. Water/sewer/electric was included! We were there from April - November 1. We wouldn't have left and stayed until December if it hadn't been for the frigid Michigan winters. Ended up finding a small 2 bed 1 bath home with 1/2 acre in town, fenced for our German Shepherd. Should anything happen to my husband, I will be sorely pressed to find housing that will allow for a large breed dog, and I can't manage the house expenses and all the overhead on my income. These ideas are FANTASTIC for someone like me. If anything happens to Hubby, I know that I can DEFINITELY lower the monthly cost with your suggestions which could buy me some time to find another place to live.

I saved PG&E expenses this winter by doing three long cat sits in friends' homes. I recently began drying my clothes in increments of 10 minutes heat followed by the dryer's automatic cycle of ten minutes of cool down. Once the clothes are no longer dripping wet, I hang everything on a wooden drying rack set in the bathtub and on hangers suspended from an additional spring-loaded bathroom curtain rod positioned over the bathtub. Decades ago, during a drought, I switched to washing up or showering at night, to minimize how often I need to wash my bed linens. I've also implemented several tips from your videos showing how we can save energy costs, for which I am grateful!

Girl... I'm a shut-it-off type too. I have turned my hot water off too. I have 6 kids and they have never known it was off. I would go out every day and write down the meter reading. 😁I'm fugal... no I'm cheap!!!

Just a random thought I had to share. Some day Prepper P, I believe that you are going to be offered some kind of tv or other kind of video deal that will give you more money than you have ever imagined. You have honoured this little platform called KZfaq, and God blesses those who are diligent with little, and then he entrusts them with "more". Peace. Carla

The house is looking great!

I put a metal bar on my door frame to my bedroom, and hang clothes on hangers to dry for a day or 2. So I don't use a dryer. My dryer broke 3 years ago,😢 but it works for my daughter and me. I love your channel!!!!! And I watch it every time I see a new video. I wash clothes in cold water and I unplug everything I can when I'm not using it.😁

Thank you, Pepper Princesses . I've been watching you for over a year. My electric bill has been reduced by 57% . That's amazing!! All from your tips on how to save. Again, thank you so much 😊.

I saw on another program, the “ten percent rule”: every few months, brainstorm ways that you can cut each bill by 10 percent. You wouldn’t believe how much you can reduce your bills, even after you think they are already as reduced as they can get. Then, once you’ve incorporated those new strategies, brainstorm AGAIN a few months later, on MORE WAYS to reduce them by 10 percent. Small changes add up!

I used to have an automatic timer on my water heater. From 7am to 7pm, it was off. Big savings. Now i have natural gas hot water on demand tankless.

Wow your power is almost as high as mine in the UK. I have no heating, no boiler, no dishwasher nor washing machine or dryer, not even a telephone, though I do own a television which I watch for an hour or so most days. My bill this month was £239! It's completely insane in the UK now, with the rich getting richer and the poor being ground into the dirt. We can't even make a profit on solar - the government takes it. :/ PS Oh my gosh your doggies are too too cute. 🥰

I sleep in my basement during the summer where it stays around 55 F year round. No need to run air conditioning. Also planting deciduous trees on the south side of the home shades the house during the hottest part of the day.

I wish I lived near you to be friends! Your so fun and I love the frugal stuff nonstop 🎉😊

Hey PP, be careful constantly turning your electric off at the breakers. Breakers aren't meant to be used daily and will break, which can be costly to repair. We had a hard time finding the breaker style and brand we needed when one of ours went out (not common manufacturer.) Thanks for the tips though. Would love to see you do a "solar for dummies 101" video, just in how to set up a basic system beyond using generators.

Refrigerators require clearance on the sides, in the back and above, otherwise they get hot, and stay on all day. My wife put a broom and a mop next to out fridge and a bunch of stuff on top recently. A few days ago, I heard the fridge running forever, and saw what she had done. I moved the stuff away, and within 10 minutes, the fridge shut off and stayed off. I keep telling my wife about this, but she has a mental block about this one thing. Also, don't block the vents in your refrigerator or freezer. Without good air circulation in the fridge, you can get ice and inefficiency.

You can dry clothes in your bathroom. When we were without a dryer for a while, I just hung our clothes up on hangers (use plastic, not metal) and hung them from the shower curtain rod. (It is better if your rod is one that's attached to the wall instead of a tension rod; those can hold more weight; but I made it work even with a tension rod.) Your clothes will drip water. Depending on your floor type, you may want to just pull away your bath mat and let them drip, or you can arrange your shower curtain so that any drips hit it and roll into the tub. I have very cheap power relative to the rest of the US, but it has recently gone up noticeably. I did the hot water trick when I was home during Covid and it saved me $50 a month. I got lazy, though, about going to the basement to turn it off. Now that my power bill is up about $50 a month over its old average, I need to start turning it off again. Most of the time, since I just wash my dishes from a meal, I use cold water. (Hot water is not necessary from a hygiene perspective; it's just that hot water loosens baked-on or hardened food. But if you wash dishes as soon as they get dirty, the food will not be hard.) But if I want to do a full sink of dishes and the hot water heater isn't on, I will just heat water up to boiling in my electric kettle and fill the sink with that and enough cold water to make it tolerable.

I'd love to do all that but hubby won't go for it. I decided that it's more important to have peace in our marriage than fight about it. Like you say, "do what you can with what you've got".

Great ideas! Thank you! I have a suggestion that worked for me. It came from a delay with getting my clothes dryer hooked up and my landlords not allowing a laundry line in my back yard. I had a light weight inexpensive clothes hanging rack and started using that to hang clothes on. I've kept doing it (prefer to use dryer for some things-, towels, bedding, some underthings, etc). It works wonderfully for many clothes and cuts down on the wear and tear on the clothes, as well. Win, win! If people have the space, I encourage them to try it💕

You're so good at this. I'd go nuts trying to remember when to turn my water heater off and on. That's why I had a tankless gas water heater installed. It uses nothing until you need hot water. At my new home, I only have a gas stove, and my gas bill ran around $11.00. Since installing the tankless, my last bill was $19.00, and that's with two adults in the house. The only electric the tankless uses is for the ignitor, just like a gas stove, so it's really negligible. I'll let you know when I can pinpoint my electric savings. This has been an unusually strange weather pattern for North Florida this Winter - Much colder than last year, with bouts of much higher temps, so it's hard to say. You could install an electric tankless water heater, but they cost more to operate than the gas ones, and are not as efficient.

I'm glad you addressed the bathing issue head on! I too don't feel I require a lengthy hot bath or shower every day. If I am stiff and sore from exertion or terribly dirty, I'll take a long hot bath or shower. Other times I'm happy to skip a day or just do a quick wash cloth wipe down while in the tub or shower. Pop the water on just enough to wet my cloth, suds up or sometimes just use baby oil if my skin is dry and then do a quick rinse. Probably about 1/20th of the water and heating costs for even better results. The soap and oil fragrance lasts longer!

I wear a sweater, a vest, and a jacket to keep warm indoors. I also use a water bag in bed. I never ever use a heater unless it's during shower time.

In most places around the world you have switches on plug sockets. It’s crazy that it’s normal in America you don’t. Princess, if you need to upgrade your sockets when you’re doing renovations get new sockets with on/off switches. I found them online so I know they make them.

We are in Michigan and save a bunch by putting a water heater blanket around it to hold in more heat longer.

I throw a dry towel in with my wet clothes to speed up the drying.

I'm 70, I am not lowering my temp that low. My house is gas and I keep my temp at 28 Celsius (68 Fahrenheit) Solar does not work everywhere. I live in Canada where we have long, dark winters.

I have a relative who cut his electric bill in half.. Not surprisingly the PUD contacted him wanting to know how. He explained that he evicted a tenant that was wasteful... leaving lights on.... running the dishwasher, washer & dryer with half loads... We all know the drill. Something, those that have the extra bathing facility might consider is to run a couple rods across the showerdoorframe/corners of the shower and drip dry heavy weight fabrics like jeans and towels instead of drying them in the dryer

I live in a townhouse with an association. They would never let us put solar panels on our roofs. Defund the association!!!!!!!!!!!! I admire your commitment to saving money btw!

Your fridge should be pulled out from the wall a bit (just an inch or two) so the compressor doesn't overheat/have to work so hard. That one little heater that you have in the living room is actually a benefit because you CAN close off all the other rooms and heat just the living area. If you have central heat, closing too many heat vents is very hard on the furnace and ducting (I know we've all been taught to close heat vents to save money, but a central heat, forced air furnace should have at least 75% of the vents left open to prevent damage to the system).

There are special blankets for hot water tanks to keep your water warm longer... REALLY handy when you keep your house cool. I would even consider doubling them up they have mylar on the outside and insulation... if there is a way to do that with free or thrift store blankets... I am SURE you will be the lady to get it done. You can also insulate the pipes coming off your hot water tank. I can't wait to see everything you figure out to keep those bills coming down. Personal challenge to you.... insulate the heck out of the hot water tank for the cost of the duct tape to hold it together or less. (Because, challenges are fun!)

My 4 dogs will do handstands for whipped cream! I thought I was the only one. There are many ways to cut your energy bill. I have an all electric house in Massachusetts, frugal Yankees know how to be creative even without solar. You do what's best for your own situation. I can live without cooling in the Summer, I can't live without heat in the Winter so I am working on getting a non electric heat source for my house for next winter. Mike

SDG&E, highest electric rates in continental US, according to Google. We pay dearly for living in "Paradise". Would like a partial refund on the sunshine tax. Our house has been between 50 to 60 degrees this winter. Layers, lots of layers. Worst part taking off clothes for a shower. Yet, we are very blessed to have a roof over our head, hot food to eat, water to drink, etc etc etc

I am single and wash clothes once a week but did not know of the weekend rates being lower. Thanks.

I can’t afford to heat my house for the past two years but I’ve been able to get washing dry indoors when it’s raining by having windows open and creating a through draft with washing on an airer . No mould. I make sure I rotate which rooms are an air tunnel and which I sit in…with my electric blanket.

I live in SE Georgia so we have mild winters, I have electric heat n AC, what I do is turn off the AC in Oct n then turn it back on in April or May. I NEVER turn on the heat, I will bundle up, I don't have any electric blankets, don't need them because I have 2-3 kitties on my lap at any one time to keep me warm. Ten yrs ago I had extra insulation blown into the attic which really help to lower my bill so in the heat of July n August my electric is never more than $60. I unplug everything not in use.I do laundry once every 3 weeks, n now that I got an air fryer I don't even use my oven or stove, n I have unplugged that. My electric bill in the winter runs between $26- 35 a month n in the summer between $50-60 a month.

I have been turning off breakers for the past 10 years .. I have only had to replace one breaker in all that time. So keep turning them off . I have an all electric home and no solar panels... So I do that to save all I can.

I like the Massive Effort and get what you're doing. Keeping your piece of mind , not having to be stressed and degraded in a Badly run corporate environment . Making a challenge game out of saving your money and tracking progress.. Now I have to Save on Groceries and help myself by losing 10 pounds in 2 1/2 months. - be a little more trim for summer. I'll make it like a game. 1 pound a week.

I keep my heat at 57 all the time, only problem is I like it around that temperature in the SUMMER too - not frugal! Lol

Your living room and dining area looks so nice. I’m in Cali also and my pge rates are insane. Thanks for the ideas

I've learned that it is ok to turn my central heat and a/c completely off when I don't need it. The weather has been fickle this month, but turning central unit off helps. $77.00 electric bill in Louisiana.

Prepper Princess, if you ever end up renovating your bathroom, they sell magnetic shower heads that cause shower water to rinse better so people use 35% less water. That might be good for California.

I have the same attitude towards saving - I make it a game.

I have a 28 year old stove I am attached to it was a wedding present from my grandpa 28 years ago, he came with me to pick it out, we married on his birthday and he passed away the following year. So that stove ain't a going anywhere. However when I cook a roast, meatloaf, ham, chicken thighs bone in, I use my handy dandy crockpot saves us money. My oldest is moving out in a few months so less laundry, less electricity and groceries, I will miss him very dearly I have been a stay at home mom since he was born in 2001. I try to turn off all lights, I use a swiffer to dry mop floors of dust and vacuum on weekends when electricity is cheapest. I must be doing something right because our energy bill shows our electricity usage the highest when it's off hours and cheapest. I live in Canada so yeah furnace stays on during cold months lol.....

I have always line dried my clothes which I know helps. I also have an older washing machine which is a top load. I watched when I put the load on extra small water, and noticed that it fills up quite a bit, so I rarely use the extra large water setting. We can get very cold winters here in the Midwest. I used to take long hot baths at night before bed but realized it used up a bunch of energy and water. So now if it is bitter cold out, I still leave the thermostat low but just before going to bed I use my infrared sauna that I built. It heats up my tiny little bathroom and it really helps me sleep and the energy and water use went way down. Thank you for your tips!

I appreciate all your tips! I’m starting to implement them and love saving money! Those pups just make my day! I have a beautiful golden named Jayda! She’s a rescue and has brought me so much joy! So as the saying goes….I don’t know who saved who 🐕🐾

Great tips....we already have our freezer on a timer 12 hours on 6 hours off....think I will talk to hubby and see if we can do something like that on the refrigerator. During that day I have everything off if possible while it's just me and mom....and hubby and kids are all at work.

I don't have a clothesline either. I use a large drying rack. I have a load of clothes drying on the rack now. I hang tops on hangars to dry and I hang the hangars on the shower rod or on door knobs.

A man I know, married a woman. Her three adult daughters moved in shortly after with their kids. Not only was he not able to use the washer/dryer, the piles of clothes stacked up in the garage prevented him from coming within ten feet of it. He wound up wiring up a second washer/dryer in his shop. He had the only key. Marty Raines from the television show split his exhaust pipe off his wood stove. From one to three, then one again before going out the ceiling. He tripled the exposed metal and increased his heat noticeably. I've also seen folks stack cinder blocks around their heaters. The blocks absorb the heat and then release said heat after the heater is shut off. But, I notice you have a brick wall behind your heater so you're probably covered. Also, does that house have a sun porch?

New to the party but have you tried using clear bubble wrap on a portion of your windows--no light obstruction but you cannot view out well. Spray window with water to adhere? Also when considering central heat installation look into a heat pump. Excellent for heating and efficient. Finally, for your water heater and refrigerator there are outlet attachments that will decrease the restart load on those appliances thus preserving and protecting your compressors.

Get one or more of those foldable clothes racks and dry some of your clothing inside. The less you dry in the clothes dryer, the less electricity used.

I'm 7 minutes into your video and watched the part about unplugging your fridge. A few years back we had an energy crisis in my town; the hydroelectric grid failed and we went to diesel back up which was beyond crazy expensive. We lined the back of the fridge and freezer with water bottles. That made the fridge's compressor only run an hour a day or so, and along with other changes we ended up lowering our electric bill to even less than it was the same time the previous year. Meanwhile everyone else's electric bill went up 4 to 5 times greater.

The sunflower walls and white craftsman woodwork is so pretty and cheery. I love it!!

I save electricity by unplugging all lamps and appliances except hot water tank and refrigerator. I, too, open blinds and curtains and use night lights if possible. I cook with air fryer and smaller appliances when possible. I never use the dishwasher as I prefer washing dishes by hand. I hate air conditioners (for some reason they cause me to feel congested). I use LED bulbs and remove two of the three bulbs in bathrooms.

If at all possible, be out of the house (library, mall, gym, shopping for food, etc.) during most or all of this time will cut down on electricity use. Although cold at first, a down comforter will keep you warm without any electricity use.

I cut my electricity bill by 76% a few years ago. I got all excited about it that I tried finding even more ways to trim it. I cut it another 11%. It's amazing what can happen when we try!

Well done, I have a one light rule and remember to turn lights off when I leave a room. I also switch from using an electric kettle to a whistling kettle on my gas cooker … that gives off heat too

My situation is also a game to save power, we have solar with net metering in NC, I have the bottom element disconnected on the electric water heater, we use a low wattage mattress pad on the bed, we precool the home in the morning during summer to increase the efficiency of our AC / heat pump unit, and we burn wood when the outside temp is less than 30 degrees about 25 days a year. Our electric bill is about 30 bucks per month and most of that is just basic connect fees. A lot of my power never even hits the meter, goes right from solar to use in the home. ( It is a fun game, and I don't feel like I am sacrificing anything to do these things )

Great ideas Princess! Thanks for another great video ❤ I need a vest like yours! I’m always cold! I have Hashimoto’s Disease. I loved watching your fur babies with the whip cream 😊

What switch do you all use to turn off your water heater? If you use the circuit breaker, it will eventually wear out. Also I'm not so sure how much money it would save because if it drops in temperature in a water tank and then you eventually need to get it up the temperature to take a shower it has to work harder. It's kind of like your furnace in Minnesota you do not want to set it to go too low when you leave because otherwise when you return it has to work really hard to get back to a reasonable temperature which actually costs more than setting it at a certain sort of low temperature when you're

your dogs are adorable! when i used to live alone, i kept my apartment at 15 degrees celsius. like you, i wanted to outdo the previous tenant. the power company provides you with a history so i could see how well i did. :)

I've been thinking I need to reduce utility expenses. Thank you for the practical ideas. Very motivating! Maybe a video to show how you keep your water bill low sometime?

I also have grid tied solar installed about ten years ago that runs a three thousand sq.ft. Brick home and in ground pool. It’s usually twenty eight dollars a month but lots of clouds and rain this past month made our last bill of 41$. Still happy with that.

My washer is in my bathroom, I used old cup hooks and put up three strands of twine, close to my ceiling for clothes line, time my laundry when it's really cold, then use one heater in the bathroom to dry laundry and warm my little mobile home

I turn water in shower off or to a trickle whilst I soap up and shampoo and then turn on for rinsing.

before turning you on I checked my thermostat and it was 60 in house... my hands are so cold so I did turn up my thermostat to 68. I have my water heater down to pilot and it is just the right temperature not to need any cold water for shower, only the hot turned all the way to hot. Keep it up girl!.

The light portion of the bill was only 10% in the 1960s. It is probably even less now due to LED lights. Don't waste your time turning off your low wattage devices including lights, tv, router, computer. For example, at 33¢/hr it would probably take 5 hours for a 6 watt LED (called a 60 watt equivalent because it outputs the same amount of lumens as the old type 60 watt incandescent) to use 1 penny of electricity. An LED tv probably uses on average around 120 watts and costs around 4¢/hr. I think many devices run much lower than their sticker says. I don't know why. It's the big kilowatt appliances running for long time that cost you. A water heater will use nearly 5 kilowatts while its elements are on. That's around $1.50/hr if you're paying 33¢/kwhr. A/C also high and running many hours. Toaster,,, huge draw but only for a minute so no matter. Fighting with your devices that use low hundreds of watts is probably only saving you $10/month. For cost at 48¢/hr, just multiply the 33¢ calcs above by 1.5. I will NOT visit you if you are that cheap.

Put a Hot Water Heater Blanket on that water heater, they make them specifically for them, it will stay hot much longer....

Wow!!! I admire you so much!! I live in Southwest Florida and my electricity per kilowatt-hour is 10.45 cents. So I feel extremely lucky. I think of myself as very frugal but you have me beat!!! I love your dogs, Rocky and Nala!! Take care, and have a wonderful life !!!

The main cost of electricity bills in Australia is the "supply charge" which can't be reduced.

Rocky and nala are adorable! Record in slow motion and enjoy the entertainment just a little more 🤣

I love your new house. You are an awesome person. You deserve to find your forever person. I pray you do! Thank you, you are such fun, ox to dogs

In our case, our water heater fried. We replaced it with an on-demand - used only in the bathroom for showers. In the kitchen, we have a little 4 gallon heater directly next to the sink. Our electricity costs went down by 55%, just from those two things. On the water heaters - both have VERY short runs between the heater and the faucet. The older hot water heater's run from the basement to the kitchen was 70' and to the bathroom 60'.

Electricity has been so expensive here in Denmark as well. Already in November I did a challenge to get my bill as low as possible. It worked very well, now I only pay the same amount for 3 months that I used to pay for one month. Heating is a different story. It is cold and humid most of the year here and to avoid fungus/mould they advice us to have at least 65F indoors. I have a little more but I can still keep my expenses down to 40% of what is expected in a normal household. I think most Danish homes keep the temperatur around 72-75. In public buildings - offices, schools etc. the temperature is kept at 66.5 to save money. Only nursinghomes, hospitals a.s.o. can heat more. Hot water is different. The fear of legionella keeps the hot water hot and it is not even an option not to. We had an outbreak of legionella some years ago and what a mess. I live in a condominium so we all had to participate in flussing the systems and making sure to leave the hot water running for 3 minuts before taking a shower etc. Only one had legionella but it took 1/2 year to get the problem solved and the bacteria out of our watersystem for good. I think the rise in energy prices has done more for the environmental problems/climate change than all the politicians negotiating goals they either do not intend to keep or cannot keep at all. I like saving money to invest - like you - so I try to keep my expenses down anyway but I did manage to get them futher down when the price rose.

Thank u for helping people

I turn off power to my microwave when not using. Standby power to run the clock uses more power in the microwaves lifetime than the power to cook food. Go figure 🤷🏻

Thank you for letting me know about the weekend rates for PG&E. I have been trying to do laundry before 4 when the peak rate starts. I will switch to weekends. I air dry my laundry on a rack in the garage. It still is drying well even with all the atmospheric rivers we have been having. Wish I could implement more but I have other family members and some of the strategies will not fly. Thank you for sharing.

You are wrong - at 48 cents a kWH I’d shut off the main and read by candlelight! 😂 48 cents a kWH! Yikes!

Come Summer ( and sorry I've said this before ) and I live in NW Florida. Try just running ur A/C at night. Especially if you're not home all day. You've probably been in an airconditioned office or other workplace all day you're in a cool car on the way home so why not wait until you go to bed to turn it on. We turn ours off I'M HOME ALL DAY and I get by with fan. I am older and colder than young people and ladies going through hot flashes might not can do this either. Our new big place has 300 dollar utilities and that's the same as our old house, it was half the size. I also hang out towels in my garage and only fluff them in the dryer when still damp. If they are cleaner ones they can dry stiff! Heck they scrub better drying stiff. We switched to all LED lights too everywhere and they last 3-6 years! They don't run hot!

Too cute! My neighbor thought that because I put my two portable solar panels and one or two of my power stations out to charge that I was in trouble paying bills. I don’t have a lot of money true. I just hate paying PG&E. I use the re-chargeable solar lights in my house between 4 and 9 PM in California. I also think of as many other ways to save as I can. I use the power stations to power things and recharge things.

I saw a five degree improvement winter and summer both after putting the UV blocking film (gila platinum) on my windows, you'll get more benefit in the hot summer than I get here. Look at adding a few more solar panels (ground mount so it's easy to put up yourself). Check if your inverter system goes down when the grid is down or if you can still run. Some inverters are grid-tie only and some are off-grid plus grid-tie so if you are at risk when the grid is down you'll want a backup system.

Electric water heater? Use a water heater timer. As a single tight wad, mine is set for minimum possible setting. It heats about 1 1/2hrs a day unless I flip it on for multiple loads of laundry/shower. Available at the big box hardware stores.

Your house is so bright and pretty!❤

They make a DC water heater element Missouri wind and solar sell them It install in your electric water heater tank and connect directly to a solar panel

The key is, the solar came with the house, smart buy!

"Do what you can with what you've got" is my motto, especially going ahead. My husband is retiring this Friday so we will have to double down on our frugal living. So glad to have rediscovered you, as i followed you 2 or 3 years ago. Resubscribed. PS: we're in the UK; pretty cold winters so most people with water storage heaters have insulated jackets on them and build a cupboard around them. I love what you do, many thanks 😊

Nice going, love it. Consume less, waste nothing, conserve everything. Dogs & aerosol whip cream (a splurge), simple joys 🤣.

I had a thought: I bet adobe filled 'sand bags', surrounding the exposed sides of the house, about three ft high, might help. Maybe. I am going to get a kiddie pool, paint it black, for passive heated water. I suspect all grid charges are going to go up. Wishing You and Yours All Good Things! Good luck on the savings.

You could plug the refrigerator into a small inexpensive timer rated, for the correct wattage, that would plug into the outlet. They can be set to automatically turn it on and off. I'm thinking that it might use less energy if it were just set to the highest temperatures that are acceptable and just leave it plugged in.

Love your money saving advice, but the dogs are absolutely fabulous and always my favorite part of the video!.

❤ the whipping cream was so funny to watch. Thanks for another great video. ☺️

You've done such a good job with the house from what I'm seeing in the background.

Look into installing mini-split AC/ heat pumps. Use very little power and don't waste any heat or air conditioning going through ducts.

Interesting, very interesting. We live where our KWH rate is .08. But I remember trying to reason with an aunt who lived in Florida and turned the AC off at night. OMG, the house got to be like 90 and was terrible. Then, in the morning they turned the AC back on and the system ran constantly for hours trying to catch up. Our power company did a study and said that it would be cheaper to set the AC at a higher temp and just leave the thermostat there, rather than the up and down thing. Your water heater is probably 30 or 40 gallons. In three days, it probably gets to room temp. Maybe turning it down to 100 degrees and leaving it there would be cheaper than trying to raise the temp of 30 or 40 gallons of water 50 degrees would be more cost effective. I don't know - could be an interesting experiment. Needless to say, your rate for electricity in California is ridiculous! Taxes are too. Great video and I love the whipped cream thing with the dogs.

Prepper Princess Im not sure if you get to keep the Solar Generators (Sogens) that you review or if you have to send them back. Another way you can save on your electric bill is to have a Transfer Switch wired to your breaker and have in mind which circuits you would like to power directly from the sogen all without messing with extension cords or anything like that.