Hangin' it out to dry - Saving money with Solar!
Every year we try to take measures to reduce our electrical load. In six years in our house we have brought our bills down 41%.
Last year I invested $65 and purchased an umbrella-style clothesline. Now I know some of you won't want to do this, but we saved about $350 last year not running our 220 electric dryer and also not putting that dryer heat into the house.
Plus it did me good to have to get up off the sofa every hour and go outside and hang the laundry. I tend to put things out in the late afternoon or at night so that colors don't fade
We also had to switch to an all natural laundry soap. We found that TIDE and CHEER left a residue on our clothes that wouldn't come out. Something we didn't notice when we were baking our clothes in the hot dryer.
So before you consider frying your clothes and making your AC work harder this Spring and Summer, consider putting $65 on the line and getting out in the fresh air. Your clothes will smell great and you'll free good when your energy bill comes in next month!
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