Last summer season, I bought a new window a/c unit. It was my very first air conditioner purchase. Up until then, I had depended on fans and open windows to try to cool things down. However, I got a great deal on a window unit. It only cost me $140, so I thought I would give it a try. My pal and I set it up in less than an hour and, in all honesty, it does do a great job cooling.
Five years ago, I got laid off. It was the peak of the economic crisis, and lots of people were in the exact same boat. Although being out of work was awful, among the biggest shocks that I got arrived in the form of the electrical power costs that we got throughout the summer. I didn’t know just how much cooling cost. Plus, I was home all day so I had the unit running more than when I went to work. We just didn’t have enough cash to deal with such massive bills for the entire summer. So I developed a strategy to reduce my family’s utility expenses while I was out of work. Right here are the steps that we took.