9 Things Quietly Running Up Your Electric Bill This Winter (and the Free Fix for Each)

9 Things Quietly Running Up Your Electric Bill This Winter (and the Free Fix for Each) Donna's Home Book, sixty ways to a smaller bill and a house that's easier after 60 (it helps support me and my small channel), and a free chapter: donnafixes.com Sitting in the dark in a sweater barely moves the electric bill, because the money is going to things running in rooms you aren't in. Donna, who spent forty-one years keeping four hundred Chicago apartments warm, counts down nine quiet winter power drains from the lamp bulbs and the dishwasher's heated dry button to the spare-room standby lights, the forgotten dehumidifier, the thermostat fan switch, the second fridge, and the plug-in heater. She also covers the supply line on the bill that hardly anybody reads. Each one comes with a quick check you can do at home and a fix that costs nothing. You'll walk away knowing how to find your daily kilowatt hour number, what to ask your utility, and which free change to make first. 0:00 Intro 1:13 Bulbs and Dishwasher 3:11 Standby Power Drain 4:38 Winter Dehumidifier Test 6:22 Furnace Fan Setting 8:08 The Second Fridge 9:59 Plug-In Heater Costs 11:50 Supply Line and Reading Bills