MIDWAY,FL.(WTXL)-- With the summer here, it might be time to start thinking about your utility bill. Running your air conditioner on full blast at all hours can cause rates to sky-rocket.
Monday, Greg Lawrence and Mark Parrillo from the City of Thomasville were here to give us some tips to keep those bills down.
They say you should set your air conditioning unit to 78 degrees or higher and to use a fan to keep the air moving.
Other trips include:
• Setting your AC 5-10 degrees warmer for when you go out. It does not use more energy to bring your home back to the desired temperature, once it has heated up substantially, than it does to keep it at that temperature level.
• Close the vents to rooms that are not in use.
• Check your AC ducts to ensure there are no leaks.
• Adjust your shades, blinds, draperies and awnings to block the sun's rays.
• Try using cool water to wash clothes.
• Turn down your hot water heater. Your water heater may be heating your water much hotter than necessary.
• Turn off lights and appliances when they are not in use. Many appliances still use electricity – even when they are in stand-by mode – so unplug them when possible.
• Use lower wattage bulbs or energy-saver bulb.
