Tag Archives: heat pump

Pam Owns Her Own Business And Wants To Reduce Her Business Debt

“Dear Steve, I am a self-employed home owner with $85,000 in business debt and $130,000 in home debt. We have about $30,000 in equity on our home. We make +/- 100,000 per year. Half of that goes toward the business and the other half we live on. Should we sell our house and rent? We [...]

Solar Panel Update – Installation Day

Well today is supposed to be the day that solar panel installation begins on my roof. I’m looking forward to this being completed. Yesterday the final panel layout was finalized. Images below. The process of getting this far has been tiring. We started with just your normal house and had a whole house fan installed, [...]

Video Review of Cool-N-Save Heat Pump Energy Saver

I’ve mentioned a little unit that I purchased to see if I could lower our energy consumption from one of our heat pumps. It is a little device called the Cool-N-Save and it operates by cooling the air that flows over the fins of the heat pump. You can read the study conducted by Tulane [...]

I’m Saving Money But Having Fun, Without Being Frugal. All So I Don’t Have to Work.

First off, let me be perfectly clear that I think that being too frugal, sucks. I remember some time ago I was chatting with my friend Michelle Singeltary, who writes for the Washington Post, and she was telling me about all sorts of frugal tips readers had shared with her. Right or wrong, I am [...]