Just some tips that we can take to reduce the price of our bills, some well known but other not so. This is a case of every little helps, come the end of the year you will have saved money. I've done these and they do work :)
:tick: Light bulbs, OK we should all know about this one already, LED are the most efficient and cheapest to run.
:tick: Fridge/Freezers they are on all the time, modern units take considerably less power to run.
:tick: TV backlight, by turning down the backlight brightness on your TV you can half it's power consumption, I dropped my TV power consumption from 90 to 40 watts. ( only works with LED and some florescent TV's, look in your TV's menu for backlight brightness setting ).
:tick: Washing machines, some cheaper machines take considerably more power than others, when buying a new machine seriously look at its efficiency rating.
:tick: Boiling the kettle, kettles take a lot of power, only fill it to the level of water you need.
I have others but that will do for now.
Please feel free to add any more tips that you have found and put a tick in front of your tip.
Very good idea for a thread :thumbsup:
I'll swap to LED as mine go for lights.
I might be picking up a new washing machine in a month or two, so will check the energy rating.
The kettle thing I already do.
:tick: Only one to add at the moment and that is is to have a shower instead of a bath. Saves water and heating. I now have a shower, which is one of the reasons I chose this bungalow 8)
That's a good one Freddy :thumbsup:
:tick: The laundry, get the right detergent then you can wash your clothes at 30ºC.
:tick: Solar power, use it where you can, many outside light are solar these days, security lights, garden lights, standard outside lights.
:tick: Home insulation, Loft insulation including the loft hatch, cavity wall insulation, double glazing, draft excluders, shutting the curtains.
:tick: Don't leave things on standby - switch them of at the wall, the PC is particularly bad at this, putting it to sleep can still use the same amount of power as 5 to 6 LED light bulbs.
I have my PC and peripherals all going to one surge protector, so now I can turn them all off at night :thumbsup:
Quote from: Freddy on February 23, 2019, 11:49:21 AM
I have my PC and peripherals all going to one surge protector, so now I can turn them all off at night :thumbsup:
That's a good way of doing it Freddy, I have the same kind of thing here 8)