Simple tips to save Electricity in your home
Scientists say that saving electricity is equal to saving the world from destruction. Here are some simple tips to save electricity at your home.
- Use CFL bulbs in your home. It consumes less power compared to traditional bulbs and tube lights. A CFL bulb of 20- 30 watt can give the light, which is equal to the light given by100 watt traditional bulb.
- Switch on bulbs only when it is necessary. If you have sufficient natural light then switch off bulbs.
- We have to use our knowledge while using refrigerators. It is bit difficult to save electricity in refrigerators because we rarely switch off them. Just follow these simple steps :
· There should be proper distance between refrigerator’s place and wall because there should be sufficient place for hot air to go out from refrigerator.
· Don’t keep refrigerator in a place where sunrays directly enters the home. And also don’t keep it near gas stoves, ovens.
· Don’t open the door of the refrigerator frequently and unnecessarily. Make sure that the door is closed properly.
· Don’t keep any hot items directly into the fridge, because fridge consumes more power to cool hot items. First allow them to cool and keep inside the refrigerator.
· Never keep cooler and freezer empty. If it is empty, then keep water jugs or water bottles inside it.
4. Now it comes to televisions. Keep in mind that if TV is bigger in size, it consumes more power. Plasma TVs require more power than LCD TVs. LCD TVs require more power than LED TVs.
When you are not watching TV or not using sound system, then switch off it. Don’t keep it in stand by mode; because When a TV is in stand by mode, it consumes more power.
5. Not only TV, Switch off all electronic items when they are not in use.
6. Air conditioners are more power eaters than any other electronic items. Its air compressor requires more power. Window AC requires less power compared to split AC. So keep this point while buying an AC. Clean its filter frequently. We can save power also AC’s work efficiency increases. It is better to use fans more than ACs.
7. Water heaters : It requires 3000 watt of power for one time hot water bath. A water heater’s thermo stat automatically cuts off when water inside it reaches a particular heat level. If this hot water is not used before it gets cool, again thermo stat starts and again coil becomes hot. This leads to waste of power. Follow these simple steps while using water heater –
→ Switch on the water heater ten minutes before taking bath. Use this hot water and if you want more hot water, switch on the heater again.
→ Check the surface of water heater frequently by touching it. If its surface is too hot, it means heater is wasting the power and replace it immediately.
→ Use solar water heater. Though initial investment for solar is costly, but we can get profit in the long run. We can get free hot water and also we can save more power.
8. Iron boxes : An iron box initially requires 700 to 1100 watts of power to get heated. Once iron plate gets heated its thermostat automatically cuts off and when it becomes cool, thermostat again starts. This facility saves the power. Don’t sprinkle water on clothes and don’t iron wet clothes because it consumes more power. Instead of ironing one or two pair of clothes daily, collect washed and clean clothes and iron it once or twice a week.
9. Kitchen Items : Usually kitchen items consume less power but it adds to the current bill right?
→ If an item is small, consumption of power is also less. So instead of using food processors you can use hand blenders.
→ Use toaster grills instead of oven. If there is a necessity of using the oven then heat 3 – 4 items at a time.
→ Micro ovens are better than any other ovens, because in micro oven there will not be wastage of power in pre heating and also food items get heated very quickly.
10. Shut down computers and laptops after using them. When they are not in use, switch off the monitor or keep them in sleeping mode.
11. Always use electric or electronic items that have high energy star ratings.
12. Instead of using dryers for drying clothes, it is better to hang them in sunlight.
13. Use washing machines when there are more clothes to wash. Use washing machine which has timer facility.
14. Unplug the charger when camera, mobile phones or laptop gets fully charged.
15. Check for the earthing system of the house frequently.
16. Use quality wires while wiring.
If we follow all these methods we can save electricity thus by contributing to save the world.
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