How to Save on Electric Bill.
In the wake of the latest changes in the electricity sector, save on your electricity bill must seem little more than an Odyssey.
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How to Save on Electric Bill |
Possible changes in root
First of all we must go to the root of the problem. Do you know what you have contracted? The best for your needs or you're paying for something you don't need?
It is important that we have the power adjusted to our needs, otherwise we will be paying more. If we reduce kW hired, even if we continue at the same rate (for example, if go of 4.6 to 3.45 kW) applies to us the same price but we multiply it by a number of smaller kW. If the reduction makes us change rate (say from 10.3 kW - rate 2.1a - to 9.2 kW - tarifa 2.0a, for less than 10 kW-) that lower number, also would add the savings of having a lower price by which multiply it.
You can ask your marketing-oriented so that you advise on what can be your ideal power.
Other changes that could bring you savings is to move to a tariff with time discrimination. You must ask yourself if you should or not according to your way of eating.
How to Save on Electric Bill
Finally, check your bill if you are paying for maintenance services or similar. You may never need to them (or that when you need them do not cover you what has happened to you) with an envelope which is cost you pay unnecessarily.Tips to reduce your consumption
Once checked all of the above, and although currently, in general, the price we pay for consumed energy is not as high in comparison with the power, touch note how reduce kWh consumed.
Here are 10 useful tricks:
1 remove the stand-by. Use strips to completely switch off the appliances that may not turn off at all by themselves.
2 fits your home lighting each time and choose lamp suitable for each area, if possible low consumption.
3 takes advantage of the heat of the oven or glass-ceramic cooking several things at the same time or one after the other and turn them off a little earlier than necessary so that food will finish cooking with the residual heat.
4. whenever possible, use short wash programs cold in the washing machine and dishwasher.
5. do not put hot food in the fridge, you raise the temperature and impedirás the other things to cool properly. When you thaw passing food to the refrigerator instead of letting it out, thus the appliance leverages the cold that follows.
6. If you have heating, insulates properly doors and windows to avoid losing the cold or the heat.
7. If you have air conditioning seeks not lower than 25 ° C and turn off 30 minutes before leaving home. Residual cold will be more than enough and your body will begin to adjust to the outside temperature, avoiding colds.
8 use the devices only when you need them. Usually of a unit spends more to put it in March that leaving it on constantly although to lower power (the classic example would be the heating) is an urban legend.
9. If your equipment is not settable buy programmers in hardware stores or superstores to control their use (e.g. in terms of hot water).
10. If you buy a new appliance bet by the possible highest energy class. It may be one slightly larger investment now but you amortizarás it quickly.
Besides all this you can check out the price you are applying you according to your access rate. For the 2.0a and 2.0DHA (up to 10 kW of power and non-time discrimination respectively) the most competitive rate is the TUR (last resort tariff).
And remember, if they offer any discounts asks all conditions in writing, study them calmly and look good in the small print.