How to reduce electricity consumption

If your energy costs you are not confused and you do not want to save rubles and kopecks, these tips you will not be useful. Responsible owner, this article will help you find out if everything in the economy is optimized for rational use of electricity.

If you do not zhzhote light of day and night and do not try to cool the air-conditioning the entire neighborhood, your electricity costs is not significantly reduced. However, as a result of reasonable economy for the year it accumulates a good amount.

To follow some of the tips will be enough to carefully analyze and change some habits. Other recommendations will require certain actions for the reconstruction of apartments and additional costs. For example, the purchase of new lamps. But the costs will pay off quickly and will save.

Lighting

This is one of the major consumers of electricity. Light we use every day. But as rational?

saving bulbs

Let us see how these lamps are economical. A calculator and count.

Familiar incandescent bulb of 100 watts can be replaced

LED lamp the same brightness with consumption of 12 watts. Let us see how these 88 W can save, if, on average during the year light bulb burns 4 hours per day:

0.088 kW hr × 4 × 365 days = 128.5 kWh.

Or in cash at the rate of 3.5 rubles / kWh.:

128.5 kWh × 3,5 rub. / KWh = 450 rubles.

Please note: we calculated the economic benefit from the use of just one lamp. And if the house of ten? Amount immediately increased to 4500 rubles. Impressive.

local coverage

Chandelier hanging in the center of a large room - a beautiful thing, but as a source of light is not very effective. Far corners covered enough. Often the owners are trying to compensate for this by using a chandelier in a more powerful lamp. Counter spinning faster, but the corners are still in the shadows.

It is much wiser to use the local lighting. A small lamp or even a lamp on the clothespin cope with the task better and spend less electricity. Comfortable desk lamp on the bedside table, a floor lamp near the chair, portable lamps - all this saves electricity and saves your eyesight.

clean ceiling

This advice is banal, but always relevant. Plafones dust can absorb up to 30% of the luminous flux. Choose: spend 10 minutes trying to wipe the dust, or work on counter.

Appliances

You can often find radical and therefore unrealistic advice. For example, buy only the economical class A ++ appliances. That's just it is not always possible at least because of the insane prices of these devices. They will pay off only in 50 years. Agree, is not an option.

Let's look at how to reduce energy consumption with the technology that already exists.

Refrigerator

This is one of the few appliances that included 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Refrigerator is a heat pump. It pumps heat from outside the internal volume of the refrigerator. Consequently, the device will work more economical, less heat gets inside it. Therefore:

1. Try to use the refrigerator so that the door was open as little as possible. Spoon products in a convenient manner, on a quest to not go away for half an hour.
2. Do not put into the hot pan, let them cool down previously.
3. All containers of products should be with lids. Water vapor in the condensation allocates enormous energy, then it settles on the walls and converted into ice. In this case, too, heat is released. defrost system melts the ice formed, for which additional power is consumed again. The steam in the fridge - it's evil.
4. If the refrigerator is placed next to the heating pipe, buy the construction hypermarket insulation tube and wrap it. Refrigerator exterior heat only harm.
5. In the cold season, you can reduce the load on the refrigerator and of the products stored in the balcony.

refrigerators very different, so it's hard to name a specific amount saved. But suppose that as a result of your efforts refrigerator began to spend 15% less electricity. This means that it is now almost two months of the year he works on energy savings.

Plate

If your kitchen is equipped with a gas stove, less hassle. But also try to use it so as not to overheat the air in the kitchen and do not saturate it with steam.

Electric stove - this is one of the most power hungry devices in the home. If it is correct to use it, you can save a significant amount:

1. Include only the plate during cooking and use the lowest power level.
2. Try to always cover the lid preparing meals, since the evaporation of water requires a lot of energy.
3. Electric Kettle economical than conventional, use it. He has less heat loss, and still it turns off automatically.
4. Do not pour a full kettle if an amount of boiling water there is no need. Rational boil as much water as needed to make tea or coffee.
5. Multivarka particularly economical. If you have not got it, buy. It automatically maintains the cooking temperature at the minimum sufficient level and is turned off immediately after the end of the program.

Water Heater

Water has a high heat capacity, so its heating consumes a lot of electricity. In order not to waste it in vain, try these tips:

1. Set the temperature control to the minimum required water heating. With this heat loss operation will be the lowest.
2. Close the hot water tap, if not using it.
3. Leaving the house for a few days, turn off the water heater completely.

Various electrical appliances

The most significant savings makes efficient use of major power consumers. But on the little things can well save.

Modem, and all sorts of stuff

It would seem a mere trifle. But let's first calculate.

Most modems Power consumption - about 6-10 watts. In the year spent 0,007 kW × 24 hours × 365 days = 61.3 kWh. It is more than 200 rubles.

And how much time you are using the modem? During the day you are at work, and in the evening surf from your smartphone. As a result, the modem is almost not needed, but it works all the time. It is better to include it only in conjunction with a computer.

Such unused devices that are continuously incorporated into the network, can be found in every home: radio, stereos, game consoles, satellite receivers. Walk around the house and turn off what you use rarely.

Regular maintenance of machinery

Yes, often recommendations machinery manufacturers greatly complicate and increase the cost of living, if followed literally. But let matters take their course - this is the other extreme.

The task is not to scrupulously implement the recommendations. Much more practical to maintain the equipment in optimum condition. Here are some of the obvious measures that promote the rational use of electricity:

1. Periodically cleaned from scale washing machine, kettle and coffeemaker.
2. Regularly remove the dust from the computer system unit.
3. Shake accumulated dust from the vacuum cleaner before it is filled to capacity.
4. Clean air conditioner filters.
5. Defrost the refrigerator.