How To Save Electricity in Iron Box

It will cause the reading to increase at great speed if you iron your clothes daily before going to office. Avoid ironing daily and do it once in a week. You can save both time and electricity by this.

• Turn on the iron box only after keeping all the clothes to be ironed. Don’t go for any other work while ironing.
• Iron the clothes that need less heat first before ironing those that need much heat. Select the regulator position according to the type of the fabric.
• Automatic iron boxes that switches off automatically, is now available commonly. The electricity used by such iron boxes is also less.
• If you use water while ironing, take care not to increase the amount of water.
• Iron the clothes only after it is completely dry.
• New model iron boxes that consume very less amount f electricity is now available in the market. Even though they cost a bit more, it can save a lot in future.

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How To Save Electricity in Mixers and grinders

• Both these appliances are not used in the proper manner in most of the houses. Use its full capacity. But don’t fill it with things that don’t fit in it. It will increase the work load and the heat of the machine. It will decrease the lifespan of the machine.
• Use mixers that are capable of showing overloads.
• The blades and jars within the mixer for each purpose must be used properly. If not used the correct jar for each purpose, there will be electricity loss.
• The blades of the mixer can get eroded with time. Change it if needed.
• While grinding things, take only the necessary amount of water in the jar.

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How To Save Electricity in Water Pump

• In most houses both water and electricity is wasted while pumping water into the tank. The motor is usually switched off when water overflows from the tank. That much water and electricity is lost.

There is a solution to overcome this problem. Find the time required for the tank to be completely filled. Set the alarm ½ minute before the tank is completely filled. As soon as the alarm rings, switch off the tank.

• Many things are to be noted while fixing the motor. The twists on the pipe should be reduced maximum. The foot valve should have large diameter and contain lots of pores in it.
• Rewind motors use more electricity. They use 30% more electricity.
• The capacity of the motor must be as much required. The motors having more capacity will use more electricity.
• The position of the pump within the well must not exceed more than 3 meters from the water level. If the motor is placed at great heights it will use more electricity and the amount of water pumped will also be less.

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How To Save Electricity in Refrigerator

• Try to understand that each home appliance is meant for your needs to be fulfilled, not to show pomp. Hence buy a fridge that is required according to the number of members in your family.
• The fridges of five star rates need only a little electricity for its functioning.
• The amount of electricity consumed by frost free type refrigerators is comparatively high.
• Keep the food items closed in the fridge. The humidity produced by open food items will make the compressor to work more.
• More electricity is consumed if ice gets accumulated. So defrost the freezer occasionally.
• Electricity is used most from six to ten during night. If the fridge is switched off during this peek time at least for an hour you can save electricity. The things inside the fridge won’t get damaged by switching it off for an hour.
• The condenser coil in the backside is used to carry the heat within the refrigerator while cooling the inside. So in order to get air circulation the fridge must be kept at a distance of about 15cm from the walls on the back and sides. The condenser coil should also be kept dust free.
• The food items should be placed on the different racks depending on how much it should be cool.
• Make sure that the door of the refrigerator is closed airtight.
• Don’t keep the food items within the refrigerator when it is hot.
• Most of the people think of what to take from the refrigerator only after opening it. It will loss a lot of energy.
• Don’t keep the fridge open for a long time. Don’t open it several times also- especially during peek hours.
• Don’t keep too much of things inside the refrigerator. It will cause the fridge not to be completely closed. It will cause energy loss.

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How To Save Electricity in Ceiling Fan

Make sure that the leaves of the fan are at a distance of at least 1 meter from the ceiling while fixing it. Examine weather the leaves are attached at the correct slanting.

• Use high quality electronic regulators instead of the ordinary ones.
• Changing the fan speed occasionally will cause more consumption of electricity.
• It’s better to use exhaust fans in rooms having greater heights.
• The motor will have more load if the weight of the fan is great thereby causing a damage.
• Buying low cost fans for less profit can cause a lot of loss. Consider the cost of a 60 watt fan to be Rs.1050. If used it for 365 days daily for 10 hours, it uses 219 units of electricity.

The current charge for one year if estimated Rs.3 for 1 unit is Rs.657. Consider that you had bought a fan with 110 watt. Then it will cost only half of it.ie.Rs.500. Can you estimate the loss caused by this fan.

This fan will use about 401 units for 365 days. The amount you have to pay for one year is Rs.1203. Then the difference is Rs.366.

A profit of Rs.1830 can be made in a house having five such fans within one year.

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How To Save Electricity in Washing machine

• Wash the unnecessary clothes once within two days. It will save both water and electricity.
• The washing machines that are capable of heating the water within them are not needed for the climate of Kerala. It requires more electricity also.
• Put the clothes in the complete capacity as instructed. Start using it only when the machine is filled. Washing more clothes in one turn will clean the clothes more easily than washing fewer clothes in two turns.
• Fill the water as instructed.
• Use washing machines with timers.
• Don’t use detergents than required.
• Wash the clothes with more dirt by first soaking them in hot water.
• In summer season avoid using the drier and allow the clothes to dry in sunlight.

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How To Save Electricity in Air Conditioner

• Select ACs with automatic temperature cut off.
• Close the windows and doors properly. Close all the gaps of the room through which air from outside gets into it.
• It’s good to use sun films or curtains on the windows. By doing this you can save 25 to 50% of electricity.
• Provide necessary gap between the AC and wall for air circulation.
• Don’t place a TV or electric lamp near the thermostat of the AC. The heat from such appliances will affect the thermostat thereby increasing the consumption of electricity.
• Setting the thermostat two or three degrees less than the atmospheric temperature will decrease the use of electricity.

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How To Save Electricity in Mobile

Even if the mobile is completely charged the switch is kept on by most of the people that cause at least a small loss of energy.

• The small LED lights on the charger will also consume electricity in small amounts.
• Use the original charger provided by mobile companies.
• Take an oath not to talk unnecessarily on mobiles.

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How To Save Electricity in Oven

• Preheating the oven will cause the loss in energy.
• Opening the oven several times to check whether the food is cooked will let the heat to flow out thereby increasing the use of electricity.
• Turn off the electric stove just a few minutes before the food is completely cooked. The heat on it can cook the food even if it is turned off.
• You can save flat bottomed vessels for cooking that decreases the consumption of electricity.

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How To Reduce Electricity Consumption by Television

• Switch on the TV only if you want to watch it. Turn off the TV while talking. Discourage children to watch TV for a long time.
• While turning off the TV using a remote control, most of the people forget to off the switch along with the plug. If a TV is turned off using a remote, it is not completely turned off. Energy will be emitted in very small amounts.
• Allow the power saver mode to work, if your TV contains it.
• More electricity is consumed by TVs having big screens.
• If you use a low watt bulb in the room where the TV is placed, it’s good for your eyes and it will also save electricity.

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How To Reduce Electricity Consumption in Computer

The computer has also got a great role in increasing the current electricity consumption. The computers that are in speed mode through power management systems are not switched off. They will use about 8 to 15 watts of electricity. So switch off the computer completely.

• LCD monitors will save electricity. So try to use them. When a 17 inch LCD monitor uses 35 watts of electricity, the old CRT monitors having the same size will use more than 90 watts of electricity.
• Usually while listening music on computer, the monitor will be switched on. It will cause loss of electricity. Consider the monitor to be switched on for about three hours daily. If it is a CRT monitor it will need more than 90 watts of electricity. The amount of electricity  required for 30 days is 8 units. You can save Rs.24 if Rs.3 is estimated for one unit, by practicing this simple switch off.
• If not used the computer for more than 10 minutes set earlier into power saving mode.
• Dim the brightness of the computer monitor.
• Screen savers can’t save electricity. It will use the same electricity as in the normal case.

The electricity consumption of laptop computers is comparatively less than desktop computers

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How to Reduce Your Electricity Bills - Understand Your Electrical Equipments

Electricity bills have literally left you shocked? 2013 on wards ,if you consume 300 units then price/unit will the exact market price.  Want to reduce your high flying electricity bill? Here we go with some tips to strive towards a shock-free electricity bill:

Find the Consumption of Each Equipment

We can calculate the amount of electricity consumed in home. Find the wattage and the number of hours we use a particular electrical appliance. Find the product of these and then divide it by 1000 to get the units of electricity used by an appliance.

For e.g.: The amount of electricity used by a 90watt fan that works for five hours is 60 ×  5 /1000=03 units.

Time Taken by Different Equipment to Consume 1 unit Electricity 

1 Unit = 1000 watts hour =1 KWH

Equipment           - Time Taken

FAN                    - 16 HRS + 40 MIN

MIXER /MIXCY - 2 HRS +13 MIN

IRON BOX         - 1 HOUR

TV                       - 10 HRS

FRIDGE              - 10 HRS

BULB 100 W      - 10 HRS

CFL BULB          - 90 HRS +55 MIN

TUBE LIGHT      - 23 HRS +15 MIN

WATER PUMB   - 1 HRS+20 MIN

AC                      - 40 MIN

* Data can be not accurate ,approximate value is taken .

Source : Kerala Electricty Board and National Renewable Energy Laboratory 

When the Voltage Varies..

Electric mishaps are on a ride during rainy season. A light protector caution can prevent both the disaster and the electricity consumption.At times, we can see lights glowing with unprecedented radiance. Excess voltage accounts for this. This may cause electronic devices to burst and may even cause an outbreak of fire.

Excess voltage occurs due to umpteen reasons. If the link in the three face meter breaks…or if a supply is being taken to the vicinity…or if the cable lines oscillate…or if the fuse connection in transformer neutral accumulates verdigris… all these results in a rise in voltage. If you feel like something is wrong, switch off the main switch. Inform the same at the electricity office.

1. Don’t insert or pull out a plug if your hands are damp. Make sure that the switch is in off mode; wear rubber slippers before inserting or pulling out a plug.
2. Switch off the fridge first and then only clean up. Don’t use metal apparatus to remove ice during defreezing.
3. Before changing a bulb, switch off the connection. Avoid being near the bulb while switching it on because bulb is prone to explode in humid atmosphere.

How to Select the Best Appliance from all the Brands and Advertisements

Select the best Appliances

1. How to select the best appliance from all the brands and advertisements? Star rating is the answer for it.
2. Check the standard labelling of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under the central energy ministry.
3. According to it, the appliances with five star rating consume much less electricity.

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