20 Electricians Tips to Cut Your Power Bill
Do you dread the thought of that power bill coming? If so, consider ways in which you can cut back on your use of electricity. You don’t have to be cold all winter in order to save. There are many easy ways in which you can lessen the use of power without being inconvenienced. Here are 20 electricians tips.
- Choose heaters and other appliances by their star ratings. Avoid fan heaters which are very hard on power.
- Dry clothes on the clothesline, a veranda line or a clothes airer inside, rather than using a tumble dryer, as these gobble power up.
- Use cold water for doing the laundry.
- Have solar assisted hot water, with the electric boost set to cut in during off-peak times.
- A lot of heat is lost through windows. Dark or rubber back fabric is good for curtains to keep heat in the house.
- Sliding windows and doors have a gap in the middle where air can escape. You can get sealing tape to minimise loss in this way.
- Use a sausage at the base of the doors, especially external ones.
- Look for gaps around the edges of doors. Wait until dark and have someone shine a torch from outside to inside. If there’s a gap, you’ll see the light from the inside. Use gap-filler tape available from hardware stores to seal it.
