How to use less electricity
Firstly it is helpful to know how much electricity you are using, how much does it cost to boil a kettle, how much electricity your appliances are using while on standby?
The
Efergy Elite Energy Meter only £29.99 from Maplin which measures your
energy consumption, is a great way of keeping track of how much electricity you are consuming. When you can actually see how much you are using every time you switch on the TV or make a cup of coffee, it will make you think twice.
The
Efergy Elite Energy Meter only £29.99 from Maplin Home CO2 meter is a monitor which is portable, so you can take from room to room to see at a glance which appliances are using the most electricity. Each year the average UK household spends: £36 running a tumble dryer £27 running a washing machine £70 on lighting £40 operating a dishwasher £30 powering a basic computer £60 running a fridge-freezer
In the UK each year, stereos on standby cost £290m, and produce 1.6m tons of CO2 and TVs on standby cost £88m and produce 480,000 tons of CO2.
For every pound saved on an electricity bill, you also save 6kg of carbon dioxide, which is what a coal-fired generating plant would emit while making this much power.
The monitor records electricity consumption and converts it into a monetary value, based on the cost price of your electricity. This is recorded by day, week and month, and updates every six seconds, so you can easily see the cost of turning on the tv or making a cup of coffee.
The data collected is stored in the internal memory, and up to 2 years past data can be seen by scrolling through the records.
It is a good idea to use the popular price comparison websites to compare electricity prices and to double check that you are on the lowest priced tariff possible and switch providers if need be, but don't stop there you can further reduce your
energy bills by using this handy little device.
You will be amazed at the savings that can be made.
Gas and electricity prices are set to increase further so why wait to make savings, start today and buy this handy
energy saving meter. We all want the cheapest electric bills possible, so start making savings today.