Do you save electricity? What are the tips for saving?
By ajithlal
@ajithlal (14716)
India
5 responses
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
14 Apr 09
I wash in cold water. I also use the fluorescent lights instead of incandescent lights. I keep the lights off in the rooms I am not in. Put the lid on and reduce to simmer once you bring something up to boiling point. You can also use slow cookers. Keep the blinds open and let the light in as much as possible instead of turning on the light switch.
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@nainesh1 (1656)
• India
14 Apr 09
Yes we must definitely save the electricity to keep the environment cleaner and save some natural resources for our next generations. We should clean the tube lights every month so it gives more light and consumes less energy. Use of CFL is also advisable. When we are not using the appliances like fans, AC s, lights they shoud be switched off. Refrigerator should be defrosted once in a month if you are not using frost free refrigerator. All electric appliances should be serviced once in a year.
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@posham (1236)
• Philippines
29 Oct 09
Just unplug anything that you're not using, just like tv... Even if it's turned off, if you don't unplug it, it uses up about 40% of what is spent when it is on. You may also want to try better energy saving appliances...
Hope this helps.
"to express, not to impress"
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@MysticTomatoes (1053)
• United States
14 Apr 09
I keep my ceiling fan on pretty much all the time. It helps keep the room cooler during the summer and warmer during the winter which saves on me using my AC or my heater.
I am bad about leaving lights on in rooms I leave. So I've tried to make myself turn lights off before I leave a room. My husband and I have a jar in the kitchen that every time we see a light on, one of us turns it off and we have to put a dime in that jar. Then when that jar starts getting full, we can cash it in and go play or something with it.
We have also switched to CFL bulbs. We also unplug appliances and chargers when they are not being used. The LED clock on the microwave is an energy waster as is leaving extention cords and phone chargers plugged in when they aren't being used. We unplug our TVs and our washer and dryer before we leave for vacation and make sure that the night light we have in the bathroom is unplugged during the day also. We also unplug our baby monitors when our DD isn't asleep.
Also, we insulated our doors with the door jamb strips and the bottom threshold strips that help keep air out.
Just simple things like this help.
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@Dunkelweizen (75)
• United States
11 Jan 12
I try to save electricity by opening my blinds during the day so that I don't need to have the lights on, and also making sure I turn off the lights in rooms I don't use at night. We have electric heat, so we keep it turned down to about 61 F during the winter, and only run the A/C units in the summer when the heat becomes unbearable (usually no cooler than 80 F).
One often overlooked method of saving electricity involves the fridge and freezer. The more items you have in your fridge/freezer, the more efficient it will be at staying cool. This is because all of the items will act as an insulating layer inside the fridge, holding onto the cooler temperatures. We keep bags of ice and water bottles throughout the fridge and freezer so that they can work at maximum efficiency.







