Tips Of The Day

I feel like not to write but I have an assistant to help me today. I would like to thank to Mr Azizi for his writing. I think this might be very interesting article to share with all of you. Enjoy it.

Simple ways to cut your electric bill

We often take our electric bill for granted. And as time goes by, as sure as the sun will rise tomorrow, the bills will creep up. Sadly, even when we see it going up, we just shrug our shoulders and accept that it is the cost of living and maintaining our house. But it ain't necessarily so. I have discovered that I can cut down at least twenty percent of my electric bills by making some simple changes. It does not take much doing but it saved me a lot of money.

Use fluorescent bulbs

Use fluorescent light bulbs instead of incandescent bulbs. They are more efficient and longer lasting. My electric bills have dropped some RM40 per month since I changed to fluorescent bulbs.Use energy efficient light bulbs I realized that saving energy is not a big thing in this country. But these energy efficient bulbs - while being just as bright - can reduce your electric bills in the long run. The manufacturers claim the savings to be over 25%. And that's some big money right there.

Use low wattage light bulbs

For areas that do not need very bright lights and illumination, use low wattage bulbs as they are cheaper to run. Of course, you should also ensure that you do not fix a high watt bulb into a low wattage fixture. For example, putting in a 100 watt bulb into a 60 watt fixture is triple doo-doo. Not only it wastes energy and money, but you also run the chance of damaging the fixture. Banyak rugi loh...

Switch off lights when not in use

Maybe obvious. But guess who is guilty of this? That's right. Yours truly. I often leave lights on even when going out of the room on the basis that I may return in a short while. But often time, I come back two hours later. An expensive two hours, I may add. Not anymore though. I now switch off ALL electric appliances if I'm going out of a room. After all, if it can reduce my bills and save me money, why not? Heck, I'll switch off anything if I can save money by doing so!

Don't set the temperature of your air-conditioner too low

Of course the whole idea of having an air-conditioner is too keep a cool comfortable temperature. But that does not mean that you have to set the temperature down to Arctic conditions. Other than freezing you to death, it is also very expensive. Choose a comfortable temperature setting - say 24 degrees Celsius - and stick with it.You should know that each degree lower drains your wallet.

Use ceiling fans instead of air-conditioners

Ceiling fans are very effective while being a lot cheaper to run. So whenever it is not too hot, switch on the fans instead of the air-con. And according to Consumer Reports in the US, by turning both the air-con and the ceiling fan on, you will also save money. For example, set the air-con at 25 degrees and the fan will reduce the temp by a further two degrees. In other words, the room now is a comfortable 23 degrees. Don't set the temperature of your refrigerator and freezer too low You can turn up the temperature of the fridge and freezer by a couple of degrees and your food will remain as fresh as ever. But your electric bills will go down. You win both ways!Of course, do check the owner's manual as to the recommended setting.

*Practically I did as what Mr Azizi had told me. As a result I managed to save more than 30% of my electricity bill. Then here is the solution. I have 9 bulbs at living, 6 bulbs at dining, 3 bulbs at dry kitchen and 1 fluorescent light at wet kitchen. All are energy saving bulb. 1 dome light at stairway and another 9 bulb at family area. Wah banyaknye mentol. Start buka lampu kat living at around 6.45-7.30 (9 bulb – 180 watt for about 1 hour) then kat porch at 7.30. Then lepas makan, sembahyang maghrib, move ke family area. Kat bawah just bukak lampu kat dry kitchen (3 bulb – 60watt) dan luar (20 watt). At around 9.00pm…hubby akan turun dan tutup all lampu bawah, then tutup 9 bulb at family area (terang giller) dan hanya buka lampu kat tangga. Uisshh kalau tak jadi jutawan jugak lepas ni tak tahu la..heeh tak kan le sebab jimat bil elektrik boleh jadi jutawan ye tak.

But Mr Z is more smart than me sebab masa di install all the lampu rumah, dia dah set up siap2 all the mentol dengan suis. Let say dining dia ada 4 bulbs becoz he already setting up the wiring with one switch he can either klik once for I bulb menyala..sampai klik kali ke 4 semua lampu menyala (the best part lampu kat dining dia dua warm light dua day light so he can choose samaada nak buka putih ke kuning atau dua2 warna at one time) Very practical. With that way he is actually saves more energy. Actually dah pergi kedai lampu yang buat setting tu tapi lampu living sekarang ni kalau nak buat setting 3 bulb at one time kena buka wayarnya satu persatu which is very rigid la kerjanya. So tak jadi. May be next time kalau nak tukar patern lampu beli kat situ then ask them to setting sekali.