How to save electricity?

[Funz]

My bill is rather high as well. Usually in the $300+. We have the aircon turned on every night in 3 bedrooms. We cook daily and have a garden full of plants to water. So needless to say, gas and water consumption is way above average too. On top of that, I bake rather frequently so that contributes to the electricity bills.


We used to have a dryer but I got rid of that when it broke down. My maid has been complaining about clothes not drying well in rainy seasons but I refuse to get another dryer as she will use the dryer everyday even when I told her not to. Once I got rid of the dryer, saw that the electricity consumption went down.

[Busymom]

Ours are very high compared to what most are paying, based on what I found out from this forum sometime last year. Sad to say, while the amount has come down, it is still quite out of the range.


Have now decided to install a fan in every room and hopefully things will be better next year... although I doubt. :moneyflies:

[Funz]

Busymom:

Ours are very high compared to what most are paying, based on what I found out from this forum sometime last year. Sad to say, while the amount has come down, it is still quite out of the range.


Have now decided to install a fan in every room and hopefully things will be better next year... although I doubt. :moneyflies:

You have quite a few people at home right? Mine 5 of us including maid and it is usually $300+ at time even $400. How much is your bill now?

[Busymom]

Funz:

Busymom:

Ours are very high compared to what most are paying, based on what I found out from this forum sometime last year. Sad to say, while the amount has come down, it is still quite out of the range.


Have now decided to install a fan in every room and hopefully things will be better next year... although I doubt. :moneyflies:

You have quite a few people at home right? Mine 5 of us including maid and it is usually $300+ at time even $400. How much is your bill now?

We have 5 + 2 maids... In March, PILs came for a week and I heard DH mumbling the bill for that month was $500-$600. Not sure if coincidence or not.

[Imami]

Dawnie:

What goes up don't come down. This applies to PUB bills.

My PUB bill usually around $90-100, but during the period when I was on maternity leave, the bill went up to about $120-$150 as I on the aircon during the day. But after I went back from maternity, the bill never came down.

Kekeke… for my case, it does come down. I always suspect that the consumption is higher whenever my husband is around at home e.g. he turn on his laptop to work the whole day, charging his iphone almost everyday. It proved me right when there was a time when he was away for close to two months. The first month he was away, the bill dropped to about $50 (the bill cycle started while he was still in sg) and the second month, it was below $40 (he was away for the whole bill cycle). When he came back, it shot back to around $70.

[Funz]

Busymom:

Funz:

Have now decided to install a fan in every room and hopefully things will be better next year... although I doubt. :moneyflies:

You have quite a few people at home right? Mine 5 of us including maid and it is usually $300+ at time even $400. How much is your bill now?

We have 5 + 2 maids... In March, PILs came for a week and I heard DH mumbling the bill for that month was $500-$600. Not sure if coincidence or not. [/quote]

Yah whenever my parents come over to stay, DH will be grumbling that the water bill especially will jump. Told him naturally, 2 more persons showering, drinking water. Hah. And because my parents are home the whole day we gotta cook a bit more during lunch. And since my parents are at my place, my sis will drop by for dinner more often also. So all these adds up. But conversely, electric bill will go down slightly as my parents will not turn on the aircon and kiddos will be bunking with us so only 1 aircon used at night.

[atrecord]

Imami:

Atrecord, how is your water heater system like? Those storage tank type or the instant water heater kind?

I reckon my storage water heater is eating up much of the electricity charges we pay each month. That tv too... (we used to have a 29\" tv but now we are having a 42\").

How about the washer? Top load or front load?

Heater is by gas, and ... actually i don't know much of it, come to think of it. It does take a while before water will turn warm after turning on the tap though... confirmed not instant heater, and I don't see a tank too.

as for TV, if it was a CRT 29\" previously and it's now a 42\" LCD or LED, then chances are that it should be consuming significantly less electricity instead. At least that's the theory.

washer is top load. We got one of the few three-tick top load 9kg washer, but it's not a good choice, in my opinion.

[limlim]

Imami:

What happens when we set the airocn at 27-28 deg? Does it necessarily mean lower charges?

I have a friend who turn on one aircon every night. He said that there is a jump in electricity charges when the aircon is set at 25 deg vs 24deg (the jump is about $35).

The lower the temperature setting, the harder the aircon have to work, and the more power it consumes.

Every 1 deg lower will consume about ~20% more electricity, IIRC, from PUB website.

[atrecord]

limlim:

The lower the temperature setting, the harder the aircon have to work, and the more power it consumes.

Every 1 deg lower will consume about ~20% more electricity, IIRC, from PUB website.

Really?? Then a difference of 5 deg C will mean doubling the electricity needed and costs required!

My fridge says freezer is -16 deg C. sure consume a lot of electricity...

[Harlequin]

Whoa! I am really ashamed.... my monthly PUB bill is in the average of $1100 to $1500. Never below $1k.... no gas but with 8 units of sanitary appliance fee :lightrod:


I better repent before the next Earth Hours Day.