How to save electricity?
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Can I check for those heater that are central heating, do the charges fall under Gas or electricity?
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How about modem? It is on 24/7 in our house.. Does it consume alot of electricity? We were told by the service provider guy that it is okay to leave it on 24/7 but i wonder will the box get spoilt by the heat it generated? :roll:
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I have this feeling that all engineers will tell you the same thing. Leave the modem on it will not consume alot of electricity. Now I think back to switch off whatever not in use regardless what service provider tell you.
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Not true, I have been told by my IT friend that laptops, modems, set-top boxes etc consume more electricity if shut down and started up again every day. They also spoil faster coz it takes more energy and effort to start up from scratch.
Should only unplug if not using for the next few days. -
Oh really? Then guess no choice. So sad!
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cherrygal:
This is a variant of what my dw said. She said the same thing with regards to leaving the toilet lights on. She also talked to some engineers.Not true, I have been told by my IT friend that laptops, modems, set-top boxes etc consume more electricity if shut down and started up again every day. They also spoil faster coz it takes more energy and effort to start up from scratch.
Should only unplug if not using for the next few days.
Err, how much did you say your mthly utilities bill is again? :siam: -
I see… I am okay to leave the modem on 24/7 if it’s not going to make a great difference on my pub bills, juz abit concerned about the hotness of the box whenever i happened to touch it…
talking about this, now i recalled the server in my office is also on 24/7 but it was placed in a room where the air-conditioning is also on 24/7… -
I’ve came across those plugs that you can attach to power points. Someone got it from Bintan and gave it to me.
Apparently these will reduce the electricity usage. Anyone tried before? I don’t dare to try as I scared it’ll blow my electrical applicances. -
peapot:
Erm.. ours $700+... :yikes:Aiyo, not fair leh...everybody I know or hear about has lower PUB bills than mine. It's so exasperating!
We hardly use the dryer. Only thing must be the air-con, computer, fridge and oven. I hardly use dryer. Should I off air-con main power? When I want to use air-con then I turn on main power.
I also try to collect rain water but seriously if it's a pail, require at least 10 showers before I can fill up the pail. So I give up on that idea.
Used to be $500+ according to DH. But now with a new addition, aircon is on most of the time in the day...
In our case, guess it's aircon and water tank heater. The heater is also on 24/7 because don't know when my kids need to wash after pooing... -
Imami:
There was I experimented with toilet bowl flush. Someone told me each flush costs $0.20. For a month (to coincide with sp services billing cycle), we flush the toilet bowl using recycled water. The water charges dropped by $13. There are only three of us in the household.
My pils told the kids that flushing cost $. So after they used the toilet eg. urine, they will just wash iso flushing.... But guess what.... the toilet started to stink and I've to get my maid to wash more regularly since it smell and I cannot stand it. It finally came to a point that dh just got to tell his parents to flush after each use as it really stink. Well.... the toilet don't smell that bad now.
So I guess sometimes, we cannot be penny wise pound foolish.
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