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    How to save electricity?

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    • L Offline
      limlim
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      august24:


      If not doing so all along, can still switch off from main now? Reason being my sis says she switched off the main of her TV after reading that it will help save $, then her TV died! Or is it just coincidental?
      Was she tinking of vk when she off the main..? :evil:

      Well.. she is supposed to \"off\" the tv from remote or power switch, then off the main right..? Or she directly OFF the mains when there is still picture on the tv? (skip 1 step).

      NOT recommended to OFF the mains directly w/o first powering off the appliances.. some appliance will have proper shutdown sequence (like computer).

      The more advanced the appliance.. the more likely it have electronics that function like computers....

      And, your first qns.. No, doesn't make a difference. You can start anytime.

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        MMM
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        FQW:
        Oh dear, I've 6 air-con units at home and none of them is inverter type. Those inverter types are so expensive. My utility bills come up to $200+ per mth - one air-con turned on 9 hrs a day + son doesn't shower but bathes. I actually clean the air-con filters myself. Quite simple, all I need is a ladder.


        How does one hit bills reaching $500 or $800? :yikes: Won't Sing Power become suspicious?
        My ds too.... He will sing and take his own sweet time while bathing. Issue is that he perspires alot and become smelly so I made him bath more than twice a day.... There is some commercial on bathing too long on tv. So I told him that if he don't come out by 5 mins... I will switch off 1 light first and then followed by another 😉

        Our 6 aircons in our old place is dying.... 12 years old. Currently sourcing for aircon. Tenant is requesting for inverter type to save electricity cost. Boy, they are really expensive. But tenant is good in the sense that they are helping us to absorb the cost by agreeing to higher rent. In fact, they propose a 12% increase and then they propose to pay for all the aircon replacement. But we wanted to do it the other way round since there are tax benefits and they are staying for anothe 4 years. Still sourcing around. Their usage is 24/7.... :yikes:

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          limlim
          last edited by

          wow… a lot of rich parents here…

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            Oppsgal
            last edited by

            Now I don’t on fan. When using computer, I use usb fan. wonder will electricity be lesser? I also use energy saving light bulb lamp for daytime if necessary.

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              Oppsgal
              last edited by

              limlim:
              wow.. a lot of rich parents here......

              :shock: Still got tenants... :rotflmao:

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                verykiasu2010
                last edited by

                my main energy guzzlers are fridges, oven, storage tank water heater, airconds, and fishpond


                but i know someone whose PUB bill for fishpond alone is higher than my whole house all-in bill :censored:

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                  Oppsgal
                  last edited by

                  hquek:
                  I used to think that of ceiling fans (the light will be interrupted by the whirring fan blades). but the newer ones nowadays have their light under where the fan blades are.


                  I installed one some months back and so far very happy with it. True, fans can only circulate hot air - but some circulation better than none. Ceiling fans very power, floor standing types cannot fight.
                  I don't like ceiling fan. Feel like something above going to drop down...

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                    Oppsgal
                    last edited by

                    verykiasu2010:
                    my main energy guzzlers are fridges, oven, storage tank water heater, airconds, and fishpond


                    but i know someone whose PUB bill for fishpond alone is higher than my whole house all-in bill :censored:
                    Buy a toy fishpond and toy fish that use batteries? On only when needed. :rotflmao:

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                      verykiasu2010
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                      Oppsgal:
                      verykiasu2010:

                      my main energy guzzlers are fridges, oven, storage tank water heater, airconds, and fishpond


                      but i know someone whose PUB bill for fishpond alone is higher than my whole house all-in bill :censored:

                      Buy a toy fishpond and toy fish that use batteries? On only when needed. :rotflmao:

                      :rotflmao: :rotflmao: good one !!

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                        verykiasu2010
                        last edited by

                        Oppsgal:
                        hquek:

                        I used to think that of ceiling fans (the light will be interrupted by the whirring fan blades). but the newer ones nowadays have their light under where the fan blades are.


                        I installed one some months back and so far very happy with it. True, fans can only circulate hot air - but some circulation better than none. Ceiling fans very power, floor standing types cannot fight.

                        I don't like ceiling fan. Feel like something above going to drop down...

                        one more thing about ceiling fan is that it is very quiet if you choose the wooden blades type - I like. at night, just turn to the low speed to circulate the air

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