Anyone who runs a household, deals with problems of everyday life, knows perfectly well how often there is not enough money for something that is out of the category of necessary!
Any housewife wants to save a little money, especially if the family budget is already small.
Let's try to cut our electricity bills a bit and see what the result is.
It seems that this is a trifle, but in fact, with a reasonable approach to saving electricity in an apartment, knowing a few tricks, you can free up significant funds.
Do not forget to turn off electrical appliances
For example, a TV. Models of the old model with a picture tube take about 100 watts of energy during operation, in the off state - 2 watts. The latest plasma and LCD TVs require more - 400 watts for operation and 4 watts for standby. They switch to standby mode by pressing the corresponding button on the remote control. Do not be too lazy to click on it in time!
DVD player. It can be turned off completely if it is of a new generation. When turned off, such a player will save all its settings, even the date and time, and restore them the next time it is connected to the network. But there are devices that are recommended to be left in standby mode overnight. This is important for the software updates you receive.
Computer. It can be left on if you work closely on it at home during the day. If you left the workplace, then it is better to turn off the monitor too. Auxiliary equipment, such as scanners, printers, should always be turned off after finishing work with them.
Charger. When recharging a phone or other device, the charger will not take a lot of electricity. But it should be taken out of the network when recharging is over, since it continues to consume electricity, and it will not run so little over the course of a day.
A few more tricks to save electricity
It is very profitable to replace Ilyich's bulbs throughout the house with new energy-saving bulbs, they consume much less energy. And you should definitely turn off the light in an empty room, even if you left it for 10 minutes. For some reason, many believe that frequent clicking the switch negatively affects the life of the light bulb, as a power surge occurs. These speculations have no real basis. You should always turn off the light behind you if you are saving money.
Washing machine. Wash laundry at a lower temperature, colored at 30-40 degrees instead of 60, white at 60 instead of 90. In most cases, you will not see a difference in wash quality, and the energy savings will be evident. For better washing, today they use not high water temperature, but high-quality powders. In addition, try to enter the drying mode as little as possible.
Try to follow all these simple prescriptions for at least a month, bring to the consciousness of family members about the need to save electricity. And at the end of the month, look at the counter and draw an analogy with past spending. Are you convinced? Then let it become a habit to save electricity in your apartment.