Saturday, May 5, 2012

How to Cut Down on Your Electricity Bill

The first step to cutting the galvanic bill is to stop using so much electricity. That doesn't sound so easy does it? Well, lets begin with the safe bet how often is that desktop computer running all day long or even all night without being touched. Shutting it down is a great place to start, but wait before you walk away. What about the speakers, monitor, and the printer. That's right-- just because they aren't lit up or talking away doesn't mean that they are not sucking up phantom power. You heard it, the difficulty phantom power that is using 15 to 45 watts of electricity just sitting there. The same goes for the stereo left in standby, the game theory and the Dvd player you only use once a month. Each one just sucking up electricity while we run out to buy a more efficient fridge for a thousand bucks. I know time is money and there are only so many hours in the day. How about a power strip? making the break in the middle of the plug and the outlet is the only way to stop most appliances from sucking you dry.

The more safe bet step is switching out all of the light bulbs both inside and out. I use about 80 light bulbs in my home. Each 60 watt bulb consumes 60 watt hours in one hour, or 60 watt hours times 24 hours a day equal 1440 watt hours per day. So if my lights are all on about half of the time that's 57,600 watt hours or 57.6 Kwh a day. However, if I switch to a ageement fluorescent light or Cfl at 13 watts throughout the house my Kwh usage becomes 6.24 Kwh,that is about 89 percent less electricity. After switching out the light then you can focus on the bigger spellbinding items like the refrigerator and heat and air conditioning systems.

Now that our consumption is under control, the second step to cutting the galvanic bill is to start making our own electricity. There are some options here but they don't all work in every situation. The first thing that commonly comes to mind is solar panels. They are not the best choice but sometimes the only choice. Solar panels are made up of photovoltaic cells made from thin slices of crystalline gallium arsenide, silicon, or other semiconductor materials to convert solar radiation into electricity. The drawback is that they are not very attractive, you need a lot of sunlight and they cost a whole lot of money.

Next we have wind and water turbines these are a lot economy than solar panels and they produce significantly more vigor for your money. The safe bet downside is that most of us don't have running water or a large amount of wind. Some wind turbines are also a exiguous tough to look at if not placed properly.

There is also some new technology out there, if you do some research, using magnets to generate generators. All of the options I listed take the electricity and store it with batteries and then need to be converted to Ac power. Each theory requires some first venture and some faithful consideration but in the long run we easily do have an opening to truly be independent from the galvanic company.

How to Cut Down on Your Electricity Bill

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