Other tricks to save on the electricity bill
The price of the kilowatt hour in Spain is reaching figures never seen before. That is why advice is urgently needed to save on the electricity bill , simple habits that all of us can put into practice at home..
The first thing to take into account to save on the electricity bill is to know when it is cheaper, for example, to put a washing machine. These are the new light hours:
- Rush hour from Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. It is the section in which electricity will cost us the most.
- Off-peak time from Monday to Friday from 8 am to 10 am, from 2 pm to 6 pm and from 10 pm to midnight. Average price.
- Supervalle time from Monday to Friday from 00:00 to 08:00 and on weekends 24 hours a day. It is the cheapest section.
Therefore, if we want to save as much as possible we will have to put the appliances with the highest consumption during the weekends. A trick that we can take advantage of in this regard is to leave the washing machine ready the night before and, as soon as we get up, put it on, always anticipating that the washing cycle ends before 8 or 10 in the morning.
Other tricks to save on the electricity bill
- Use a programmer for the electric water heater . With it, you can adjust the temperature and power in addition to programming it for certain hours of the day. The rest of the time it will remain off, but keeping the water hot. Some more modern electric water heaters have it incorporated as standard.
- Don't leave anything in standby mode . It may seem little on a day-to-day basis, but a year we can save some money if we completely turn off the television and other appliances that have stand-by mode , such as TV decoders, laptops, video game consoles or microwaves. Phantom consumption, according to Endesa, could cost us users up to 5 euros per month.
- Review the contracted power. Perhaps it may be that we have more power than we need. Get in touch with your electricity distributor and have the contracted services analyzed for you.
- Buy only efficient appliances . To do this, you just have to see the energy label that marks a scale from A to G, the first being the most convenient.
- Use LED bulbs . They use 80% less energy and their useful life is between 8 and 10 times longer than that of traditional ones, although the purchase price is somewhat higher.
- Schedule heating and air conditioning . If we have to choose an air appliance, it is better that it has a thermostat so that it only turns on when the house reaches a certain temperature.
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