With ever-increasing electricity costs, even the last consumer becomes price-sensitive. Saving electricity is easy. Anyone who reviews their behavior and subjects electrical and household appliances to a critical check can quickly identify the biggest power guzzlers. Our tips will quickly relieve your electricity bill.
Save electricity when buying equipment
Even when purchasing new electrical or household appliances, there is a lot you can do to prevent excessive power consumption. Electricity-saving household appliances such as washing machines, refrigerators and televisions can be identified by the familiar EU efficiency label. Appliances in the green classes A to A+++ are particularly energy-efficient. In the store, on the other hand, you should leave devices that can’t be turned off. Because electricity is always consumed in standby mode. With older household appliances, it is often worth testing with an electronic measuring device, the so-called wattmeter, which can be borrowed from consumer organizations or energy providers. It is plugged in between the device plug and the socket and the power consumption is displayed. The biggest power guzzlers in the household can be quickly unmasked.