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Save on your electricity bill
We are going to deal with a very important issue that brings us to more than one head. And it is the issue of electricity rates that take us out of the month. It is a fact that every year we are paying more for a good as necessary as electricity, so we believe it is important to try to be as efficient as possible so as not to give away our money.
Next, we are going to explain how you can reduce your electricity bill.
Adjusts the contracted electrical power
Taking a look at the electricity bill, we can see that a part of it comes from the concept of contracted power . The power that we have contracted will determine the amount of energy that we can consume simultaneously.
The point is that obviously we never put all the electrical appliances in the house at the same time (which is called the simultaneity factor), so we can make calculations and adjust it to the needs we have. We can perform these calculations very precisely with devices that monitor electricity consumption.
By placing smart plugs with energy monitoring in the main electrical appliances that we want to control, we will know the times of the day when we will need more power. And even, once analyzed, we can make adjustments in our consumption habits so that the simultaneity factor is leveled and to be able to operate with a lower contracted electrical power, which will provide us with more savings.
Take advantage of hourly discrimination
Hourly discrimination allows us to have different prices depending on the time of day we consume electricity. This is based on the fact that the electricity demand is not the same throughout the day, so that the electricity has a lower price when the demand is lower.
Therefore, as consumers we are interested in taking advantage of those bands in which the price is lower to make our most important consumption there. Simple gestures such as programming the washing machine or dishwasher in off-peak hours (this is the name of the economic section) can reward you with substantial savings.
Control the use of the computers that consume the most
For those of us who heat water with electricity, it is very common for us to leave the thermos connected 24 hours a day. However, we must be aware that this appliance has a very high consumption and the reality is that we do not demand hot water all day, so we are wasting a very considerable amount of energy that is going nowhere.
It is very easy to establish a pattern so that the thermos only works when it really is necessary. For example, if we use hot water in the morning and at night to wash ourselves and we are not at home during the day, it is very easy to use a smart plug so that the thermos only consumes in those moments that we are going to use it. The plug will autonomously turn it on without you having to worry about anything. You will not notice any difference except, yes, when the electricity bill arrives.
This same guideline applies in the same way for heating; If you use electric accumulators, do not hesitate to try it and start saving.
