A Simple Electric Power Audit of Your Home
The basic idea of an electrical energy audit is to analyze the amount of electrical energy used by every device.
An electrical home energy audit can help you understand your usage, conserve and even fix some leaks.
The first step to cutting our electricity bill and usage is to get out the previous bills. Keep a little notebook for this purpose and record the “kilowatt hours used” figure and the “billing period” This could be called adjusted kWh Used.
(Definition of a kilowatt hour: 1 100-watt light bulb burning for 10 hours.)
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To Save Electrical Energy
First go into each room and note what, if any, electrical appliances or fixtures are being used.
- Washer and dryer. Plan on hanging as many clothes to dry as feasible. If using the dryer, time it to stop just before the clothes are completely dry. Heavy items such as bath towels should be hung until they are at least partially dry. The less you use the dryer, the more you will save. 4% of energy is taken up from drying clothes.
- Washer; plan on a shorter wash time, cold water washing saves energy from either electricity or gas.
- Lighting; if using regular light bulbs, replace them with the new energy saving bulbs. Fluorescent lights are energy efficient if you have them is use. Turn off all lights when not being used. If possible, install a motion sensor fixture that comes on when needed.
- Refrigerators; if you have an old refrigerator just keeping some beer cold shut it off and dispose of it. This is a huge energy eater and no matter what you are keeping cold, it is not worth it and not economical.
- Television, even when turned off, that television is using power. Plasma televisions use 5 times the amount of energy a refrigerator uses. Unplug it.
- Turn off the VCR and DVD players.
- Tools-do you keep them plugged in?
- Chargers for various items should not be left plugged in.
- Small electrical alarms-consider changing to good battery operated fixtures.
- Computers should be turned off when not in use, also the monitor, speakers, printer, modem and any other components. Use a power bar and flip the switch to turn everything off.
