Electricity is an expensive and perishable product. If you don't use it well and use it on time, it will be lost for nothing. Every second, some intangible substance will perform many necessary difficult actions for us. It forces the equipment to operate, provides the owner with light and heat, heats water, preserves and prepares food. We paid a lot of money for her help, but we don't know how to save money. Full consideration of energy efficiency can save you huge costs. In this article, we will look at all the ways to save energy at home.
Preservation is the main motto of this group of events
If an electric meter hangs in front of the owner of the bathhouse, he will not hesitate to know which unit consumes the most electricity. It is true that even without a photometer, energy-intensive consumers will show the most obvious needs: heaters, boilers, pumps, etc. It seems that their functions should be protected, but the limitations of device operation will greatly reduce the degree of convenience. So, let's change the method. Let us understand how and where electricity is wasted, and then we eliminate the prerequisites.
Let us deal with the general view of the need for electricity. The components of "convenience" are: heat generation. In the bathroom, it occupies the dominant space, unlike residential objects, the main position is occupied by light. light. Although it is not accustomed to recite and use computers in sanitary buildings as in libraries, explanation is still an important topic of sauna energy costs.
Bath technology equipment. Reasonable introduction of sauna units and the use of energy-saving devices will ensure the successful solution of energy-saving problems. There are private and technical suggestions on how to save electricity in all three areas. If the owner of the building considers and enters most of them, the cost will actually be reduced.
The first positive step to save energy will be to replace the old wires. A lot of power is wasted through the "holes" in the insulation of the old wiring. How can you keep warm? Let us start with the fact that heat saving is a combination of the expedient waste of energy consumed by the heater and the maximum preservation of the thermal material obtained. More clearly, it is necessary for the device to work only when its function is needed, and the heat gained does not flow into the street through cracks, frost bridges and open windows.
Mechanical methods for saving electricity in private houses
Saving energy for the heat in the bathroom will help: Perfect insulation of the building's structural surfaces: walls, ceilings, floors; installation of wooden windows with sealed or sealed plastic window systems; automatic closing of curtains with door closers. The owner of the bathroom facility has managed to eliminate all possible "perforations" in the insulation, which will reduce the cost by at least 40%, because the rather expensive heat will no longer heat the street. Even if the sauna room is heated by wood or gas, the electricity bill will be reduced. In fact, in order to achieve a comfortable temperature, it is not necessary to connect an electric heater.
Reasonable use of heating devices
For such more heat generation and storage, the cost becomes lower. Folk wisdom and power engineers suggest:
- Equip the bath with a device with the highest heat transfer, the largest radiation area and good thermal conductivity;
- Don't ignore folk skills too much. For example, put a simple aluminum foil heat reflection screen between the radiator and the wall of the entertainment room, and stick it on the cardboard;
- Equip all equipment with energy-saving devices: automatic thermostat or simple thermostat. It is worth using innovative methods of regulating heat transfer to save electricity. Especially if the heating of the building is entrusted to electronic equipment.
For fans of technological advancement, the following equipment is strongly recommended:
- The programmable thermostat allows you to set the temperature required for bathing in one week, one day, and one hour.
- Control the timer socket of the device according to the owner’s convenient schedule. An overload optimizer for wiring, similar to oel-820 equipment, distributes capacity evenly between a pair of power consumers.
- The optimizer automatically redistributes the load based on the swing principle and transfers it from one device to another. For example, from the radiator to its twin brother, or from the water heater to the kettle.
There is no difficulty in connecting automation equipment. They just plug into the socket by the type of plug-in adapter.
Energy saving when using lighting
The reported economic views are different from past assumptions. Likewise, perfect cable insulation is needed to prevent leakage and related cost overruns. By analogy, it is best to use these devices only when needed. It is recommended to equip the wiring with a controller.
Turn off the lights when you leave
You cannot argue with the energy-saving axioms provided. And why it contradicts the facts. However, let us remember, is it possible to strictly follow this rule in reality? In view of the traditional human non-binding nature, the industry insists on providing us with very useful automatic light-off equipment. These are infrared motion detectors that can be equipped with changing rooms. Without the help of others, when he found a moving object on the entrusted terrain, he would ignite and then extinguish the light. Then no one actually forgets to turn off the lights when they leave.
Reasonable arrangement of lighting devices
Bathrooms have traditionally been electrified by analogy with apartments and houses. A shared light fixture installed in the center of the ceiling provides uniform lighting for everyone in the dressing room and lounge. The beam of light from huge, energy-consuming equipment does not reach far corners and points all the time. Therefore, additional peripheral lights are often installed on the walls of bathroom buildings. They are more practical and consume one and a half times less energy.
And they are used more frequently than the main equipment for bathroom lighting. This begs the question: maybe there is no need for the main lighting monster in the bathtub? There is no discussion of the steam room and the toilet. It needs no more than one moisture-proof lamp, usually two. They are usually only attached to the wall or ceiling. The most important thing is to choose a good model. In this way, a win-win mark was placed between the platform and the body, thus completing the merger. And the cable entry space is sealed.
Save energy with energy-saving light bulbs
If you are very confused about how to effectively save inductance in practice, then the idea of energy-saving lamps is essential. An ordinary incandescent light bulb "uses" twice or even 3 times as much as its economical successor and 10 times as much as LED in an hour. Compared with advanced lighting solutions, the life span of traditional light bulbs is absurd. It is true that the wealth of the last century was much lower. But after the transition to innovative lighting methods, energy consumption was reduced by nearly a third.
Before buying energy-saving bulbs, please check their emission range. Warm light (from 2500K to 4000K) will be more pleasing than the daytime palette (breakthrough 4000K-5000K). The cold radiation with blue (5000K-6500K) is a bit dazzling and is used in utility rooms and other inaccessible rooms. Dimmers are a real economic dream.
Replacing traditional switches with dimmers is a decisive step to achieve optimal energy efficiency. With their support, radiation saturation and energy consumption can be adjusted simply and simply. It is necessary to make the light burn strongly, turn the knob-increase it. No need, they dimmed it a bit and saved money along the way. The dimmer can be configured to smoothly turn the device on and off, which will be perfect for your eyesight. The eyes of bathroom owners and their guests will not be stimulated by the bright flashes.
It is worth noting that not all models of energy-saving bulbs are compatible with the operation of the dimmer. Uneven adjustments can damage them. If the "dimmable" item is listed in the manual of the energy saver, then it will work stably with the dimmer.
Of course, you must pay for all innovations. At first, the numbers can be frustrating. However, trust me, all costs will be paid off soon. In addition, if we intend to improve the network in the long term.
Choice of energy-saving appliances
According to international standardization laws, all household appliances announced in recent years are classified according to energy efficiency characteristics. The supreme class also has subclasses: type A+ or A+++. Family cars with index A and similar subcategories with advantages consume electricity more economically. She should treat warriors of economic views differently. The farther a letter is from the first digit of the index in the Latin alphabet, the more power it consumes when using the machine. The devices marked d and e don't actually save anything, but they won't be "waste" anytime soon. But for prudent owners, it's best to leave G-class equipment in the store.
2 Tariff advantages
Everyone knows the daily configuration of electricity bills, but few people use this information. You can pay less for electricity consumed at night than electricity used during the day.
Only need to purchase, define and formally install a metering device with 2 relays, which are switched according to the specified time. "Left" equipment reduces costs. Recently, a wave of nine-point economic enthusiasts has been heated up by a certain marketing company, which is a small box specially made for power saving. According to the assurance of marketers, their implementation effects must be amazing.
There are countless people willing to buy. Buy, test-no economic results. However, no benefit was found, and no harm was found. They perfectly performed only the function of a voltage regulator. They lure buyers with the imagined possibility of saving reactive power. We just forgot to say that household electric meters will not record the trivial reactive components generated by induction household appliances.
Conclusion on this topic
Let us come to the conclusion. Energy-saving measures must go hand in hand. Saving energy is a large and versatile process, and any element in it is meaningful. Reinforcement of insulation and replacement of old wiring will definitely get satisfactory results, and it is best to increase it by installing economizers and selecting qualified equipment.