Electricity is an expensive and perishable product. Not used well and in time, it is lost in vain and without a trace. Every second, an invisible substance performs many necessary difficult actions for us. It forces the owners to supply light and heat, heat water, preserve and prepare food. We pay a lot of money for your help, but we don’t know how to save. Comprehensive energy efficiency saves huge costs. In this article, we will look at all the ways to save energy at home.
Saving is the main motto of the series of events
If you kept a meter hanging in front of the bath owner, you would have no hesitation in understanding which units consume the most electricity. True, even without a light meter, energy-intensive consumers show the most tangible appetite: electric heaters, boilers, pumps, etc. Their operation seems to need to be protected, but the limitations of equipment operation significantly reduce the degree of convenience. So let's go another way. We understand how and where the waste of electricity goes and then eliminate the preconditions.
Let's deal with the electricity-requiring components of the generalized opinion, which are: Heat generation. Occupies the dominant space in the bathroom, in contrast to residential objects, where light occupies the main positions. Lighting. Although it is not customary to reciteas in the library and use a computer, the explanation remains a significant topic on the issue of the energy costs of the sauna.
Bathroom equipment. The rational introduction of sauna units and the use of economizers ensure a successful solution to energy saving problems. At all three points, there are folk and technical advice on how to save electricity. If the owner of the building takes the most into account and enters, the cost is really reduced.
The first active step towards energy saving will be the replacement of old wires. A lot of electricity is wasted on the "holes" in the old wire insulation. How to keep warm? Let's start with the fact that heat savings are a practical waste of the energy used by heaters, with the greatest preservation of the heat obtained. It is clearer that appliances need to operate only when their functionality is needed and that the heat generated does not flow into the street through cracks, frost bridges and open windows.
Mechanical ways to save electricity in a private house
Energy savings in the bathroom help: Impeccable thermal insulation of the structural surfaces of the building: walls, ceiling, floor; Installation of wooden windows with seals or sealed plastic window systems; Use a door closer to close the curtain automatically. Owners of spa facilities who have managed to eliminate all possible thermal insulation "defects" will reduce costs by at least 40% because the expensive expensive heat no longer heats the street. If wood or gas heating is also arranged in the sauna building, the electricity cost is reduced. In fact, it is not necessary to connect electric heaters to create a comfortable temperature.
Reasonable use of heaters
To produce and store more heat and keep costs much lower, folk wisdom and energy engineers recommend:
- Equip the bath with devices with the highest heat transfer, the largest radiation area and good thermal conductivity;
- Don’t neglect the folk tricks too much. For example, in the restroom, place a heat-reflecting screen made of a foil glued to cardboard between the radiator and the wall;
- Equip all appliances with energy-saving devices: automatic thermostats or simple thermostats. It is worth taking advantage of innovative methods to control heat transfer to save electricity. Especially if the heating of the building is entrusted to electronic equipment.
The following device is highly recommended for lovers of technical development:
- Programmable thermostats that allow you to set the temperature required for bathing for a week, a day, an hour.
- Timer sockets that control equipment according to a convenient schedule for owners. Like the oel-820, it is an overload optimizer for wiring that distributes capacity evenly across a pair of power consumers.
- The optimizer automatically redistributes the load, transferring it from one device to another according to the oscillation principle. For example, from a radiator to a twin sister, or from a water heater to a kettle.
No one has difficulty connecting the automation device. Depending on the type of adapter, they can be easily connected to the socket.
Energy saving when using lighting
The economic views on coverage are inadequate, as they differ from previous postulates. Similarly, perfect cable insulation is required to stop electrical leakage and associated cost overruns. Similarly, it is better to use the tools only as needed. It is advisable to provide the cables with controls.
Turn off the lights when starting
The given energy saving axiom cannot be disputed. And why he contradicts the truth. Remember, however, is it possible in reality to adhere strictly to this rule? Given the traditional non-mandatory nature of the industry, the industry is persistently striving to provide us with very useful tools that automatically turn off the lights. These are infrared motion detectors that can be equipped with a locker room. Without the help of others, he lights up and then turns off the light if a moving object is found in the terrain entrusted to him. Then literally no one forgets to turn off the lights when they leave.
Reasonable arrangement of lighting equipment
Baths are traditionally electrified in a similar way to homes and houses. A common luminaire mounted in the middle of the ceiling provides even lighting for everyone in the dressing room and lounge. The rays of a rugged, energy-hungry device don’t reach constantly distant corners and points. Therefore, the walls of bathrooms are often fitted with additional peripheral lamps. They are more practical and waste one and a half times less energy.
And they are used more often than the main means of bath lighting. This begs the question: maybe the main lighting monster isn’t needed at all in the bath? Steam cabins and washbasins were not mentioned. It does not require more than one, less often 2 moisture resistant lamps. They are usually only attached to walls or ceilings. The most important thing is to choose a good model. It’s like placing a win-win seal between the ceiling and the bodywork, sealing the merger. And also that the cable entry point is closed.
Energy saving with energy saving light bulbs
If you are serious about how you can effectively save electricity in practice, you need to think about energy-saving light. An ordinary incandescent lamp "uses" twice or even three times more in an hour than its economical successor, and ten times more LEDs. The lifespan of traditional light bulbs is ridiculous compared to advanced lighting solutions. True, the property of the last century is significantly lower. But after switching to innovative lighting methods, energy consumption is reduced by almost a third.
Before buying energy-saving light bulbs, check their emission range. Warm light (2500K to 4000K) will be more pleasing to the eye than the invigorating day palette (break 4000K - 5000K). The bluish cold radiation (5000K - 6500K) is used in slightly rough, household rooms and other poorly visited rooms. Dimmers are the dream of the real economy.
Replacing conventional switches with dimmers is a crucial step towards optimal energy efficiency. With their support, the saturation of the radiation can be easily and simply adjusted together with the energy consumption. It is necessary for the light to be intense, turn the knob - increase it. No need, they dampened up a bit and saved along. The dimmers can be configured to turn the devices on and off seamlessly, making it very suitable for your vision. The eyes of the spa owners and guests will not be irritated by the instant bright flashes.
It is worth noting that not all types of energy-saving bulbs are compatible with the operation of dimmers. Uneven adjustment can damage them. If the "controllability" element is included in the instructions for use of the energy-saving device, it will work stably with the dimmer.
Of course, you have to pay for every innovation. And the amount can be frustrating at first. However, believe me, all costs will be recouped soon. Moreover, if we want to develop the network in the long run.
Selection of energy saving devices
According to the laws of international standardization, all household appliances published in recent years are classified according to their energy efficiency properties. The top class still has subcategories: Type A + or A +++. A family car with an A-index and a similar extra-category subcategory spends more energy. You have to differentiate between those who fight for economic views. The farther the letter is from the first places of the Latin alphabet index, the higher the power consumption when using the unit. The equipment labeled d and e doesn't really save anything, but it doesn't "waste" quickly. But it is better to leave class g equipment in the store for prudent owners.
2 tariff benefits
Everyone knows the daily configurations of the cost of electricity, but few use this information. You may pay less for electricity consumed at night than for electricity consumed during the day.
Only a measuring instrument with 2 relays needs to be purchased, defined and officially fixed, which switches according to the specified hour. "Left" tools to reduce costs. Recently, a nine-point wave of lovers of the economy has been discovered by a marketing company that glorifies special little boxes for energy savings. The marketers promised that the results of their implementation were amazing.
Countless people were willing to buy. Bought, tested - no economic results. However, no advantage was found and no harm. Only the function of the voltage stabilizer was perfectly performed. The imaginary opportunity to save reactive power was lured to the buyer. We only forgot to say that the household meter does not register the insignificant reactive component generated by the induction household appliances.
Conclusions on this topic
Draw conclusions. Energy saving measures must be implemented together. Saving energy is a big, multifaceted process with every element meaningful. Reinforcing the insulation and replacing the old wires will certainly be pleased with the result, which is better enhanced by installing economizers and choosing the right equipment.