Electricity Saver

If you are serious about saving Electricity around the home, there are quite a few options which will give you real power saving results.

Upgrade your Lighting

Most of you should already know that simply changing your old incandescent bulbs to flourescents will reduce your lighting costs by up to 80%.

But most do not know that with advances in LED based technology – you can also replace all your modern halogen downlight bulbs with energy efficient LED Replacement Bulbs – which not only lasts longer, produces alot less heat, but also significantly reduces your power usage. Just make sure you’re getting the correct ones for your system, 12VDC or 240VAC. Ask your electrician if you’re unsure.

For the more advanced/Technically minded – consider installing an intelligent lighting system – or go the DIY route – and setup a simple system by using X-10 Automated Lighting starer kit with some wireless sensors.

Say Goodbye to Stand-By Power

Reduce your standby power consumption by switching devices off at the power point when not in use
USB Activated Powerboards are great for automatically switching off any related devices automatically - Like your monitor, printer, scanner, speakers, external drives etc.

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For the advanced – try some DIY automation for your power points too. Grab yourself an RF Transciever Interface, some Plug-in x-10 Appliance Modules and control up to 4 sets devices by using a stick on wireless wall switch. Perfect for switching off you entire home entertainment system when you leave your room, lamps, and even lighting. Check out the X-10 Home Theatre Starter Kit and buy any extra bits you need.

Think about Renewable Energy

We all know solar grid connected systems can greatly reduce your usage – they are a great idea for own home owners/new home builders – but do require significant investment (even with the government rebates in place).

There are loads of low cost solar powered devices available that will reduce your electricity usage.

• Solar Lighting – particularly solar garden lighting & flood lights
• Solar pumps for your pool or water features
• Solar Chargers – for your mobile, pda or MP3 player – for on the go or at home
• Solar security products, like automatic gates, sensors, lighting, sirens, strobes

Or for those in rural areas, there’s even low cost Wind turbines to power some lighting, gates or bore pumps

And make sure you switch to a energy provider that promotes Green Power.

Upgrade your appliances

Need a new appliance? Pay a little more and grab the highest energy rated device – paying particular attention to the kw usage on the label.

Replacing your fridges, freezers, dishwashers, washing machine & dryer can drastically drop your energy usage.

Not sure which of your appliances are consuming too much energy?
Invest in a plug in energy monitor – to work out which devices are costing you money – and how much stand-by power is used.

What else can you do?

• Switch to solar water
• Drop your aircon heating by a degree
• Read these general power saving tips. Simply adjusting your daily habbits could result in reducing your power usage.