The energy crisis is affecting not only Italy, but the entire European continent. The situation got particularly worse when, about a year ago now, war broke out in Ukraine, with all that it entailed in the months to come.
Just think, for example, of the crazy rise in the cost of food products, which was reflected in inflation never seen before in the food sector. Added to this was the increase in the cost of energy in general, both for electricity and methane gas.
The supplier companies have therefore found themselves forced to increase, inevitably, the cost of the monthly energy bills, creating considerable confusion throughout Europe. The provisions of European governments have been of little use, given that often and willingly there are still many families who constantly risk falling into the poverty line, especially the more numerous ones who receive only one income within the nucleus.
Household appliances are undoubtedly one of the most consuming items in the home. Between an electric oven, a dishwasher, a refrigerator, a dryer, a boiler and so on and so forth, there are so many appliances that we use every day for the most diverse domestic activities.
Today in particular we will focus on the microwave oven, a device that we use practically every day as an eligible cooking method for our food, as well as for heating our drinks quickly and easily.
Useful tips
Know that the microwave oven consumes energy not only when it’s in use, but also when it’s turned off: let’s find out why, and how to avoid this situation to save as much as possible on your next energy bills.
The lights on the microwave are permanently on, and indicate that the microwave oven is in stand-by at that particular moment. Although apparently it does not seem so, in reality the consumption even in stand-by is really considerable. Our advice therefore is to turn off the microwave completely when we don’t use it, by unplugging the power supply.
In addition to this, our main advice is to use a microwave oven with the highest efficiency class possible. A class A+++ microwave oven. for example, it consumes considerably less than a class C oven a few years old, with all the resulting savings in economic terms.
