Jakarta – Electricity bills going up? Or does your electricity credit feel like it’s running out quickly? It could be that in your house there is an ‘electric vampire’ who is secretly sucking up electricity in your house, causing your bill to swell or your electricity credit to run out quickly.
The vampire in question is certainly not a blood-sucking vampire like the ones that often appear in horror films. The electric vampire in question is electronic equipment that is still connected to an electrical socket even though it is not in use.
Apart from electric vampires, there can also be trivial habits that you often do without realizing it and make your electricity consumption wasteful. According to the Constellation Energy Blog page, there are a number of habits that can cause wasteful electricity. Namely as follows:
1. Leave the cable connected to the electrical socket
Did you know, detikers, that even though electronic equipment has been turned off, if the plug cable is still connected to the socket, it can consume electrical power?
Yes, continuing to plug electronic cables such as a TV or fan into an electrical socket can use up more electricity. This is because the items are in standby mode. Electronics that use standby power are said to be able to contribute up to 10% of electricity use at home.
Therefore, make sure to turn off electronic devices completely until you remove the plug cable that is still connected to the power source.
2. Not turning off the lights
Leaving the lights on in an empty room or forgetting to turn off the lights when going out can cause waste of electricity. By turning off the lights, detikers can save more energy, you know.
Therefore, turn off any lights that are on in an empty room and make sure you check the lights before leaving the house.
Apart from that, the use of incandescent lamps or bulbs can also waste electricity. Therefore, you can use CFL (fluorescent) lamps which consume 65% – 80% more electricity than incandescent lamps. Even LED lights use less energy than others and can last up to tens of thousands of hours.
3. Opening the refrigerator too often
Detikers often go back and forth to open the refrigerator? If you still do this often, it’s better to avoid it now. Because every time you open the refrigerator door, even just by taking a quick peek, it will add 7% to the total electrical energy usage of the device.
Another waste of refrigerator electricity is putting food that is still hot or warm into it. This causes the refrigerator to use more power to cool the dish.
Not only that, an empty refrigerator left on can also consume quite a lot of electricity, around 103 kWh.
4. Leaving the Fan On
Some people prefer to install a fan rather than an AC because it saves electricity. However, if you leave the fan running continuously, it will still waste energy and be wasteful. Therefore, turn off the fan when you are no longer using it and when you are not in the room.
5. Using Old Electronics
Another cause of wasteful electricity is the use of old electronics. This is because these items have not been designed more efficiently as they are now so they still require more electrical power.
Those are some of the things that could be the reason electricity is wasted at home. However, if you feel that your electricity usage is still wasteful even though you have controlled it and have avoided the habits above, it could be that there is a fault with the electricity meter. If something like that happens, detikers can call an electricity officer to check it, OK?
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2024-01-05 06:45:59
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