Reducing Electricity Bills

Heating is by far the biggest consumer of domestic power. One way to reduce your electricity bills is to fit devices that regulate the heating in your home to suit your lifestyle maintaining comfortable but economic temperatures.

Thermostats: Most modern heating systems have some form of thermostatic control. Most people are comfortable around 18 degrees for every day use. As well as saving you money an immersion heater thermostat prevents your water becoming dangerously hot.

Time Switches: Even when its thermostatically controlled heating is expensive if run continuously but you can install an automatic time switch to turn it on and off at preset times. Set it to turn off the heating about half an hour before you leave the go to bed.

Monitoring Consumption: Keep an accurate record of your energy saving by taking weekly readings. Digital Meters: Modern meters display a row of figures or digits that represent the total number of units consumed since the meter was installed.