Laundry Appliances
Avoid washing partial loads. Wait until you meet machine capacity.
Pre-soak dirty clothes, probably the night before. Avoid having to run the washing machine twice.
Wash heavy and light weight laundry separately. Heavy laundry requires different setting.
Electric clothes drier uses large amount of energy to dry clothes. Practice using the old-fashioned clothes line. Clothes get a fresh sunshine smell in fine weather.
Iron clothes during off-peak hours (before 9 a.m. and after 9 p.m.). This helps lessen the demand for electricity during peak hours.
Do all the ironing at one time, say once or twice a week.
Dampen clothes moderately. Excessive moistened clothes take longer to iron.
Turn off flat iron shortly before ironing the last piece. It will stay hot just enough to finish the job.
Aircon
If you leave the room for a long time, turn off your air conditioner. It uses less current to bring the temperature down again when you return, than if you left it running.
Turn off unused lights and other appliances that give off heat. Lighting alone accounts for as much as one half of the load of their air conditioning unit. Use low wattage but efficient lamps.
Change incandescent to fluorescent. An incandescent bulb is much better a heater than a light source. Almost 80% of the electricity used to light it up is converted into heat.
Use a small electric fan to spread cooled air around your room. This prevents the cooled air from "layering" and settling to the floor.
Choose an air conditioning unit with high "Energy Efficiency Ratio" (EER). High EER has a more efficient motor than the one with lower EER, and consumes less electricity.
Refrigerators and Freezers
Defrost refs and freezers regularly. More than ¼-inch ice build up of frost puts up an extra load on the compressor motor.
Check refrigerator if it is not losing its cool because of a leaking gasket. Test the gasket by closing the door on a peso bill. If the bill slips out when you pull on it, either the gasket needs a replacement or the door needs adjusting.
Frequent opening and closing of refs contributes to frost or ice build-up and causes compressor motor to work overtime. As much as possible, keep door closed.
Pre-soak dirty clothes, probably the night before. Avoid having to run the washing machine twice.
Wash heavy and light weight laundry separately. Heavy laundry requires different setting.
Electric clothes drier uses large amount of energy to dry clothes. Practice using the old-fashioned clothes line. Clothes get a fresh sunshine smell in fine weather.
Iron clothes during off-peak hours (before 9 a.m. and after 9 p.m.). This helps lessen the demand for electricity during peak hours.
Do all the ironing at one time, say once or twice a week.
Dampen clothes moderately. Excessive moistened clothes take longer to iron.
Turn off flat iron shortly before ironing the last piece. It will stay hot just enough to finish the job.
Aircon
If you leave the room for a long time, turn off your air conditioner. It uses less current to bring the temperature down again when you return, than if you left it running.
Turn off unused lights and other appliances that give off heat. Lighting alone accounts for as much as one half of the load of their air conditioning unit. Use low wattage but efficient lamps.
Change incandescent to fluorescent. An incandescent bulb is much better a heater than a light source. Almost 80% of the electricity used to light it up is converted into heat.
Use a small electric fan to spread cooled air around your room. This prevents the cooled air from "layering" and settling to the floor.
Choose an air conditioning unit with high "Energy Efficiency Ratio" (EER). High EER has a more efficient motor than the one with lower EER, and consumes less electricity.
Refrigerators and Freezers
Defrost refs and freezers regularly. More than ¼-inch ice build up of frost puts up an extra load on the compressor motor.
Check refrigerator if it is not losing its cool because of a leaking gasket. Test the gasket by closing the door on a peso bill. If the bill slips out when you pull on it, either the gasket needs a replacement or the door needs adjusting.
Frequent opening and closing of refs contributes to frost or ice build-up and causes compressor motor to work overtime. As much as possible, keep door closed.
Taken from The Philippine Star
