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How to pay less for a communal apartment
Giving away your hard-earned money is, alas, the saddest moment in the life of any person. And for the communal apartment it is all the more a pity: the batteries are cold, then the water is turned off. But you can pay less. How?
As soon as you get used to the rise in gasoline prices, the price of a communal apartment has gone up. You will find additional funds for this – food products have increased in price. And you spin like a squirrel in a wheel, and there is no hope of saving. We will try to help you. Here are some clever and legal ways that bring significant benefits in the form of a useful penny in your wallet.
You have most likely already installed gas and water meters. They did the right thing: payment for utility bills has recently been more profitable by the meter than by the rates per person.
But, perhaps, you still have not thought about the connection of the two-rate meter with your life habits. Know that if you are an “owl” by nature, then this option will suit you: do your household chores only at night and pay for electricity at the night rate. Please note that the timeframe for the night rate is from 23 pm to 7 am, and the daytime rate is from 7 am to 23 pm. Household night mode and a two-rate meter will save you a decent amount per year. The standard one-rate tariff is calculated at 3 rubles 20 kopecks per kilowatt-hour, then the night zone is calculated at 2 rubles.
Branded and high quality electrical engineering
Another good option for reducing unnecessary waste of money on electricity is choosing high-quality equipment. Good, expensive devices provide a reduction in electricity consumption by as much as 80% per year, by the way, the manufacturers always inform you about this in the instructions. What is of high quality and is expensive will pay off in the long term.
We save on electrical appliances
Charger and monitor. Do not leave it in the outlet, turn off the computer monitor, laptop. True, this is not a very significant saving in electricity, but if you have more than one computer and a charger in your house, then you will not lose about 100 rubles a year.
Do not use the Stand-by function on your TV (when the diode is on, and the TV can be turned on from the remote control). So you will not only save up to 100 rubles a year, but also protect your equipment from power surges and premature wear or emergency breakdown.
Vacuums clean regularly from dust, with a filled container it consumes 40% more electricity than with an empty one. Ideally, empty it after each brushing.
Refrigerator defrost more often, this will save up to 40% energy. This is because the compressor will need more effort to keep the cold temperature in a freezer with a lot of ice. Do not fill the freezer with food for future use – this also makes the electrical appliance work at its maximum strength, which means it consumes more energy.
Into the electric kettle Pour only the required amount of water and remove limescale, and when cooking on the electric stove, cover the dishes with a lid.
Air conditioning and split system also need regular cleaning of the filters, ideally – call specialists for cleaning before the start of the new season. A dirty filter leads to a sharp increase in energy consumption.
Light bulbs with motion sensors you need to start using in order to pay less for electricity. True, they are not so cheap, but how convenient it is in the corridor, toilet or in places where you visit for a limited time, to have an automatic shutdown of the light bulb. Alas, a person, no matter how hard he tries to turn off the light, sometimes forgets to do it.
Aerator – small nozzle on the faucet – will help to save 10% less water by reducing the water pressure. A family of four can save up to 135 rubles a month, but aerators cost from 600 to 1000 rubles, so it will pay off only in the second year of use.
Install the dishwasher. This expensive technique will pay off pretty quickly in a large family. Look, a family of four spends about 20 minutes and 47 liters of water on washing dishes after dinner. If children wash the dishes, then all 100 liters will go away. But the dishwasher, spending 30 minutes, will use up only 14 liters. Three times less water! By the way, smart technology wastes cold water, not hot water, which is more expensive. But when we wash ourselves, we use exclusively hot water. During the experiment, a figure was announced – a family of four saves more than 2000 rubles a year if they use a dishwasher instead of a manual wash.
On average, a hostess spends about an hour a day on hand washing dishes; she spends 360 hours of her life at the sink a year. And this is 15 days a year!
Watch your gas burner… A fire that goes beyond the bottom of the pan is an unnecessary consumption of gas; this will not make cooking faster.
Stainless steel cookware less energy consuming than other materials.