We are concerned about the energy consumption of all the electrical appliances and devices that we have plugged in at home. With an increasingly electrified connected home, we are also living with a time in which the prices of electricity and energy in general do not stop rising. That’s why it is important to determine which device in the house is the one that is undermining our pockets the most.
We already made a comparison in your day to determine how it translates into the electricity bill, having a speaker on day and night while you wait for us to give you an instruction. Speakers with Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant were the stars. We also carry out measurements on what a new generation console consumes, both the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5. And now from the OCU, they make another comparison in which they put white on black, What are the household appliances that consume the most and how you can save if you opt for a more energy efficient model.
The importance of controlling consumption
As they say on their blog, “The consumption of household appliances accounts for 55% of the electrical energy spent in a home”. Of all the devices we have plugged in at home, there are a series of devices that are almost fixed and that we cannot do without.
Refrigerator, washing machine, boiler or heater and if you hurry me, ovenThey are classics. Then TV, where we have already seen the problems generated by consumption in the top models that the EU wants to encircle, happens to be the center of the connected home and everything that entails.
Having said all this, and since there are a series of devices that we must have, practically mandatory, It is important when buying one to opt for one that has a better energy certification. We may have to pay a slightly higher price, but over time this will translate into a reduction in the electricity bill.
In fact, they have conducted a study in the have compared the devices and appliances that spend the most at home. A comparison in which more energy efficient models have also come into play and which has resulted in savings that can be more than 50 euros a year in some cases.
For example, from a list containing dryers, dishwasher, refrigerator, washing machine, television and ovenhaving a more efficient dryer, can offer a saving of more than 53 euros per year.
If we think that a dryer is not common in every home, let’s think of other appliances that are. For example, opting for a more efficient refrigerator, washing machine, television or oven, can mean savings that are of 37.68 euros, 35.16 euros, 17.16 euros and 12.12 euros respectively.
These figures put on the tablecloth the importance of opting for a more efficient appliance when you have to renew the ones you have at home. And that’s why it’s very
The importance of opting for a device that is more energy efficient is clear, but this does not have to divert our attention from a series of usage patterns and behaviors that also improve and optimize the performance that we can obtain from all the devices that we have connected.
We have seen how to optimize the consumption of the washing machine, of electricity but also of water and detergent or how we have disproved the myth of magnets in refrigerators as well as reducing consumption when using the dishwasher and that is that the way in which we use electrical appliances It is also key to be able squeeze even more performance and consume less.
Saving at home goes through multiple gestures, from using devices such as plugs, improving the way we use electrical appliances and, above all, being clear about how much each device consumes.
For this, nothing better than go to your instruction book or on the device itself, looking for the sticker in which they appear among other data, the power.
You only have to multiply that power in watts (W) by the time that the device is usually working in hours (h) to discover your consumption in Wh (or in kWh). If we are going to buy it, we can look at the energy label that appears on the box and we can even use a device to control consumption, very affordable accessories such as plugs, whether connected or not, and that show consumption in real time. of the device that we have plugged in.
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