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Appliances on stand-by add over $100 to your electricity bill and produce around 85kgs of CO2 per year. Even though we are not using the product, it doesn't mean that it is not using energy. To start saving energy, it is vital that you begin learning how much you use in your everyday life and at home. Once you know this, you can begin reducing your consumption wherever possible.
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| The easiest way to start saving money is by measuring your appliances with a Power Meter.
A Power Meter can help make sure your home is energy efficient in a simple and easy way. It only takes about an hour and you can reduce your energy bill significantly. All you need is your Sherlock Holmes hat and a Power Meter. The average home produces 15 tonnes of greenhouse gases per year and one hour of your time is all you need to help significantly reduce that.
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Stand-By Power:
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Many appliances today have a built in stand-by function to save you the hassle of going to the power point and switching them on. You know an appliance is on stand-by when you see that little red light staring at you! Stand-by removes the hassle from life, but also adds a lot to your electricity bill without you knowing. Appliances can still be using up to 40% of their full running power on stand-by and generally account for 10% of your electricity bill.
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We have some easy-to-use, affordable Energy Saving Devices that can help reduce your stand-by all over the home and office.
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| | Eliminate power waste from standby power and control up to 4 mains appliances individually. Simply plug them into the power board as normal, then use the remote to turn each device on or off. This makes it much easier to turn off devices like hi-fi or home theatre components as they tend to be inaccessible and behind cabinets. |
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| | A unique foot activated power switch to allow you to turn your devices off easily without any hassle. The power board features a bright indicator light which makes this power board perfect for under desk applications to stop you from crawling under the desk to toggle the power switch. |
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| This 4 outlet with 2 optional 24 hour times sockets will ensure holiday security and Christmas lighting go down without a hitch. This power board has been designed to protect your valuable electronic devices from unpredictable power surges.
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Energy Efficiency:
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The team at Todae have done some extensive testing on appliances and their energy usage and here are some of the findings:
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- A laptop uses between 30 – 50 watts, however if you are going to be away from your computer for a little while put it to sleep – it will only use around 2 watts (less than 4% of the energy).
- A PC uses significantly more energy than a laptop. On average PC’s use between 130 – 250 watts. On start-up a PC will uses around 160 – 180 watts and while it is idle will use only 130 – 150 watts. When sleeping a PC will use a whopping 90 – 100 watts. Screen savers do not significantly reduce the energy consumption as a PC will still use around 140 watts. When leaving your PC and peripherals (monitor, speakers & printer etc.) on stand-by they will use around 15 watts in total.
- LCD Monitors use around 30 watts.
- Charging your iPod from your computer uses around 15 – 20 watts while charging it from the wall uses only 3.8 watts.
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Solar Power Chargers
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The energy used from charging our many small hand-held devices builds up over time, especially when the chargers are left in the wall without being used. To significantly reduce your footprint, harness the power of solar energy. We have some powerful Solar Power Chargers that have the capacity to charge iPods, phone, cameras and most other hand-held devices.
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For more Solar Chargers, click here.
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Energy Consumption:
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Energy Saving Tips:
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- Change your computer/laptop settings. Set your screen to switch off after 5 minutes of in-activity (instead of using a screen saver) and your computer to go to sleep after 15 minutes of in-activity. If you are going to be away for longer than 30 minutes switch your computer off.
- Charge your iPod from the wall socket, it uses much less energy.
- When you are finished charging your phone, iPod, camera or any other portable device switch the plug off or pull out the charger. Leaving it in uses around 0.3 watts.
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- In summer use a fan as much as possible instead of air conditioning. Fans only use between 20 – 50 watts opposed to 2000 watts for air conditioners. Or turn down your air condition by 1 degree in winter and up by 1 degree in summer to reduced energy consumption by 15%
- The average kettle uses around 2300 watts. Only fill the kettle with the amount of water you need, boiling 2 cups takes on average 1 minute while filling the kettle takes about 4.5 minutes. So you save time and money..
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