If your electricity bill seems to increase every month, you may be wondering which appliances are responsible for using the most electricity. While some electricity consumption is easy to identify, other appliances quietly contribute to your household’s usage throughout the day.
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If you have noticed that the price of electricity seems to increase every year, you are not alone. Whether you buy prepaid electricity or receive a monthly municipal account, changes to electricity tariffs can have a noticeable impact on your household budget.
If you have ever wondered how much you are paying for electricity, you have probably come across the term electricity cost per kWh or price per unit. Understanding this figure can help you budget more accurately, compare electricity tariffs and work out how much your household appliances are costing you to run.
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Have you ever bought prepaid electricity and felt like it disappeared almost immediately?
You load electricity onto your meter, check the balance a few days later and wonder: “How can I possibly have used that much electricity already?”
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Do you know how much electricity your home actually uses?
It is easy to look at a prepaid balance or electricity bill and focus on the rand amount. But if you want to understand where your electricity is going, compare your usage from month to month, or work out why your electricity costs have increased, there is a more useful number to understand: kilowatt-hours, or kWh.
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Do you actually know how much electricity your household uses?
Most people know roughly how much they spend on electricity each month. If you use prepaid electricity, you probably also know how quickly your credit seems to disappear.
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Do you know which appliances in your home use the most electricity?
If someone asked you to name the biggest electricity users in your household, you might immediately think of the fridge, television or perhaps the kettle.
But the answer isn’t always that obvious.
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“Switch your geyser off when you’re not using it. You’ll save a fortune on electricity.”
It’s advice that has been repeated in South Africa for years.
With electricity prices continuing to put pressure on household budgets, it’s understandable that people are looking for simple ways to reduce their monthly electricity costs.
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Many South Africans have heard the same piece of advice:
“If you want to reduce your electricity bill, start with your geyser.”
It’s often said that the geyser is the single biggest electricity user in the average home.
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