Power prices are hiking yet again in added blow to the cost of living pressures as Australia shivers through winter. 9News
Adam Corrigan, an energy efficiency expert at Australian Energy Foundation, has a few tips for Australians looking to save some dollars on their next power bill.Wall vents can allow heat to escape.
Corrigan said even the little two-millimetre gaps between the door and the fame is where heat is "diving straight out the door".Many may not realise this is eating up the power but Corrigan pointed out electric devices like speakers, modems, DVD players and the Foxtel box functioning on stand-by power are still chewing up the bill.
With all of the cold weather, if residents don't have an air conditioning unit that can heat then they may have invested in a small electric floor heater but Corrigan said these are "money guzzlers".Comparatively, Corrigan said the electric heater uses about 1500 watts while a high-efficiency air conditioner is using 1300 watts at maximum power.Electric heaters use more power than air conditioning units, Corrigan says.
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