subject: How to install energy monitor in your home [print this page] How to install energy monitor in your home
An energy monitor is a device which is easy to install and is used by modern homes to determine the amount of electricity being used by the homeowner for the purpose of saving his or her electric consumption.
Home energy monitor also show the home owner the cost per day of his electricity, as well as how much electricity has been used for the past few days.
Another well used feature of the energy monitor is that it can help the owner identify which electric appliance or equipment in the home that is wasting electricity.
It's so easy to install. The first thing that you must do is plug the energy monitor into any wall socket and then simply plug the electric appliance into the meter.
Even if the appliance or equipment is not turned on the energy monitor can establish the actual kilowatt per hour used by the former in real time.
According to studies, there are several electrical fixtures and devices that waste so much energy but the owners have no clue as to this fact since they don't have the clue as to which of these appliances eat so much electricity.
One way of lessening this wastage is to be informed of each appliance's electrical consumption in order to develop or formulate a habit which will ultimately result in the saving of electricity.
Reliable studies also indicate that there are several electrical devices that continue to consume electric current even if it has already been turned off by its owner. Most of these appliances are the ones which use remote controls or those which has an off and on indicator which is usually enabled.
The following are appliances which usually consume electricity even if turned off:
- Laptops
- Computers
- Printers
- Cell phones
- Electric razors
- Consoles for video games
- I pods
- MP3 players
- DVD players
- CD Players
In order to really determine what type of appliance consume electricity even when turned off, it is a good idea to use a home energy monitor which is easy to install and is light on the budget.
Using a home energy monitor will definitely work wonders and may actually even shave off a couple of hundred dollars from the electric bill, since once you use this and realize how much of your hard-earned money is being wasted on appliances turned off, you will definitely start changing your daily habits for the better.
