10 Cara Menghemat Listrik

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief May 2, 2010 · 3 min read

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Maka kami baru saja menerima tagihan Meralco terbaru kami dan jumlahnya naik sebesar 60% menjadi Php14k dari Maret ke April. Ini pertama kalinya tagihan melebihi sepuluh ribu dalam seluruh hidup saya saat tinggal di Metro Manila.

Oke, konsumsi daya kami juga naik menjadi 1.004 kWh untuk bulan ini, namun itu hanya peningkatan sebesar 28%. Lonjakan besar tersebut merupakan kombinasi dari kenaikan tarif dan kenaikan konsumsi.

Saya sedang memikirkan cara-cara untuk mengurangi konsumsi daya gadget dan peralatan di rumah, sehingga saya menyusun 10 Cara Menghemat Listrik:

Kurangi penggunaan AC dan ganti dengan kipas angin. Untuk membantu menurunkan suhu ruangan, buka pintu dan jendela di siang hari agar sirkulasi udara lebih baik.
Cabut colokan gadget dan peralatan saat tidak digunakan. Jangan hanya mematikannya -- Anda bisa menghemat beberapa watt lagi di sini dan sana.
Jika Anda memiliki banyak TV di rumah, gunakan satu saja pada suatu waktu -- sebaiknya yang ada di ruang tamu.
Abaikan microwave dan gunakan kompor gas untuk memanaskan atau menghangatkan makanan. Hal yang sama dapat dilakukan dengan rice cooker dan pembuat kopi.
Berikan istirahat pada PC desktop. Gunakan laptop di rumah. Atau, Anda bisa menghubungkannya ke monitor eksternal jika benar-benar membutuhkan ruang layar yang lebih luas.
Isi daya gadget Anda (laptop, ponsel, pemutar mp3, dll.) di dalam mobil menggunakan salah satu adaptor AC/DC.
Jika mampu, berinvestasilah pada pengisi daya surya. Yang berukuran besar mungkin mahal, tetapi yang portabel juga bisa melakukan tugasnya dengan baik.
Beberapa peralatan rumah tangga dan gadget Anda memiliki mode eco untuk mengurangi konsumsi daya; ini termasuk monitor, TV LCD, kulkas, dll.
Berinvestasilah pada lampu CCFL untuk penerangan di rumah. Mereka lebih efisien.
Buka pintu dan jendela Anda. Gunakan cahaya alami di siang hari; itu adalah cara terbaik untuk menghemat daya.

Lebih baik lagi, bekerjalah di luar ruangan. Jadikan Starbucks sebagai kantor sementara Anda untuk saat ini.

Lainnya bahkan membeli satu unit generator set dan menjalankannya dengan bahan bakar diesel. Saya belum benar-benar menghitung angka pastinya, namun perkiraannya sekitar 2,5 hingga 3 kilowatt jam per liter bahan bakar.

Jika harga solar Php35/liter, maka dapat mengoperasikan oven microwave berdaya 1 kilowatt selama 3 jam. Itu berarti biaya sebesar Php11,67 per kilowatt. Sedikit lebih murah dibandingkan tarif listrik efektif bulan April sebesar Php13,25 (Meralco). Tentu saja, itu belum termasuk biaya akuisisi genset. Lalu ada juga Power Saver Max yang pernah saya bahas sebelumnya.

Apakah kalian memiliki tips atau saran tambahan?

Why did the electricity bill increase by 60%?

The increase is a combination of a rate hike and a 28% consumption hike.

What is one way to reduce air conditioning costs?

Replace aircon with electric fans and open doors and windows for better air circulation.

How can charging gadgets help save electricity?

Charge gadgets in the car using an AC/DC adaptor or invest in solar chargers.

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Abe Olandres

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88 Comments

Aleshire Mueller · 8 years ago

The energy will be audited yet again, and due to this, I am reminded that I need to figure out what I need to do to save on the electric bills. I do like your tips about not using the desktop while at home and stick with the laptop as it consumes less energy. I will be sure to make a note of this as I used to use the PC a lot when I am doing my research. Thanks.

Ray · 16 years ago

Save electricity by using a 24-hour automatic On/Off power switch

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L.O.S.

Anthony · 13 years ago

You can also use solar lights http://www.greenlytes.com/

offshore outsourcing philippines · 16 years ago

Malaki talaga ang gastos. Lalo na ngayong Christmas season. But atleast, di masyadong nagagamit ang aircon kaso malamig naman eh. Yung pambyad sa aircon, pambili na lang ng regalo sa mga inaanak. :)

abcdefg · 16 years ago

reply for michael ranola, hindi naman po yata pinagbabawal ang paggamit ng solar electricity sa pilpinas kuya eh.sa katunayan nga, may mga company na nag oofer ng ganito MISMO sa bansa………hehehe nice day to you

bean · 16 years ago

maganda ang solar panel lalung lalo na kung brownout kaso may kamahalan lang ata

HEECHANG · 16 years ago

alm nyo ba bakit nagtaas ung kuryente pwera sa generation cost?i mean parang taxi yan eh may flag down rate cla kpg umabot lang ng 100kw ung kuryente mo walang patong pero kpg lumagpas ka na sa 100kw at nging 101kw pataas dagdag ult cla ng another peso it depends sa kilowatt na nkonsumo mo and besides nag taas tlga ng generation fee..example para mas lalo nyo maintindihan

100kw – 0 php
120kw – 100php
140kw – another 100php so 200pesos na kagad ung nadagdag..hndi ko sure magkano ang rate nila pero ganito ang format ng meralco..and isa pa hndi ba kau nagtataka sa mga bahay na hndi mapansin ung kuntador ng kuryente pano nila nkukuha ung reading??ung mga tao nagreread minsan kpg hndi nila mkita ung kuntador,hinuhulaan nlng nila ung reading dahil nga sa hndi nila makita ung kuntador hula hula nlang cla tignan nila ung bahay kung ano afford nilang gamit and ung ibang nagreread pinapaubaya nlng sa computer ng meralco..ung computer ng meralco sila ung nageestimate ng kuryente nyo kpg walang result na nkuha ung tauhan na nagread ng kuntador nyo,,ginagamit na estimate ung mga previous reading nyo para maestimate ng computer ung bill nyo ngaun..

Arlette Adoreno · 16 years ago

Wow! Thanks for this timely tips! It should be the lifestyle of many. It will greatly help to cut down costs in electricity, plus it will help aid the global warming.

boo · 16 years ago

is it weird that we didn’t feel much of an increase with our bill? we usually get around 8-10K because of our appliances which include 2 1HP aircon units that run almost 18 hours a day.

We were expecting things to double, as what most people have encountered pero imagine our surprise when our bill was 10,500. parang walang pinagbago. weird.

Herce · 16 years ago

@Michael Ranola, do you live in the RP? Those links are useless! Besides not being anywhere near the size one would need to power a home and not offering battery and domestic lines transformers, they are in the US! I’m gonna pay thousands of US$ to import them? Where is the cost savings there? :roll:

Michael Ranola · 16 years ago

http://www.squidoo.com/reduceenergybill?utm_campaign=search-discovery&utm_medium=greet4&utm_source=google

Michael Ranola · 16 years ago

This site might help.

Kimwell · 16 years ago

Just to let you know guys, Pareho lang tayo nga situation dito sa province. Our electric bill also increased despite same lang ang consumption namin..Kung ako lang talaga mag titiis ako sa fan kaso sa katagalan umiinit din ang fan e.

PI Outsource · 16 years ago

Get out of the city, move to the beach!

david · 16 years ago

Wow! I’m paying about P7.4 per kWh up north (local electric utility). And I thought that was expensive!

Michael Ranola · 16 years ago

This one site, has both solar and wind power generation. The wind turbine is still expensive, but in the long run, I think it is worth it.

http://www.energyenv.co.uk/default.asp

Michael Ranola · 16 years ago

Here are some websites that sell solar charger/panels. Check it out. This might help.

http://www.batterycountry.com/ShopSite/product9991.html
http://www.siliconsolar.com/solar-battery-chargers.html
http://www.solio.com/charger/
http://www.earthtechproducts.com/

Adrian · 16 years ago

@michael: pwede po pa-refer ng site where to buy that. Ang taas kasi ng kuryente namin. gagamitin ko pang ref. yun. :)

dan · 16 years ago

Power savers are scams on residential homes.Im taking up Power Engineering at UP and to tell you the truth, it’s just a waste of money buying those worthless appliances.

Agrimensor · 16 years ago

To save electricity I replaced my 21″ TV to 14″.Thats from 110 watts to 45watts.I also Bought a timer for the ref which gives it rest for 8 hours a day.

Mas mura ang tubig kaysa kureyente kaya ligo na lang ng ligo every now and then.

jashe · 16 years ago

our bill tripled :(

Michael Ranola · 16 years ago

To: Adrian

Wala nga sa Pilipinas kasi ayaw ng magkaroon ng Meralco, so pinepressure niya government to not allow it to be imported in mass scale. Pwede ka bumili online, at di naman kamahalan siya.

Adrian · 16 years ago

@michael: as ko lang po kung saan nakakabili sa pinas ng solar panel? tnx po

Pinoy Ideas · 16 years ago

Buy a cost saving air-condition and refrigerator unit.

chrysanSID · 16 years ago

Nakakaloko talaga yang electric bill. In my case, we normally pay between 1,100+ to 1,200+ pesos a month. However, beginning the bills I got from February until recently parang rollercoaster ride! Case in point: February my bill was 938.20 pesos, March bill naging 2,280.10 (napamura ako nito ng husto), then last month I paid only 130.45 pesos. For this month, I will be paying 1,633.15 pesos.

IC DeaDPiPoL · 16 years ago

Thinking of rather than upgrading to a unit with higher specs it would be more wiser to go for those with low performance parts with even lower power consumption like those Intel desktop boards with Atoms/Dual Core Atoms especially as a replacement for my pc being used as a 24/7 torrent/DVR system/media center. Playback will be a hastle though with the absence of an Ion chipset (can’t seem to find those Zotac mobos with Ion.

Same goes for those netcafes that doesn’t rely on gaming (imagine 300~450watts vs 30~90watts per unit)

Michael Ranola · 16 years ago

Suggestion ko nga, para makatipid sa kuryente, gumamit na lang ng solar panel/collector. Ang kaso pinagbabawal yata dito sa Pilipinas. Affordable ang solar panel/collector, dahil libre ang kuryenteng ginegenerate nito. Been trying to push the local government to allow people to install solar panel/collector, kaso ayaw e.

Teknisyan · 16 years ago

for suggestions… just turn off the darn thing when not in use. :(

Teknisyan · 16 years ago

yeah… our previous months was only 3k then suddenly it was way way way up… to 12k… I was checking what are the changes that we did… I don’t think adding an 1 use of AC will increase your elec. bill for 300%.. ggrrr…

Teknisyan · 16 years ago

http://teknisyan.blogspot.com

Pete · 16 years ago

If you cant live with out aircons. Inverter aircons offer a lot of savings because of the new hardware and process of cooling the area. These should be chosen when purchasing a new unit. In the end Natural cooling will save you more.

Adrian · 16 years ago

aircon ang malakas sa kuryente talaga.

daddy joey · 16 years ago

ours almost went double too.

Herce · 16 years ago

My Meralco bill hasn’t been under 10k unless I am abroad. This month it hit the over 20k mark. I run way too many computers.

What I want is a way to go solar. I would love to see an article on the options for consumer solar power in the Philippines. Besides the tiny and small setup I see for sale at ROX, I can’t find anything that isn’t intended for industrial use (and even that is really poor and overpriced).

Please do such an article Yuga?

Starshadow Rivaulx · 16 years ago

One way to have your brewed coffee and save electricity – use a French press. Just grind your beans (or use pre-ground, meh), add hot water, steep for five minutes, and you’re good to go. :)

Adrian · 16 years ago

wow ang laki ng tipid 18%. ok yun.

Doodles · 16 years ago

“Others would go as far as buying a generator set and run on diesel. I havenâ€™t really computed the exact numbers by estimate is around 2.5 to 3 kilowatt hour per liter of fuel.”

We might save on household cost in the short term but in my opinion, this is not beneficial to Mother Earth in the long run, since in totality, we are actually increasing households’ carbon footprint. Running individual generator sets also run against the idea of “economies of scale”

Vidar · 16 years ago

Will the rates remain the same with our next bill? Ours also increased by 50%…

BrianB · 16 years ago

Ah, so you’re one of those people who spend hours in a coffee shop, occupying a table for 4 oblivious to other people in need of seats, without a care if the establishment looses money so you can save on your e-bills.

Michael Ranola · 16 years ago

Well, I have a suggestion, which I hope everyone will appreciate. I suggest people to switch from incandescent/florescent tube, to energy saving light bulbs, LED bulbs better. First and foremost, they save a lot of electricity, hence lower electricity bill. Although it may be expensive, but in the long run you save more, as they are long lasting, and durable. Secondly, I suggest people to but solar chargers, for their laptops, and cellphones. This are just some of the tips, I know which I could share with you. Not only do you save electricity, and money, you are also becoming an eco citizen, as it lessens our dependence on fossil fuel, which in turn contribute to global warming.

Gugol · 16 years ago

Ahaha. I have yet to start working on that power saver myth blog entry. With all the technical jargon simplified and whatnot. Gah!

Anyway, although these power savers work on really controlled conditions, I advise the average consumer to stay away from them.

They tell you that the products have been tested by Meralco, but how many actually tell you that they have passed Meralco’s stringent testing procedure and have the papers to back their claim? NONE. NADA. ZERO.