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We spoke with an energy expert about some low-cost, and even free, ways to lower your bills by several dollars a day without breaking a sweat.
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A year on standby. if you've got a set—top box or a satellite receiver, you could be paying more than £20 a year by leaving it switched on. your modem or broadband router is another costly culprit to the tune of £19 annually when not in use. microwaves, especially those with digital displays, and printers could also be adding to your bill although not by as much. in total, totally switching off 13 widely—used appliances could save the average household £147 pounds a year, the equivalent of two months' electricity charges. we asked one energy expert what we could do to protect ourselves ...
Ben can explain more. the lights are the easy ones are things but there are these so—called devices. these offending items are scarily called vampire devices, because they're phantom suckers of power. you might think they're switched off but they're costing you money. and as you say every penny counts at the moment. we've been talking a lot energy bills over the past few weeks, the price cap went up at the beginning of the month meaning higher bills for millions of us. there aren't cheaper deals to be had so some of these costs are unavoidable. but, today british gas told us that unused elec...
Had from that, a lot of nights lying awake in bed, just going," i don't know how we're going do it." like many of us, sarah's home has its fair share of technology and devices powered by electricity. i already see there's plenty of devices out here. there's quite a lot of devices. i've got alexa, a smart metre, phone charger all on that side. what have we got going on in here? is this a smart tv? yes. do you leave it on standby? yes, we do. and why do you eave it on standby? i mean, you don't think it's going to cost a lot because it's not doing anything. but our technology—filled homes are ...