Tips to use less energy at home

[Rulian]

Off topic, gentlemen ...

[versay]

You can put a full bottle of water (or qq container taking a certain volume) in your toilet to limit the use of water when flushing

[Christophe]

Yes, but we are talking about energy consumption.
So also off topic ...

[muzo_31]

For my part, I am not my conso as precisely as I saw a few post above, but I have an idea all the same. to heat my 200m², I burn about 6 to 7 MWh per year (all included: heating, DHW, lighting).
Add 2 bottles of butane gas for cooking.

I confirm that we only pay EDF the active power consumed, but our subscription circuit breaker is calibrated in amperes (30 in my case).

heat pump heating,
the pool is heated by house solar panels.
I think about making biogas to eliminate the gas cylinders.

[Kedar]

Hello
I live in an isolated 95m2 house near the Mediterranean, there are 3 of us
I am heated with reversible air conditioning (a unit of 5.3 kw)
I placed eco (fluorescent) lamps everywhere
I cut the TV and co set at night
we have 200L of electric hot water at night rate (soon a solar!)
cooking is ensured by a gas stove / butane oven (4 bottles / year)
RESULT: 1 year of electrical consumption and subscription: 480 €
Nice isn't it?

[Other]

Hello
Reply to Muzot_31
How did you proceed to confirm that you only paid KW and no KVA,
The only way to find out is to cut all the consumption in the house, check that the counter wheel is stopped
then plug in a 50 uo 60 microfarad capacitor, with a cord and plug into a power outlet, if the meter rotates as fast as a 200 watt light, you are paying for the reagent
After long arguments with hydroquebec specialists who swear to the contrary, I checked and their story is false.
Anyway the heating elements are not reactive.
Why do you think that the new refrigerators as well as the new heat pumps have high efficiency motors, what's the difference with the old ones, it's just the reactive, so if you don't pay for the reactive why bother with the new motors ?
You have to understand what it means reactive, When you plug a capacitor or a choke in the network, it is a current which circulates in the line without producing energy, the only losses it is the, heating in the line if the lines are too small.

Little simple experiment plugging in a single-phase motor (washing machine) let it run empty and measure the current consumed
Normally these small engines make 1/3 of cv, you will see that, it consumes almost what is indicated on its plate, and check the meter it turns for its consumption, however this engine this is not the friction of its bearings nor the internal ventilation, nor its calorific pertent which make it consume as much energy.
Now, make it force it will start to consume lightly, 1 to 2 more amps, the sound increases and its consumption becomes more profitable.

Obviously what I announce here interests little consumer, because few people heat with a heat pump, or few people use electric motors over a long period
In my case it takes 3 motors for heating
1 motor of 5cv for the compressor
1 motor of 1cv for the earth water pump
1 0,75 hp motor for ventilation
1 motor of 0,10hp for the water circulation pump (negligible)
So I balanced all these motors with a battery of capacitors depending on the load of these motors,
I went from 32 amps under 220vlts to 27 to 28 amps depending on the load of the compressor, this corresponds to between 800W to 1000watts fictitious less while the system works.
All this is relative when you know that a heated electric house in our climate consumes 30000 kwh annually that does not make a big difference.
I know that I will receive a tolerated response, with us it is not like that ect .. but before responding for people qualified in the field connect a capacitor (between phase and neutral measures the amperage with precision and counted the roulette spins, after you would answer ... normally a capacitor does not produce energy and does not consume, it charges and discharges, its consumption is negligible.

Andre

[Byr]

André, what you mention in your email is commonly practiced in France, but it is true rather by manufacturers or at least the large consumers of reagents (driving force, welding, etc.). Indeed, if the Cos φ approaches 1, then we only pay for what we actively consume. It is in the interest of the customer as well as that of the producer (the latter is forced to compensate for the phase shift), hence the measurement and invoicing of the reagent, but for the only yellow or green tariffs with regard to France. Regarding domestic tariffs (blue tariffs, subscribed power <36kVA), the proliferation of domestic customers as well as the generalization of compensated uses (fluorescent, bt power ...) disturb the network less than the induced harmonics ....

[titoo]

Dear gentlemen (and ladies),

Your comments are not uninteresting ...

I was able however to note that overall your proposals are technically difficult to realize and / or to understand.

(with the exception of a few simple tips thank you versay, oceano and sixK).

For my part, I am a student and I do not necessarily have the means for my eco (no) logical ambitions.

But I am convinced that there are very simple ways to save energy in a house.

This section is for everything that is not offered in the "Advice" section of KH.

Well, where is this section?

[PITMIX]

I have noticed that the counter wheel turns even when nothing is in use at home (at night for example) it starts spinning for no reason. At least that's the effect it gives. It must be the electrical devices in standby television, stereo, computer and other alarm clock halogen lamp with dimmer ...

[jean63]

hi PITMIX,

At home I have a "black box" (I do not know what is in it, but I will search), which puts the entire electrical network of the house in 6 volts .... provided that no device in standby or 220volts -> 12volts transformer is not in service.

Indeed, I realized that it did not pass in 6 volts whereas a priori nothing was in servoice, BUT I had one or two bedside lamps with low voltage halogen lamp 12V ... and the transformer is located between the 220V socket and the lamp switch.

After putting an interr before the transformer it works, the network goes well in 6 volts and do not leave any device on standby

PS: "those who deal with pollution by waves" (geo ....?) Say that electric wires containing 220 volts are bad for health in the house especially when one is in standby state (at night while sleeping) and if an electric sheath goes behind the bed !! we don't have to believe it ..........