How to save 10% on your electricity bill

[Kevin Lancaster]

How to save 10% on your electricity bill

Eskom provided the following tips to save up to 10% on electricity bills.

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Do all that and more and our bill went up and up and up ...... subsiding the poor and illegal really is a drag

 

[Chris The Man]

Thank you Eskom for the tips that we always see on our screens.

 

[bwana]

Eskom provided the following tips to save up to 10% on electricity bills.

IOW - Please save 10% this year so we can demand a 20% raise in prices next year…

I'd rather use all I want now while I can still afford to.

 

[lexis]

I wonder how much could be saved by making use of daylight savings time.

 

[Bar0n]

I wonder how much could be saved by making use of daylight savings time.

Nothing at all. In fact, I think the statistics show that people actually consume 1% more electricity due to DST.

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[CamiKaze]

I recently lowered the AMP on my house to 20.

I get 100.40 units / R100.

I used to get 74 units / R100 when my house was on 40 amp.

For some reason I feel that the units fly at a much faster rate than what is was when the house was on 40 amp.
Has anyone experience this before?

 

[ChocolateBadger]

I do most of this eish already. Was hoping they would tell me something new. R350 pm is my current record with comfortable usage.

 

[saor]

They forgot to mention to braai as often as possible.

 

[mike6870]

I recently lowered the AMP on my house to 20.

I get 100.40 units / R100.

I used to get 74 units / R100 when my house was on 40 amp.

For some reason I feel that the units fly at a much faster rate than what is was when the house was on 40 amp.
Has anyone experience this before?

No, but I want to. How do you turn it down ? Need a sparky or what ?

 

[CamiKaze]

No, but I want to. How do you turn it down ? Need a sparky or what ?

You need to go to the municipality and ask. It's a free service but you going to have to pay if you want to increase it to 30 or 40 again.

Also, make sure that the day to day usage of your appliances s below 20 amp.

 

[Necuno]

How to save 10% on your electricity bill

Eskom provided the following tips to save up to 10% on electricity bills.

How to save above 50%?

Remove anc.

 

[mike6870]

You need to go to the municipality and ask. It's a free service but you going to have to pay if you want to increase it to 30 or 40 again.

Also, make sure that the day to day usage of your appliances s below 20 amp.

Ta much, will check it out.

 

[Progenix Oj101]

I don't see that saving R450/month, I was hoping for something more substantial

 

[FiestaST]

Can anyone confirm this one: "Set your fridge to 3°C – any lower and it will use more electricity than necessary;"

 

[Ockie]

I recently lowered the AMP on my house to 20.

I get 100.40 units / R100.

I used to get 74 units / R100 when my house was on 40 amp.

For some reason I feel that the units fly at a much faster rate than what is was when the house was on 40 amp.
Has anyone experience this before?

What happens if you go apvoe 20 amp? Does the box trip? What can you power with 20 round about? How do they do this? Come to your house and make a physical adjustment?

 

[Bar0n]

What happens if you go apvoe 20 amp? Does the box trip? What can you power with 20 round about? How do they do this? Come to your house and make a physical adjustment?

Ockie, I know this is off-topic, but are you still getting normal municipal electricity bills despite being on prepaid?

 

[Ockie]

Ockie, I know this is off-topic, but are you still getting normal municipal electricity bills despite being on prepaid?

Nope. It was sorted last month. They credited us for the estimate readings they loaded up to the tune of about R7500.00 and after the credit was done the City of Joburg bill was in credit with R300.00

 

[Bar0n]

Nope. It was sorted last month. They credited us for the estimate readings they loaded up to the tune of about R7500.00 and after the credit was done the City of Joburg bill was in credit with R300.00

I'm still getting bills and they've now started to list some of the amounts in the "due in 30 days" area of the bill...

 

[Ockie]

I'm still getting bills and they've now started to list some of the amounts in the "due in 30 days" area of the bill...

You fall under City Power?