Appliances

If no one is home during the day while you are at work, turn the hot water cylinder off before you leave for work and turn it on again when you get home.

We waste so much electricity on the stove for cooking food. Use the sun for solar energy and slow cooking and you can save a lot.

Tired of commercials? turn off the tv, grab a hot cuppa from the the thermos, unplug any unused appliances, check the mail come back and the ads probably finished. Talk about being a couch potato!

Use the fast and economy cycles on your dishwasher as often as possible, and only wash full loads.It is cheaper to do one load in the dishwasher than three sink-loads of dishes.

For those of us who have a multitude of electronic devices such as tvs in each room, playstations, video and DVD players, computers, it can be difficult to turn them all off.

Place your kettle on the window, so that the water is "heated" by the sun. This reduces the amount of time that the kettle needs to boil.

Our microwave caught on fire and we haven't replaced it. We are definitely saving power by not using the microwave to heat up little things.

Try to have a shower early in the evening then sit in front of the fire to dry your hair. Not only does this save power but it is a good way to make yourself sit down and relax for a while.

Turn off the TV and enjoy sitting by the fire reading or talking.

see if you are able to switch off every appliance in the house