SAVE ENERGY &, MONEY
“Cut your coat according to your cloth”. Even in Holy Quran it is written, “One who misuses is Satan’s brother”. If we properly and economically use our household electrical appliances, we can save our electricity bill by minimum 20%. Again our Household equipment will last more. The Load shedding will be minimized and Country as a whole will be benefited.
LOWER YOUR ELECTRIC BILL
A 100-watt bulb when used for 10 hours consumes One Kilowatt hour or 1 Unit of electricity (100 watt x 10 hours= 1000 watt hours=1 Kilowatt hour=1 Unit). For Domestic Consumer, 1 Unit costs Tk. 3.62 and for Commercial Consumer, 1 Unit costs- Tk. 6.10 including VAT.
CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS
A 100-watt normal bulb consumes 1 Unit of electricity in 10 hours, whereas a 32/33-Watt Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) with same illumination takes 30 hours for same consumption. Similarly a 60-watt normal bulb consumes 1 Unit in 16 hours, whereas a 22-Watt CFL with same illumination takes 45 hours for same consumption. Result minimum 66% saving.
A 4 feet Tube lamp with ordinary ballast consumes 1 Unit in 21 hours, whereas same Tube lamp with electronic ballast and with same illumination takes 29 hours for same consumption.
A TV, Refrigerator and Computer in use consume 1 Unit in 10 hours. A Computer in Standby mode it consumes only same electricity in 100 hours.
A normal fan consumes 1 Unit of electricity in 14 hours, but an air conditioner consumes same electricity in half an hour.
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