Tips & Hints

Tips and Hints

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Here are a few tips to reduce your quartely power bill:

Lighting:

- Use energy saving lamps where possible (fluoros and compact fluorescents or green planned discharge lighting - such as mercury vapour and metal halide)

- Turn off hibays/ lowbays in any unused areas of your factory, or have automated lighting control

Machines:

- Turn off machines at main switch (as they may have standby power)

Climate Control:

- Set your air-conditioner to 23.5C in summer and make sure all doors, windows and blinds are shut to assist efficiency

- If installing a new air-conditioner, choose an inverter driven split system that is at least 25% bigger than the minimal recommendation

- Clean and wash air-conditioner filters and fins regularly

- Start fans early in the morning to keep cool air circulating

Kitchen (lunchrooms):

- Keep fridges as full as possible to make them more efficient

- Avoid using your dishwasher & drier, save money AND water

General:

- Install a solar hot water system (government rebates may apply)

- Install a Solar panel and inverter grid tie system (government rebates may apply)

Most important:

- Repair any leaks in airlines, this will drastically reduce your compressor use in turn saving power and reducing wear and tear

Help the environment, see if your electricity provider has a small contribution you can make on your power bill to help reduce carbon emissions (carbon credits, tree funds etc).

Has your Safety switch Tripped?

If your safety switch or a circuit breaker has tripped, follow these steps to find out why it might be tripping:

1. Determine if it is the RCD (safety switch) or CB (circuit breaker).

2. If it's not the RCD (safety switch) then contact a licenced electrician.

3. If it's the RCD (safety switch), unplug all appliances.

4. Reset RCD (safety switch).

5. Plug in one (1) item at a time until the RCD (safety switch) trips.

6. NB: - multiple appliances could trip the switch.

Look for such items as:

- Kettle/electric jug

- Fridge

- Air conditioning

- Kitchen appliances

- Garden lighting

Extreme care should be taken not to touch any exposed metal when plugging in possible defective appliances.