With the price of electricity reaching historical highs, day in and day out, any way to lower the electricity bill or be aware of our consumption is always welcome to avoid scares. And if we have already seen how to know the expenditure in real time, now we are going to see how to know how much each appliance is spending.
Knowing the cost of each appliance is very easy to do. First, because we can do it by simply referring to the label that most usually incorporate and where it warns us of consumption in watts (although it is not always possible).
The problem here is that although it is possible to have an estimate of the consumption of the appliances by looking at the instruction manual and the technical specifications, many times maximum or average values are given, so if we want to know precisely what the real consumption is in a moment or during a specific use we can choose the following options that we will comment on below and that include the possibility of consulting the meter of our home or doing it through a smart plug to monitor consumption.
With the electricity meter
The popular electricity meter, whether digital or not, offers information on the expenditure that we are carrying out at home, but of course, it does so on the total that we are spending. This means that if we have the oven, dishwasher and refrigerator running, checking the expense of each one will be more complicated. That is why some steps must be taken first.
To differentiate the cost of a connected device, we will have before disconnect all those devices that we have plugged in. This will not always be possible (there is the refrigerator), but we must try to do everything possible to leave only the device that we want to monitor working.
With the device “already isolated”, we can go to the physical meter to check the consumption of the appliance. A consumption that will be perceived above all in cases where consumption is high and the best example is ovens, vitros, resistance stoves, heating … If, for example, we activate the oven, we can see how it is reflected in the meter almost immediate.
Along with the ability to view consumption on the spot, We can also do it as we explained in its day, via the web or with the relevant app of the distribution company that serves us electricity at home. All you have to do is follow the steps that we have already detailed to sign up for the service and have access to our distributor’s platform.
In this case and to take advantage of these advantages, we must have a smart and connected meter and be registered with the distributor that concerns us. The most important are Endesa Distribución, Iberdrola Distribución, Unión Fenosa Distribución, E-Redes EDP Distribución, Viesgo Distribución … but there is more. And almost all have their respective mobile application.
e-distribution
SDI
Naturgy Clients (Gas Natural Fenosa Clients)
EDP Clients
Viesgo
Smart plugs are friends
This is the most economical method, since it does not involve any expense, although the problem is that the result is not always going to be exact and also We are only going to notice it with devices that have a high consumption. If in our case we do not mind making a small outlay, we can get a smart plug that allows us to measure the electrical consumption of the device that we have connected and thus save on daily consumption.
A few days ago we already saw a list with options to control the cost of electricity with a series of smart plugs or classic plugs that allow us to monitor the cost in real time. These devices act as a bridge between the appliance and the electrical outlet and it offers real-time reading with information on how much energy circulates from the network to which it is connected.
With any of these devices it is very easy to determine the cost of each device, without having to pay a large expense. In this way, it is possible to know the difference in consumption and percentage of energy expenditure, depending on the use that we are giving to each device.