Knowing how much energy your home appliances are using is great if it helps you save cash, and reduce your carbon footprint. Beware though, you could become an energy bore. Reeling off how many kilowatts it takes to boil a kettle or run the fridge, over the dinner table, can get a bit tedious. And once the novelty of the monitor has worn off, will it have helped change your energy using habits, or will it be left to gather dust or relegated to the kitchen drawer along with the cappuccino frother and the electric garlic press? True to say, if owning a monitor makes you change your habits long term, and, assuming you don’t live in a house full of teenagers incapable of switching a light off, you could save money – up to 15% or £135, off the average annual bill, claims moneysavingexpert.
You could just read your electricity meter!
There are some deals around at the moment with energy suppliers offering monitors free with certain tariffs, but beware you could be paying over the odds for the tariff. Check the rate out first and buy a monitor separately. Or save the cash and look at the dial on your metering spinning around in the cupboard!
