5 STEPS TO REDUCE YOUR ELECTRICITY LOAD

Take these steps to help reduce your energy consumption and pay less electricity bill.

1. Shutdown your computer*

You should disconnect your desktop computer, monitor, laptop, printer, scanner, modem, or anything connected to these elements after use.
Turn them off every night and when they are not in active use. It means making a habit of unplugging appliances to save energy and not leaving them in standby mode.

*2. Choose the right light*

LED bulbs are the most energy efficient lighting option. LED bulbs use 75% less electricity than incandescent bulbs (Energy Star).

*3. Eliminate vampire power: unplug idle electronics.*

Vampire appliances are those that drain electricity even when you switch them off but leave them plugged in. They contribute to phantom load bills, equal to almost 23% of the total energy consumption.
These devices and electronics are phone and laptop charges and entertainment devices like game consoles, TV units, DVR, etc. Remove them from the electrical sockets immediately after charging to 100% or when switching them off.

Devices like televisions, microwaves, scanners, and printers use standby power, even when off. Some chargers continue to pull small amounts of energy, even when plugged in (a good judge of this is if a charger feels warm to the touch).

*4. Use a power strip to reduce your plug load.*

To avoid paying for this "vampire power," use a power strip to turn all devices off at once. Flipping the switch on your power strip has the same effect as unplugging each socket from the wall, preventing phantom energy loss.

*5. Turn off the lights.*

Just one switch to off all the unused lights and you're done!

Alarape Hafeez Ayodeji

LARAPHZTECH GLOBAL SOLUTION

General Electrical Engineer,

Site Manager,

IT & SIWES TRAINER,

Skill Acquisition Consultant.

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WHY DO YOU NEED A CIRCUIT BREAKER?

 A circuit breaker is an electrical safety device designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by an overcurrent or short circuit. Its basic function is to interrupt current flow to protect equipment and to prevent the risk of fire. Unlike a fuse, which operates once and then must be replaced, a circuit breaker can be reset (either manually or automatically) to resume normal operation.

Circuit breakers are made in varying sizes, from small devices that protect low-current circuits or individual household appliances, to large switchgeae designed to protect high voltage circuits feeding an entire city. The generic function of a circuit breaker, or fuse, as an automatic means of removing power from a faulty system, is often abbreviated as OCPD (Over Current Protection Device). 

In order to keep our electrical components & system safe,  it is mandatory to protect our system against the below faults. This leads to the need of circuit breakers in our electrical system because many kind of abnormal conditions are there which exist in our electrical system that have the potential to damage the circuit & its components.  These conditions re defined as 'FAULTS'. Further,  faults is categoried as mentioned below;

• Overload

• Short-circuit 

• Earth

Alarape Hafeez Ayodeji

LARAPHZTECH GLOBAL SOLUTION

General Electrical Engineer,

Site Manager,

IT & SIWES TRAINER,

Skill Acquisition Consultant.

Facebook: Laraphztech Global Solution 

Twitter: @laraphztech 

Call: +234 703 448 4008