How to save electricity?

Reply to How to save electricity? on Sun, 25 Oct 2020 03:44:16 GMT

Luorisi — Sun, 25 Oct 2020 03:44:16 GMT

Buy electricity-saving appliances, regular air conditioners, turn on 25 degrees Celsius, and light bulbs with lower wattages, which can save electricity.

Reply to How to save electricity? on Wed, 21 Oct 2020 07:46:26 GMT

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Reply to How to save electricity? on Fri, 01 Mar 2019 04:15:58 GMT

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Reply to How to save electricity? on Sat, 24 Jan 2015 03:56:20 GMT

Nebbermind — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 03:56:20 GMT

iRabbit:
$80 is really good. Actually anything under $100 for a family of 4 is commendable. Nowadays I seldom switch on the air-con due to the cool nights.

Not for long...recent report that Feb is gonna be dry...

Reply to How to save electricity? on Sat, 24 Jan 2015 03:46:04 GMT

iRabbit — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 03:46:04 GMT

$80 is really good. Actually anything under $100 for a family of 4 is commendable. Nowadays I seldom switch on the air-con due to the cool nights.

Reply to How to save electricity? on Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:06:07 GMT

janet88 — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:06:07 GMT

electricity dropping price at right time...more dry days ahead.

http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/ ... nd-feb-nea

Reply to How to save electricity? on Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:11:21 GMT

iRabbit — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:11:21 GMT

With the electricity tariff dropping by 8% (iirc), how much do you save on your utility bills now?

Reply to How to save electricity? on Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:48:10 GMT

Sun_2010 — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:48:10 GMT

limlim:
ChiefKiasu:
Filtered or unfiltered, I only drink boiled water. I can't imagine how bacterial can be effectively removed just by filtering. Call me old school, but boiled water is the only thing I'll drink... even when I'm traveling in hotels served with bottled water.

The chlorine added during the water treatment will kill bacteria. That's why Sg water is safe to drink from tap.

As for filters, those with silver infused activated carbon is anti bacteria too. And some filter have membrane that are too small for bacteria to pass thru as well..

Jmho
Agree with the first sentence. Chlorine is a very good disinfectant. The second sentence is not so black and white. Yes Water here is very safe from bacteria but the chlorine level in water , while within the official safe levels, its long term impact on our body is questionable. After all what kills a living thing cannot be good for our health. There are a lot of studies ongoing regarding alkaline environment that is more conducive to the body vs acidic environment. Chlorinated water leads to a more acidic environment in the body.

Boiling water helps remove the chlorine, have to leave it boiling for a few mins . Water Filter with carbon filter also helps.

Reply to How to save electricity? on Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:38:55 GMT

limlim — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:38:55 GMT

ChiefKiasu:
Filtered or unfiltered, I only drink boiled water. I can't imagine how bacterial can be effectively removed just by filtering. Call me old school, but boiled water is the only thing I'll drink... even when I'm traveling in hotels served with bottled water.

The chlorine added during the water treatment will kill bacteria. That's why Sg water is safe to drink from tap.

As for filters, those with silver infused activated carbon is anti bacteria too. And some filter have membrane that are too small for bacteria to pass thru as well..

Reply to How to save electricity? on Mon, 22 Dec 2014 06:02:42 GMT

sharonkhoo — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 06:02:42 GMT

ChiefKiasu:
Filtered or unfiltered, I only drink boiled water. I can't imagine how bacterial can be effectively removed just by filtering. Call me old school, but boiled water is the only thing I'll drink... even when I'm traveling in hotels served with bottled water.

I guess it depends on what's in the filter. The filters we used in China said they removed bacteria, viruses, amoeba etc as well as parasites and heavy metal salts. We bought a brand that had patents and various good reviews internationally. Not sure if they were all true, but we used their filters for 10 yrs and it seemed to work - no tummy upsets attributable to water. We are using an Osim one in Singapore now - can't remember its claims, but pretty much the same, I think.

Reply to How to save electricity? on Mon, 22 Dec 2014 05:53:30 GMT

ChiefKiasu — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 05:53:30 GMT

Filtered or unfiltered, I only drink boiled water. I can’t imagine how bacterial can be effectively removed just by filtering. Call me old school, but boiled water is the only thing I’ll drink… even when I’m traveling in hotels served with bottled water.

Reply to How to save electricity? on Mon, 22 Dec 2014 05:52:58 GMT

mathtuition88 — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 05:52:58 GMT

slmkhoo:
pirated:
In certain cities in China I also boil the bottled water .... and the unboiled bottled water only good for brushing teeth.

After so long in China my tummy cannot take the too clean water of SG.
Sounds strange! We drank filtered water or boiled tap water in China, and now we also filter the water in Singapore. My husband is the one who can't take the tap water here and needs it filtered. The rest of us are OK with it filtered or un-.

Singapore has a policy of water fluoridation (which is very controversial in Europe), whereas countries like Europe, China does not.

There are some pros and cons of water fluoridation.
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluo ... ontroversy)

The only good points of water fluoridation seems to be reducing dental cavities.

The water fluoridation controversy arises from political, moral, ethical,[1] and safety concerns regarding the fluoridation of public water supplies. While some countries, particularly in Europe, have ceased water fluoridation, the controversy persists in others.[2] Those opposed argue that water fluoridation may cause serious health problems, is not effective enough to justify the costs, and has a dosage that cannot be precisely controlled.[3][4][5] In some countries, fluoride is added to table salt.[6]

Outside North America, water fluoridation was adopted in some European countries, but in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Denmark and Sweden banned fluoridation when government panels found insufficient evidence of safety, and the Netherlands banned water fluoridation when \"a group of medical practitioners presented evidence\" that it caused negative effects in a percentage of the population.

Unfortunately, there is no easy solution to remove fluoride from water, since boiling water does not remove fluoride...

Reply to How to save electricity? on Mon, 22 Dec 2014 05:33:27 GMT

sharonkhoo — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 05:33:27 GMT

pirated:
In certain cities in China I also boil the bottled water .... and the unboiled bottled water only good for brushing teeth.

After so long in China my tummy cannot take the too clean water of SG.

Sounds strange! We drank filtered water or boiled tap water in China, and now we also filter the water in Singapore. My husband is the one who can't take the tap water here and needs it filtered. The rest of us are OK with it filtered or un-.

Reply to How to save electricity? on Mon, 22 Dec 2014 05:31:46 GMT

sharonkhoo — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 05:31:46 GMT

jetsetter:
In different countries, you need to investigate the source. For instance, never drink tap water in the UK, cos it's too hard. Guaranteed: your hair will drop. Limescale will start to build up inside your electric kettle after a few mths of daily usage.

Diff cities within China - the water quality is diff as well. ...

Where I lived in China, limescale would build up in my kettle after 1 day! Don't know about hair dropping - I lived there 10 years and my hair seems OK. But I only drank boiled tap water or filtered water.

I drank unboiled tap water in the UK for 3 yrs, 1 yr and 4 yrs at various periods and my hair seems OK. My midwife said that I wouldn't need calcium supplements during my pregnancies - she said just drink the tap water!

Reply to How to save electricity? on Mon, 22 Dec 2014 02:33:01 GMT

limlim — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 02:33:01 GMT

Read somewhere that… not sure is UK or Britain… Their treated water is stored in OPEN man-made reservoir… or, more accurately, exposed storage tanks.

And there are reports of people censored into it… or all kind of funny things.

Reply to How to save electricity? on Mon, 22 Dec 2014 01:25:14 GMT

jetsetter — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 01:25:14 GMT

straffan23:

Well, at different times and age, I tried to turn to drinking unboiled tap water. Also, in different countries. With and without filter. What I realized is that without fail, drinking unboiled water, say... a week in a row, will guarantee to make me start coughing. So now that I am older (but none-the-wiser :-P)... I decided to stick to cool boiled water.

I drink direct from the SG tap sometimes. It actually tastes ok.

In different countries, you need to investigate the source. For instance, never drink tap water in the UK, cos it's too hard. Guaranteed: your hair will drop. Limescale will start to build up inside your electric kettle after a few mths of daily usage.

Diff cities within China - the water quality is diff as well. Western China like Chengdu/Chongqing/Xian/Hubei etc. drink from the western end of the Yangtze river. The water is supposed to be \"liang\" and complements your mala hotpot. Guaranteed: you will never get cough if you drink boiled Yangtze water and eat many days of mala hotpot. Your complexion might even improve.

Same with Eastern China...pp there drink from Yangtze River, but quality is a bit diff as it's flowing towards the open sea liao.

But if you move south to Guangdong province, the water is from Pearl River, which is supposed to be more heaty. Guaranteed: you'll get cough after drinking boiled Pearl River water after 1 week...and pimples too.

Reply to How to save electricity? on Mon, 22 Dec 2014 01:09:10 GMT

pirated — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 01:09:10 GMT

In certain cities in China I also boil the bottled water … and the unboiled bottled water only good for brushing teeth.

After so long in China my tummy cannot take the too clean water of SG.

Reply to How to save electricity? on Mon, 22 Dec 2014 00:59:56 GMT

straffan23 — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 00:59:56 GMT

iRabbit:
limlim:

That's why I recommend getting a good filter. To remove any \"undesirable\" stuff.

But boiling is really not necessary. The chlorine added during water treatment processes at PUB should keep viruses and bacteria under control. If anything, boiling only drives off dissolves gases. It doesn't remove any other impurities. Hence filtering makes more sense.
Sometimes it's also psychological. Having been drinking boiled water for so many years, I ain't gonna start drinking straight from the tap at my age.

Well, at different times and age, I tried to turn to drinking unboiled tap water. Also, in different countries. With and without filter. What I realized is that without fail, drinking unboiled water, say... a week in a row, will guarantee to make me start coughing. So now that I am older (but none-the-wiser :-P)... I decided to stick to cool boiled water.

Reply to How to save electricity? on Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:15:04 GMT

janet88 — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:15:04 GMT

zbear:
janet88:
on a hot day, there is really no need to switch on the heater. you wish the water is cold instead.

Family is not allowed to use heater unless its heavy rain like in Nov/Dec when the tap water is icy cold.

but in the mornings, kids need warm water to take quick shower before changing into their uniforms...a habit since young.

in the hot months, the water in the tank can be rather warm without switching on the heater.

Reply to How to save electricity? on Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:53:52 GMT

iRabbit — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:53:52 GMT

limlim:

That's why I recommend getting a good filter. To remove any \"undesirable\" stuff.

But boiling is really not necessary. The chlorine added during water treatment processes at PUB should keep viruses and bacteria under control. If anything, boiling only drives off dissolves gases. It doesn't remove any other impurities. Hence filtering makes more sense.

Sometimes it's also psychological. Having been drinking boiled water for so many years, I ain't gonna start drinking straight from the tap at my age.

Reply to How to save electricity? on Thu, 18 Dec 2014 01:49:32 GMT

zbear — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 01:49:32 GMT

janet88:
on a hot day, there is really no need to switch on the heater. you wish the water is cold instead.

Family is not allowed to use heater unless its heavy rain like in Nov/Dec when the tap water is icy cold.

Reply to How to save electricity? on Thu, 18 Dec 2014 01:24:10 GMT

limlim — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 01:24:10 GMT

janet88:
on a hot day, there is really no need to switch on the heater. you wish the water is cold instead.

But the working class rarely hv the luxury to shower in the afternoon...... except weekends.

Reply to How to save electricity? on Thu, 18 Dec 2014 01:20:48 GMT

janet88 — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 01:20:48 GMT

on a hot day, there is really no need to switch on the heater. you wish the water is cold instead.

Reply to How to save electricity? on Thu, 18 Dec 2014 01:20:19 GMT

limlim — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 01:20:19 GMT

starlight1968sg:
iRabbit:
[quote=\"starlight1968sg\"]For water filters, need to use electricity? Thanks.

Sorry I meant tap filters.

OT: is your tap filter just fit onto the tap?[/quote]Hyflux and osim got some filters that attaches to the tap and is fuss free. Just need to replace the cartridge regular (every 3~6 mths).

It doesn't consume any electricity. The membrane blocks solid particles and there may be some activated carbon(guess) to remove unpleasant gases or dissolved substances.

If you just attached ANY simple cloth filter over the tap, the cloth will turn brown after just few days or weeks of use.

So it is easy to see what \"stuff\" is present in the tap water you drink, and these substances will NOT be removed by boiling. Boiling kills bacteria and viruses and drive off gases, nothing else.