Know your Air Condition Consumption

Be wise and know how much your air conditioner consumption by daily, weekly and monthly. Based on the Meralco Appliance app's computations, the cost of keeping the AC on for 6 hours a night versus 8 hours is only P8! Instead of getting up 2 hours early every morning just to switch your AC off, get some well-deserved shut-eye!

Meralco has tested more than 300 aircon in the last 5 years, using its Power Lab facility that can simulate various room sizes. And it has some very interesting findings. When you switch to new AC with power-saving features then you can save more than keeping your old AC.

1. If the last 10 years is any indication, technology dramatically improves efficiency and after 5 years, so it becomes more cost-efficient to replace an aircon after 5 years. We tested a 5-year-old 1HP aircon (P7.50 per hour of use) versus a new one (P3.75 per hour). If you use the AC for 8 hours per day, you save P900 per month*. If a new one costs 20K, it would have paid for itself in less than 2 years.
2. Under or oversizing your aircon relative to your room size or dimensions will cost you an extra P1,000 a month*. That’s P60k in five years. If you buy a small aircon (say 0.5HP) for a big room (say 30sqm), yes that small aircon will be able to cool the room soon enough, but it will cost you because its compressor will be working all the time. If you do the reverse, say install a 1.5HP aircon in a 6 sqm. room, it will still cost you P1,000 more per month because its compressor will be cycling more, which drives consumption.

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The lesson here? The older your AC is, the more energy it will consume compared to the newer models. And an oversized or undersized AC will give you additional costs on your monthly bill! Manage your consumption with these energy efficiency tips so YOU have the power during summer heat. 

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