Most room thermostats on heating and cooling systems receive their 24V AC electrical power from a low voltage transformer that itself is usually found at the boiler or furnace (blue arrow in our photo at left).Watch out: some room thermostats … Continue reading →

It is a myth that leaving your hot water on all of the time will save you money. Unless you need a constant supply of warm water, your boiler will be constantly heating when there is no real need. It … Continue reading →

The Top 5 Biggest Users of Electricity in Your Home Air Conditioning & Heating. Your HVAC system uses the most energy of any single appliance or system at 46 percent of the average U.S. home’s energy consumption. Water Heating. Appliances. … Continue reading →

So is it worth the trouble? The energy costs of plugged-in appliances can really add up, and unplugging these devices could save your up to $100 to $200 a year. Another benefit of unplugging your appliances is protection from power … Continue reading →

A 1-bed flat will usually cost around ?350 per year (or ?29 per month) to keep your house heated. Trying to keep these costs down is relatively simple. Ensuring that you only heat rooms that you need to is a … Continue reading →

Long before Thomas Edison patented — first in 1879 and then a year later in 1880 — and began commercializing his incandescent light bulb, British inventors were demonstrating that electric light was possible with the arc lamp. When did lights … Continue reading →

Gas lighting was common in the cities and larger towns, supplemented by candles and oil lamps, but in smaller towns and villages and in the countryside lighting remained almost exclusively by candles and oil lamps. Did they have light bulbs … Continue reading →

Connect a Smart Light Bulb to Alexa Open the Amazon Alexa app on your mobile device. Select the Devices tab. Choose All Devices. Scroll down to find the smart light that you want to connect. Tap the smart light’s name … Continue reading →

1 million. 5G is expected to support up to 1 million connected devices per . 38 square miles, compared to around 2,000 connected devices per . 38 square miles with 4G. How many devices can 5G connect? 1 million devices5G … Continue reading →

The Azure Internet of Things (IoT) is a collection of Microsoft-managed cloud services that connect, monitor, and control billions of IoT assets. In simpler terms, an IoT solution is made up of one or more IoT devices that communicate with … Continue reading →

Recently, research has been held to test who is superior between Alexa, Siri, and Google and how well they can answer a user’s query. Google assistant answers 88% of all the questions correctly, Siri answered 75%, whereas Alexa answered 72.5% … Continue reading →

When I first plugged in the Twinkly lights, they were clearly superior to any Christmas mini lights I’ve used before. The bulbs are bright and uniform, and the range of colors they showed, from pastels to bright primaries, was impressive. … Continue reading →

Leave it plugged in and charging while you sleep through the night and you’ll be paying for electricity that’s literally doing nothing. So the simple answer is that it saves to turn most devices off at the plug socket, or … Continue reading →

How much electricity does a TV use? On average, most 55 inch smart televisions use approximately one unit of electricity to power around 12 hours of viewing – that works out at 2p an hour. Does a television use a … Continue reading →

Zebra shades offer insulation or reduced heat loss from the windows because of layering. Keeping your home warm means stopping the transfer of heat from inside to outside.Zebra blind does that, as it provides a layer between the blind and … Continue reading →