The air-conditioner or A/C is a home appliance that ranks on the top if the contributors of electricity expense is to be listed down. Therefore if you wish to save some money from your electric bill without degrading your living conditions at home, you should learn how to efficiently use your A/C.

When you turn on your A/C, you should start from turning it on in fan mode. This way the air inside your room is slowly cooled and after about five minutes, you can set the mode a notch higher since the temperature inside your room has been regulated. Turning your A/C into a high mode at once forces the motor to cool your room instantly and this causes more electricity to be consumed by it. Aside from that, frequently doing this can deteriorate the motor of your A/C since it is forced to work instantly.

Once the temperature has stabilized, you can set the mode to an automatic setting where the A/C turns up and turns down depending on the ambient temperature. To illustrate this, if the temperature in the room is cool enough the motor turns a notch lower. When the temperature reaches a certain minimum temperature, the motor turns up again to provide a cooler air output.

You can also purchase an automatic device that can be attached from the A/C to a fan. When you sleep at night with the A/C turned on, it automatically switches to the fan and turns off the A/C when the desired cool temperature has been reached.

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