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Go Green This Winter

Save electricity and gas i.e. help the environment and save money!

Did you know that most Reverse Cycle Airconditioners run for longer periods in winter than in summer (there's no warm equivalent of the Fremantle Doctor).

This makes it very important that you choose an efficient Air Con (efficient on heating as well as cooling).

Be careful when buying an air conditioner, for example did you know that according to choice magazine testing, some big brand wall splits drop from the average cooling efficiency of around 80% down to only 60% on heating.

These airconditioners will use an extra kilowatt (kW) of electricity to heat than the 'real' top brands.

Synergy (Western Power) charges 18.5c/kW, although this dosen't seem like much it could add up to a few hundred dollars a year.

For example you set your Air Con timer to come on at 4pm (just before you get home) and to go off at 12am (just after you fall asleep) that's 8 hours a day.                                                                                                   18.5c x 8 = $1.48

There are around 90 days in winter (or summer)                                 $1.48 x 90 = $133.20

(leaving a 75w lightglobe on all winter will cost you less than $30.00)

Your own personal result could vary by more or less according to your use, however you can see that everyone can save substantial amounts of money (and of course help stop climate change) just by selecting an efficient reverse cylce split system.