Tag: India
Top Ten Refrigerators in India by electricity consumption and size – Buying Guide
Refrigerators or fridges are one of the few appliances, apart from televisions, which have become omnipresent today. Almost in every urban household you might find a refrigerator standing in a corner of the house. It would not be an exaggeration if it is said that refrigerators have become an integral part of urban lives today. It performs a myriad of functions and contribute largely towards making our lives more comfortable. So it is needless to say that one must do
Best Room Heater in India Review & Buying Guide
Most places in North India experience extreme climates during summers and winters. Summers are extremely hot and winters are extreme cold. This makes it important to have both air conditioners as well as room heaters. It’s a common knowledge that air conditioners consume a lot of electricity and cause increase in electricity bills. But in northern India electricity bills due to heating in winters can be as high as that for cooling and in fact can be more. A recent
Solar Panels Price, Manufacturers, Technology for home in India 2020
Availability of Solar Panels to generate electricity at homes has been there in India since quite some time now. Still, for a long time, it was not economically feasible for most Indians to take benefit. But due to a drop in solar panel prices in India in the last few years coupled with significant policy-level implementations by Government in India, now, in [y], Solar Panels for home looks quite lucrative. Solar Panel manufacturers in India have also quite consolidated
Solar Water Heater Systems in India – how they can help save on electricity bills
Solar Water Heaters are becoming quite popular these days. Through a lot of government support, marketing and subsidies these products have come a long way in India. They have become quite affordable now and many people have started adopting solar water heaters for their water heating needs. Many big brands have now started making (& selling) solar water heaters in India. And some of them are also available online on e-commerce platforms. In India, heated water
CFL Bulbs and Fluorescent Tubes buying guide
In our previous post on task-based lighting, we showed that a watt is not the right measure for brightness and we should use lumens instead. We then went around the shops in our area and then carried out online market survey to find out different types of CFLs and Fluorescent tubes available in the market in India, and give our readers some comparative figures to help
Fuel Adjustment Charges on Electricity Bills explained
Have you ever wondered why your electricity bill amount is not the same even when you have the same number of units consumed on the bill? Why is it that the electricity bill is different even when you have not changed your electricity consumption? If you look at your bills you will just find that there is an amount mentioned as FAC or FCA or FPPCA, which is either positive or negative and is creating the difference.
Impact of Contracted Load on Fixed Charges in Electricity Bills
Electricity bill and it’s components are considered as one of the most difficult to understand and most people make the payment without understanding the same. So to help people understand electricity bills in India we are writing a series of articles and creating calculators to help people understand their electricity bills properly.
This is the first article in the series and in this we will try to explain the concept of contracted
Domestic LT Tariff Slabs and Rates for all states in India in 2012
As the electricity tariff rates have increased in several states in India in 2012, we at Bijli Bachao thought that it will be very useful for our readers to know about the latest tariff slabs and rates applicable for 2012-2013. So we did our research for all the states in India and below table lists all the latest tariff slabs and rates applicable for LT (Low Tension) domestic customers in urban centers in India. Please note that these do not apply to commercial, rural
Domestic Electricity LT Tariff Slabs and Rates for all states in India in 2013
As the electricity tariff rates keep changing every year, we at Bijli Bachao thought that it will be very useful for our readers to know about the latest tariff slabs and rates applicable for 2013. So we do our research for all the states in India regularly and publish a table that lists all the latest tariff slabs and rates applicable for LT (Low Tension) domestic customers in urban centers in India. As the tariffs change, we update them in the list. Please note that