"El aumento en las tarifas eléctricas ha llevado a muchos a examinar más de cerca su consumo energético. Un fenómeno conocido como 'consumo vampiro' puede representar entre un 10% y un 20% del total de la factura mensual. Este consumo se debe a aparatos que permanecen encendidos o en stand-by, como módems, televisores y termotanques eléctricos. Expertos recomiendan el uso de medidores inteligentes y tomas inteligentes para identificar y reducir este gasto oculto."
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00:00What comes from the electricity bill, everyone is looking at and studying the energy consumption.
00:07Because the electricity bill is already known, it is especially spicy.
00:11And then new details start to appear.
00:16It is vampire consumption.
00:18What is vampire consumption?
00:19That there are things that one does or that one leaves on
00:24and that can be consuming electricity
00:27and at the end of the month they bring you some more expense.
00:31How big is this vampire, silent consumption?
00:36I'm going to ask Lisandro Coendos, who is an engineer,
00:39specialist in energy efficiency.
00:41Lisandro, good morning.
00:43How are you, good morning, how are you?
00:45Is it a lot what is consumed without realizing it?
00:48And more or less you can get to weigh or be between 10 and 20%
00:54of the total bill of the month, let's say.
00:56That's fine.
00:58With what comes out now, if it was a bill of 20 lucas, no,
01:02but if it is a bill of 200, a 10% and take it away.
01:05Sure.
01:06It is also comparable, let's say, with consumption, I don't know,
01:10it can exceed even lighting.
01:12Because the lighting can weigh more or less 10% of what one spends in the month.
01:17And where, what are those devices that consume silently
01:22without one realizing that they are on?
01:25And it can be, I don't know, the modem, for example,
01:27one has it on 24-7, I go to work and it is constantly on.
01:32Then everything that is small LED lights, infrared televisions,
01:37it can even be an electric thermo tank,
01:39that is, the electric thermo tank of some work we did in some neighborhood.
01:43Okay, but you don't leave your house if you have to start turning off all the devices.
01:46Or the one that takes off the shoes, right?
01:48Sure, there are the shoes.
01:49Sure.
01:50The first thing is to identify what is being turned on,
01:53it can be even a microwave clock, for example.
01:57And there are already devices that allow you to put them on standby
02:01or that allow you to turn it off.
02:03And also incorporate what are shoes or smart shots.
02:07And what one can also do is buy smart meters,
02:11nowadays there are quite simple meters that allow you to see the online consumption.
02:15Smart meters, I didn't know that, smart meters.
02:19And how do they connect?
02:21Think for ordinary people, not for an engineer.
02:25It depends on the type of meter,
02:27there are some that simply plug in between the shot and the artifact,
02:31for example, in the computer and I want to see how much the computer consumes,
02:35and I can see instantly what it is consuming in time, an accumulation.
02:40And if there are no others that connect directly on the board,
02:44an electrician can do it quite simply.
02:48And the idea is that, because today what happens?
02:51If one exceeds 300 kilowatts, 350 kilowatts of consumption in the month,
02:55regardless of the rate or category we are in, we lose subsidies.
03:01So it's interesting to see how much we are consuming in the month,
03:05because if we don't realize it after the bill arrives.
03:07And that's where it's late, basically.
03:10Lisandro, and those elements that have a display, right?
03:13For example, you just mentioned the microwave,
03:15I use it once or twice a day, but I'm not plugging it in and unplugging it,
03:19because if not, my obsessive-compulsive disorder would be worse,
03:23being all the time putting the clock on,
03:25I love the assumption that you have it.
03:27than leaving it plugged in.
03:28And the same with a music center, it has a display there.
03:31On TV?
03:32Well, yes, it's very vintage,
03:35they charge me, it's very vintage, the music center.
03:38But it also has a display with the time,
03:40I go crazy if I have to put the time on it every time.
03:42That's why I tell you, don't leave your house.
03:44Do I have to unplug it every time I leave?
03:47No, the idea would be, perhaps, first of all,
03:50see if you have any option to turn off what is on,
03:53which are usually watches,
03:56for example, air conditioning also has some LED that is on.
04:00The consumption for each of the appliances is not high,
04:03but the sum of all those appliances is where it reaches 20%.
04:08It's on 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
04:13That's the problem.
04:14And let's identify where it is concentrated.
04:17Over there we have a shoe where we have connected
04:20a large number of appliances.
04:22It is also not safe to leave it consuming energy
04:26for electrical safety reasons.
04:28And wouldn't this change when smart homes become a reality?
04:33Because it is always said that one day we will have smart homes,
04:37we will be able to go up and look out the window and so on.
04:40Here I don't know any.
04:42But at some point they will arrive.
04:45Yes, today the first thing we are looking at
04:48is mainly electric houses, purely electric,
04:52for security reasons, for gas availability reasons.
04:56And mainly what we are going to start seeing
04:59is that we are going to have a large number of devices
05:01connected online and be able to see what is happening
05:04with those devices, turn them off, turn them on remotely.
05:08It is something that is going to come.
05:10Today what one is going to be able to start acquiring
05:13are those small accessories that allow us
05:16to make smart decisions, right?
05:19Yes, Lisandro, I consult you.
05:20Beyond this, let's say, the link of ecology
05:23and energy saving on that subject,
05:25there is also a lot on the subject of the crisis,
05:27of not being able to pay.
05:28The other day I was talking to a woman who told me,
05:30I'm going to work and I'm going to stick to the fridge
05:32because I can't pay the bill.
05:34With the danger that that means, right?
05:36The loss of the cold.
05:37I mean, there is also a lot of despair that does not ...
05:40Of course, she has an empty fridge.
05:42Desperation because of the crisis, right?
05:44Of not being able to pay the bill.
05:46Yes, as it is.
05:47I am receiving bills of more than 200,000,
05:50250,000 pesos per month,
05:52from people who do not know,
05:53basically they have no idea why they have that expense, right?
05:57The first thing to understand is that
05:58if one does not start taking care of consumption a little,
06:01they lose the subsidy exceeding 350 kilowatts,
06:04which is a unit ...
06:06For that one does not know how much 350 kilowatts is,
06:09but well, in the bill one can even compare year to year
06:14and month to month what is the amount of consumption.
06:17And there to see, I don't know, if it is reasonable or coherent.
06:21I tell you, soon we will need someone,
06:24a profession is going to be an electricity saver,
06:27home.
06:28If someone comes and studies that for you,
06:30because it is a guide.
06:31And Lisandro, if you have the misfortune, right?
06:33That the engine of a fridge burns,
06:35you have to change.
06:36You have to focus on the purchase of the next one,
06:38because you have no choice.
06:40That there are some that are of a certain generation
06:43that allow you to save or consume less.
06:45And well, the labels come to that.
06:46Sure.
06:47Yes, the question is perfect.
06:49Today there are energy efficiency labels
06:52that allow you to choose efficient appliances.
06:54It is basically a traffic light
06:56and you will find some that say A, A+, A++.
07:00Which is the good one?
07:02There is something called minimum standard.
07:04What are they?
07:05They are electronics that come with a standard,
07:08basically minimum,
07:11and one will find only A or A++ in the market.
07:14So there is no longer,
07:16or we should not find B, C classes,
07:18which are inefficient, okay?
07:20In other words, the best is A++.
07:24A++ and some cases A++ can be found.
07:28And there are some financing lines,
07:31banks that are already prioritizing
07:33this type of appliances.
07:35But if we burn a team,
07:37let's look for what ...
07:39In short, the label that is greener
07:41and that has more, more, in short.
07:43Sure.
07:44Lissandro, we thank you very much
07:45for the information and the advice.
07:47Thank you very much.
07:48Bye, see you later.
07:50Well, they are not going to save on electricity,
07:52but they are not going to save on barbecue either.
07:54President Javier Millay invited the 87 heroes
07:59who fought against the tax evaders.