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The current UK economic climate is forcing people to review every penny that they spend around the house, especially when it comes to heating the home and using electrical appliances. As electricity prices have been rising significantly, in some cases as high as 40% in just over a year, any savings that can be made using electrical appliances will be welcomed. Changing electricity supplier could be one short-term solution, especially if you are currently paying the top tariffs.

Each year over one million tons of a damaging greenhouse gas is pumped into the atmosphere by electrical appliances left on standby. These appliances, which range from televisions and DVD players to dishwashers and tumble-dryers, are significant contributors to global warming. The true effects that these appliances have on the environment are often overlooked. Every year enough electricity to power a city the size of Birmingham for a year or keep Britain's street lights burning for four years is wasted.

I regularly use Skype to keep in touch with my friends and family. Recently I noticed that almost all of my contacts never pickup Skype calls, but then if I ring their phone they answer. This means that their computers are being left on, even though they are not using them. When you consider that most computers use typically 70-200 Watts of power across the nation the accumulative waste of electricity must be monumental.

Whether it is electrical or electronic, all appliances come with cutting edge inbuilt safety standards. Safety features differ from one brand to another, but almost all brands follow certain general safety measures. This includes low resistance earth, to protect the user from getting a shock from electricity. Those electrical appliances without earth will have double insulation to avoid electrical shocks. Appliances like toasters, kettles and hair dryers come with different types of switch technologies that detect any fault in the appliances and cut the power supply automatically. Popular brands such as Electrolux and Whirlpool come with different type of child safety features. There are safety features that include dryers that have a latch on the inside door that protect children from being locked inside, and some ovens are equipped with locks on the outside of the door to prevent children from opening a lit oven.

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