A MUM has revealed her lightbulb hack which she claims saves up to £40 a month on her energy bills.
With the energy price cap set to rise steeply again in October, households across the country are looking at ways to save money and keep bills as low as they can.
As cost of living crisis continues to bite, many families have been forced to make tough choices about expenses and whether to buy food or heat their homes.
One way to save some much-needed cash is to make your home as energy efficient as possible.
A woman has shared her way of cutting her energy bill – and all she did was change her lightbulbs.
She claimed that by doing this simple and easy hack her family “saved £35 to £40 a month”.
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Taking to the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK Facebook group, she wrote: “I know people are worried about rising costs but don’t waste your money on battery powered lights.
“Please go to a pound shop and buy LED lightbulbs. We got them for £1 each so ok initial outlay but we changed every bulb and it saved £35 to £40 a month. So paid for itself in the first month.
“When you think that lights can account for 15 per cent of your energy costs it’s worth changing your bulbs.”
The post quickly notched up more than 1,000 likes and nearly 400 comments as other Facebook users shared their thoughts on the idea.
One commentator wrote: “You’re absolutely right. Changing to low powered bulbs does help. A 5 watt bulb needs to be used for 200 hrs to use a kilowatt. Sensible to replace.”
Another added: “With lighting consuming around 40% of electricity during the darker months, this is a very wise idea.”
“Everyone should have done this years ago, first week I moved into my house I replaced every single bulb with LED’s, the previous owners had none,” revealed a third.
“Thanks for the money saving tip will defo change mine,” said another, while someone else echoed: “Finally someone with smart advice.”
A sixth commented: “We have LEDs everywhere saved us some money we also have them on timers.”
Meanwhile, a seventh stated: “We changed our last year well worth it.”
Others also shared other ways to save some money on their energy costs.
One said: “You can buy LED energy saving bulbs, which are even better than Plain LED. Amazon have a good range.”
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Another wrote: “Smart meters help. U can monitor what you use. We have used less than £2 a day throughout summer and its actual readings and I’ve set a budget.
“Best move I’ve made. As for gas I’ve used less that 50p a day through summer. If I keep heating off through winter that will keep the same.”
