6 tips on saving electricity with smart heaters.

Heating is one of the main sources of electricity consumption in many homes, but we cannot avoid heating our homes when the temperature drops. In this article, we share some inside tips on how to save electricity with Mill WiFi heaters.

With ever rising electricity prices we know that many people are reluctant to use electricity. Fortunately, there are several steps you can take to reduce the energy consumption associated with heating. Here are our best electricity-saving tips.

1. Turn off the heaters or lower the temperature while you are away.

A typical scenario: you wake up on a cold morning, shivering and freezing as you rush around the house pressing all buttons to start the heaters. The heat comes slowly but surely when you are on your way out to work, school, etc. Then you will be gone for eight hours before you come home to a nice and warm house. Doesn’t this sound nice? Well, when electricity prices continue to reach new heights, this is an easy way to waste electricity and contributes to sky-high electricity bills for your household. 

This is where a smart heater can help.

By activating the weekly program in the Mill app, you can pre-set the desired temperature in all rooms, for a comfortable, heated home. Or even simpler, you use the presets that we have entered, so all the temperatures and times are already taken care of.

Mill heaters use machine learning to understand how long it takes to heat the room and automatically start at the right time. When the family then leaves the house, away mode is already activated, and the heaters automatically turn down to a slightly lukewarm temperature or turn off completely while you are away. When you come home, say at 4 p.m., the heaters have heated to exactly your desired temperature. They have done this at the right time to avoid unnecessary heating when no one is present. Does it sound complicated? We can assure you that it is not for you who have a smart heater from Mill. We have taken care of the complicated so that you only need to download the Mill app and connect the heaters with the press of a button.

If you wish to make your own adjustments to time and temperature, it is quickly and easily done in the Mill app.

 

2. Turn down the temperature while you sleep.

Fresh air and comfortable temperatures in the bedroom are associated with good, quality sleep. According to experts, you can successfully lower the temperature to as much as 14 degrees in the bedroom. If it sounds cold, the recommended temperature is somewhere between 14-18 degrees. This also applies to children’s rooms.

If the heaters have warmed up to around 21 degrees in the afternoon and evening so that the children e.g. want to be comfortable while they play, do homework, and read before bedtime, you can easily set sleep mode in the Mill app. Once activated, the heaters will automatically adjust down to a lower sleeping temperature, which in turn will save you unnecessary electricity consumption.

3. Avoid heating during power peaks.

Power surges, what are they? Well, this is something more and more people are becoming familiar with. Electricity prices vary from hour to hour and the peaks are the times of the day when electricity prices are extra high. Normally they will be in the morning and afternoon/early evening, as this is when a large part of the population uses a lot of electricity. By reducing electricity consumption during peaks there is a lot of money to be saved. To ensure that this does not come at the expense of comfort, a tip is to set the heaters a couple of degrees above the desired temperature before reaching a peak, and then lower the temperature of the heaters considerably or switch off completely during the peak. Then you have a good warmth in the room that will last long enough to prevent you from freezing. You can easily monitor the energy consumption per hour in the Mill App from wherever you are.

4. PID control for precise temperature control

Did you know that ordinary heaters turn on and off continuously to maintain the desired temperature in the room? This means that if the temperature is set to 21 degrees, the thermostat will turn off the heaters when this is registered, then wait until the temperature drops, before it turns on again and heats up fully to get back up to the correct temperature.

This leads to large fluctuations in temperatures and often to unnecessary power consumption. This is where PID control comes in.

Generation 3 Mill WiFi panel heaters are equipped with PID control. The Mill PID Wattage Tech™ draws on an intelligent algorithm to ‘dim’ the wattage control—there’s no on–off, on–off, just a gentle chugging along at a sustained temperature. This reduces power consumption and makes temperature fluctuations a thing of the past. PID technology will be quite transformative for consumers’ home comfort and energy saving.

The Wattage cap ensures the heater operates within a set power range. This optimizes energy use while maintaining a comfortable temperature.

5. Open window function.

This is a function that is essential for energy saving. If, for example, you open the bedroom window to air before going to bed, the temperature in the room will probably drop drastically. The smart heater reads the sudden temperature drop and turns off ensuring no energy loss. Old heaters without this function will do the opposite which wastes energy and results in overshoots.

6. Solar panel

Mill Generation 3 Wi-Fi Heaters are perfect to combine with solar panels for a complete sustainable solution. The household can easily control the energy consumption and add a wattage cap in the Mill App to ensure the heaters operate within a set power range. This solution becomes eco-friendly and cost-effective.

Cutting-edge electric heating technology; certified energy-efficient.

Mill Generation 3 WiFi offers revolutionary features that make the heaters very energy efficient. All the energy is converted in the heat and the heaters are equipped with machine learning and intelligent wattage control to avoid unnecessary overshoots or residual heat. The technology is called Mill PID Wattage Tech™ and The Mill Predictive heating™.  https://millnorway.com/leading-technology/

Backed by a study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, a 600-watt Mill Heater with embedded new technology consumes as little as approximately 52 kWh per winter month, demonstrating unrivaled energy and cost efficiency. Calculate your expected energy consumption with Mill heaters: https://millnorway.com/energy-consumption-calculator/