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Both cut bills. Doing them in the right order saves the most money.
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Should you buy solar in Raipur or first swap bulbs and appliances? The best answer is to do the cheap things first and then size solar to what remains.
Quick answer: efficiency gives the cheapest saved unit; solar gives the cheapest produced unit; do efficiency first, then solar.
| Measure | Cost to save a unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| LED bulbs | Very low | Pays back in months |
| Servicing AC | Low | Annual job |
| Five-star appliance | Medium | Pays back over years |
| Rooftop solar with subsidy | Low over 25 years | Large share of bill |
Start with the home energy audit and the solar for home page.
| Measure | Cost | Units saved a year | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Replace 10 bulbs with LED | Rs 800 - 1,500 | 150 - 250 | Fastest payback |
| Service AC and use 25 degrees | Rs 500 - 1,000 | 200 - 500 | Behaviour helps |
| Replace a 10-year-old fridge | Rs 25,000 - 40,000 | 300 - 500 | Also better cooling |
| 3 kW rooftop solar | Rs 1.0 lakh after subsidy | About 4,300 | Largest absolute saving |
If you install solar first and then reduce use, you may have oversized the system. If you reduce use first, a smaller system covers the new load. In both cases you save, but the combined cost is lower when efficiency comes first.
Efficiency has limits. After the cheap measures, remaining consumption is best met by rooftop solar. Use the audit guide to find the numbers and the home page to plan.
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Yes; it is cheap and shrinks the system size you need.
Air conditioners, geysers and refrigerators.
Usually, if you use it heavily.
Yes; efficiency first, then solar.
LED and fixing waste often pay back fastest.
Visit C-29, Sector 3, Devendra Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492001, call 083051 31420 or send your details online for a free survey and a written quotation, with the subsidy worked out. Our solar installation in Raipur team replies the same working day.
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