Saving electricity with aluminum foil: home remedies are a real secret trick
Created: 2022-12-13, 10:44 p.m
By: Jessica Young
Saving electricity can be difficult in winter.
However, aluminum foil can help and use a few tricks to ensure warmer interiors.
Dortmund – Numerous consumers are afraid of a blackout in Germany and want to save electricity so that this does not happen.
However, this is not so easy, especially in winter – because very few people want to turn down the heating to save electricity and do without cozy warm interiors.
A home remedy therefore offers a solution to the problem - namely aluminum foil, reports RUHR24.
Saving electricity with aluminum foil: home remedies ensure warmer interiors
Apartments in old buildings and older houses often have poorly insulated walls.
As a result, the heat from the interior spaces is lost more quickly than in buildings with better insulation.
In order to fight this and save electricity, however, the whole house does not have to be re-insulated at once - because the household remedy aluminum foil not only ensures a better WLAN signal, but also makes the interior cozy.
To save electricity, the aluminum foil only has to be attached behind the radiators, as
Chip
reports.
This can be done with double-sided adhesive tape, for example.
Alternatively, the foil can be attached to a thin board or cardboard to make attachment less of a hassle.
If you opt for the second variant, it is advantageous to cut the whole thing in such a way that the homemade insulation can be attached to the radiator wall bracket.
The aluminum foil should then ensure that the warm air is reflected back into the room instead of escaping.
Saving electricity with aluminum foil: there is a catch to this household trick for warm interiors
However, the insulation with aluminum foil not only has advantages, but also a disadvantage.
Because if the insulation boards are not installed correctly, mold can form between the foil and the wall, as the website
myhomebook.de
reports (more life hacks at RUHR24).
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To prevent this, the home remedy must be glued without gaps.
However, this can be difficult if you do not want to dismantle the radiator for a warm interior.