The New Meralco Appliance Calculator Web Application (M.A.C)

This maybe helpful to us since almost al consumes electricity.

Background

Since 2003, MERALCO has activated the MERALCO Appliance Calculator (M.A.C) in response to our customers’ information needs.

The MAC is envisioned to serve MERALCO customers, in that it allows them to estimate their consumption and aids them in purchasing energy-efficient appliances.

Benefits

The Meralco Appliance Calculator is designed

to become the electricity bill management tool

of Meralco residential customers to help them:

1.Better manage their electric consumption and their electric bill

2.Make wiser decisions in buying home appliances

3.Get home energy efficiency tips that are customized to their home electricity consumption

 With the new Meralco Appliance Calculator (M.A.C), users can now have the option of using either “My Appliance Calculator” or “My Bill Manager”. 

–“My Appliance Calculator” allows the user to calculate the estimated consumption cost of appliances - one at a time.

–“My Bill Manager” allows the user to calculate the estimated consumption cost of appliances in a table format. It allows the user to get an estimate of the household’s total electric consumption cost and see which appliances consume more electricity. 

Other features of “My Bill Manager” menu include:

–CONSUMPTION MANAGER – allows the user to see the corresponding electric consumption pie chart and some text description of the chart based on the information provided by the user

–ENERGY EFFICIENCY ADVISER – allows user to see some energy efficiency tips based on the information provided by the user

–TARGET BILL AMOUNT ESTIMATOR – allows the user to see an estimate of his  “monthly target kWh consumption” and “estimated price per kWh” by just  inputting the “ target electric bill amount".

Other new features of the M.A.C include:

Emailing of the M.A.C web link to friends through the “email” button

Sharing the M.A.C web link to Facebook and Twitter accounts through the “share” button

Sending feedback to Meralco regarding the new M.A.C through the “feedback” button

Getting tips on how to use the M.A.C through the “help” button

Printing the computation results of “My Bill Manager” through the “print” button 

Viewing the end-user license agreement for using the M.A.C application through the “agreement” button

Viewing the basis for computing the estimated electricity consumption of home appliances for the M.A.C application through the “formula” button

Using the “M.A.C Welcome Page”

1.Launch the Appliance Calculator by clicking on the M.A.C icon

2.Click on the “Agreement” button to view the end-user license agreement for using the Meralco Appliance Calculator (M.A.C) software

3.Click on the “Formula” button to view the basis for computing the estimated electricity consumption of home appliances for the Meralco Appliance Calculator (M.A.C)

Using “My Appliance Calculator”

1.Click on the “My Appliance Calculator” icon.

2.Type in your average monthly electric bill amount in the “Monthly Bill Amount” field (e.g. 1500).

3.Click on an “appliance category icon” (e.g., Aircon).

4.Select a specific appliance from the “Type of appliance” list by clicking on the drop down menu and clicking on the specific type of appliance (e.g. Air conditioner 0.5 HP).

5.Select how many hours per day, days per week, and weeks per month you use the appliance using the drop down menu.

6.Click on “Calculate” button to see the estimated operating costs of your appliance.

7.Repeat steps 3 to 6 to compute other appliances.

Using “My Bill Manager”

1.Click on the “My Bill Manager” icon.

2.Type in your average monthly electric bill amount in the “Monthly Bill Amount” field (e.g. 1500).

3.Select a specific appliance from the “Appliance Type” column by clicking on the drop down menu and clicking on the specific type of appliance (e.g. Air conditioner 0.5 HP).

4.Type in the number of appliances on the corresponding field under the “Quantity” column

5.Change the values under the “Wattage” if you have more accurate information about the wattage ratings of your appliances

6.Select how many hours per day, days per week, and weeks per month you use the appliance using the drop down menu.

7.After providing the required information per appliance, you will automatically see the “estimated cost” and “estimated kWh consumption” of your individual appliances.

Repeat steps 3 to 6 for other appliances and complete the table to see the total “estimated costs” and “estimated kWh consumption” of your household.

Using “My Bill Manager’s New Features”

1.Click on the “Consumption Manger” button to view a pie chart of your household’s estimated electricity consumption to see which appliances contribute most to your electric bill

2.Click on the “Energy Efficiency Adviser” to get energy efficiency tips based on your electric consumption pattern

3.Click on the “Target Bill Amount Estimator” to know the estimated kilowatt-hour consumption at a certain bill amount to better manage your household consumption in order to stick to your budget

Other helpful tips

To compute for appliances not found or listed:

Follow the same steps above. For “Type of Appliance”, select “Others” at the bottom of the list. For “Wattage”, type in the wattage rating found in the operator’s manual or on the body of the appliance (usually in watts or w). NOTE: Select the GENERAL APPLIANCES category if you are not sure of the appliance category.

To compute using specific wattages:

Follow the same steps above. Change the wattage that appears after selecting the type of appliance by typing in the specific wattage in the “Wattage” field. 

Important reminders

•The M.A.C computation is based on MERALCO residential electricity rates which are being updated on a monthly basis.

•This computation is an estimate based on assumed data.

•The computation results of the M.A.C may slightly vary from the actual consumption reflected in the MERALCO customer’s monthly electric bill and therefore, the M.A.C computation results should not be used in any way for billing purposes, complaints, claims, or suits against MERALCO, its officers, employees, agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers and other partners.

•The M.A.C should not be used by any person to estimate electric consumption of appliances and/or equipment used for non-residential or business or commercial purposes.