How to Cut Your Energy Bill with eWeLink — Smart Schedules, Electricity Monitoring, and Automation

Where Does Your Money Go?

Here’s a question most people cannot answer right away:

How much does it actually cost to run the devices in your home?

That old fan running in the background? The phone charger plugged in all day? The AC you forgot to turn off when you left? Each one adds up — quietly, invisibly, month after month.

With eWeLink, you can see exactly what’s consuming electricity, set schedules to turn devices off automatically, and track your savings over time. No complicated setup required.

Step 1: Find Your Energy Vampires

Some devices consume power even when they’re “off” — standby power, phantom load, energy vampires. The biggest culprits:

• Phone and laptop chargers left plugged in
• TVs and monitors on standby
• Fans and heaters running in empty rooms
• Old appliances with poor energy ratings

A smart plug with power monitoring tells you exactly how much each device uses — in real time and over time.

Step 2: Add Power Monitoring Plugs

Power monitoring smart plugs don’t just turn devices on and off — they measure how much power each device consumes.

Open the eWeLink App > Tap “+” > Add your power monitoring plug > Plug in the device you want to monitor.

Once set up, you’ll see real-time power consumption data in the app. Over a few days, you’ll have a clear picture of which devices are costing you the most.

Where to start:

Step 3: Read Your Energy Dashboard

eWeLink’s built-in Energy Dashboard gives you a visual breakdown of your electricity usage.

Open the eWeLink App > Go to “Insight” > Tap “Energy Dashboard”.

Here you can:

• View your total electricity consumption for this week and this month
• Switch between weekly and monthly charts to understand usage trends
• Compare current usage with the previous week or month
• Check the Top 5 energy-consuming devices in the ranking list
• Create groups, such as “Kitchen” or “Living Room,” to view electricity usage by area
• Add selected devices to each group for easier energy management
• Set weekly or monthly consumption thresholds and enable alerts when usage exceeds your target

This makes it easier to spot high-consumption devices, understand which rooms use the most electricity, and adjust your schedules or automations based on real usage data.

Step 4: Create Smart Schedules and Scenes

Once you know where energy is being wasted, use schedules and scenes to reduce unnecessary runtime automatically.

For a single device, use Schedule.
For multiple devices, use a Scene.

Schedule 1: Auto-off for high-draw devices

Open the eWeLink App > Select the device > Tap “Schedule” > Set the time and action.

Scene 2: Night mode

Create a Manual Scene called “Night Mode” with all these devices as actions. Run it with one tap.

Scene 3: Away hours

Use Auto Scenes to handle this — for example, turn off the AC, fans, and lights at 9:00 AM on weekdays, then turn on selected devices when the door sensor is triggered in the evening.

Step 5: Automate Based on Temperature

If you have a temperature sensor, you can create scenes that respond to real conditions — not just schedules.

Example: Smart Cooling Control

● Condition: Room temperature rises above 28°C
● Action: Turn on a connected fan or cooling device
● Condition: Room temperature drops below 24°C
● Action: Turn it off

This way, your cooling device only runs when it’s actually needed — no more leaving it on all day.

Track Your Savings

After a month of using power monitoring plugs and smart schedules, check your Energy Dashboard again. Compare your usage to the previous month.

Most users see a noticeable difference — especially when they:

• Unplug energy vampires
• Schedule high-draw devices to turn off automatically
• Use temperature-based automation instead of running devices all day

Even small changes add up. Turning off standby devices may only save a little at a time, but multiply that across your whole home, and the savings become easier to see.

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