Right or wrong. Do you save energy by turning lights, fans etc off everytime you leave the room? Although?
you may be restarting within the hour?
you may be restarting within the hour?
Anonymous
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Go to energyhog.com
For every light bulb burning picture throwing away 5 cents every hour. Adds up. Shut them off.
Anonymous
with the exception of fluorescent lighting, it will almost always be a saving shutting things off (not on standby). an argument can be made for PCs in hibernation or standby where it may take a shorter time to resume work than reload everything. some machinery may take a time to warm up to working temperature and thus cost more to keep shutting down and restarting. An example is oil refineries where it takes 3 days to safely shut down all and another 3 days to get back to normal use. it will be more efficient and cheaper to run but at a min rate all the time. no doubt folks can supply many more examples of this sort of thing but the real answer is = overall shutting down GENERALLY will save energy.
onesmaartlady
Turn off lights when you're not using them, even for just a few minutes.
The idea that lights use extra electricity to start up is a myth. You'll save electricity every time you turn the lights off, no matter how short the OFF duration, and whether they're regular lights or fluorescents.
You might have heard that you wear out your lights quicker by cycling them off and on, but that effect is so small it's not worth worrying about, and you can safely turn your lights off every time you leave the room, no matter how short the duration.
Bonnie
Wrong in some cases. If you plan on coming back within an hour then leave them on since it takes more electrical energy to turn a light on then to leave it on.
fishtycoonaddict
Turn them off..Just a good habit to have. But use some common sense. If it is only to take a trip down the hall then you aren't saving anything. But If you go on vacation make sure that you unplug any unncessary items..example fans, lamps, small kitchen appliances, Dryer, washer.. They all still pull a small amount of wattage by being plugged in. Obviously leave your fridge plugged in.