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Thread #109864   Message #2301095
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
30-Mar-08 - 11:22 AM
Thread Name: BS: Lights Out for an Hour, Please...
Subject: RE: BS: Lights Out for an Hour, Please...
I forgot.

Like Katlaughing, I'm pretty frugal with the lights to begin with. I use fluorescent and some of the low-energy halogen bulbs, I don't think there are any conventional bulbs left here except the one in the fridge, and that's specialized and not on much. I turn lights off as I go through the house, nag the kids "if you're out here, why is your bedroom light still on?"

To compensate, I turned the lights off at 11 last night and left them off all night. :)

I have some little plastic on/off switches that I plug things into at the power plate, and I turn them on with that instead of with the actual device switch. This is mainly to eliminate the slight hum some things give off, but I suppose I could get more of them and use them with all devices. I don't need the microwave to tell what time it is, I have a clock on the wall for that.

SRS