Ben by Daniel Shelton for June 20, 2020

I’m always turning off the lights in rooms that are unoccupied. It drives me crazy that people will leave a room and not shut off the lights after them. When confronted, I invariably hear “but I was going to come back” (in an hour or so)<my experience of these same people. And, this is at home….. right now….. ARRRRRGH!

Someone I used to work with did this most afternoons just before he clocked off. The problem was he knocked off about an hour before a few of us.

You don’t see many homes with light switches at eye level. It’s kind of a pain when your arms are full.

Install motion sensor switches, problem solved. Your welcomed

Ben, A quick note: You can turn the light off if nobody is in a room, but not if it’s occupied.

Buy LED bulbs and quit worrying about saving 20 cents per month – life’s too short.

Do you want her to cut herself, Ben, or are you getting back at her for the couchnapping?

I was told, many years ago, that unless you’re leaving a room for a fairly long time (15-30 min?), turning the light off and on will actually use MORE electricity than just leaving it on — the little power surge when you turn it back on, I presume was meant.

My father used to do that. Saw an argument in the 80s that leaving incandescent lights burning was more efficient in the long run because turning them off and on all the time dramatically shortened their lifespan. Not sure about today’s CFL’s and LEDs.