Between my family and friends we are constantly leaving lights on inside our rooms Can it help reduce my power bill to leave my lights on constantly or keep on fussing with them to cut them off?
2007-11-22 19:35:32 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Conservation
actually it is the converse. if you leave your lights on you will save on costs, turning your lights of and then on causes a surge in power, there for it is more cost effective to leave your lights on.
you will save power costs over night if you turn of the lights, but when you turn on the lights it takes time for them to reach their full potential for Maxim light out put.so your savings over night go out the window and depending on the lights used 1 to what ever at the one time you can multiply that cost by the number of active lights and the time they are used.
2007-11-22 22:13:34 · answer #1 · answered by colin m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turning it off when you leave the room will save you money. It takes a lot more electrical energy. It will run your bill up if you don't turn off the lights.
2007-11-23 03:37:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By turning of lights when you are not in the room reduces power bill. You can also change to CFL bulbs. where you have to use quaater of the power like if you are using 100 watts use 25. By this you save power and help in reducing cabon emmissions for environment.
2007-11-22 20:13:46 · answer #3 · answered by Kutty_21 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would save you some on the bill....if it is difficult for all of you to turn it off...start changing the bulbs to the once that save you energy. They work pretty well as far as how 'bright and natural' they glow. I have changed my bulbs in my own room to them and i feel better about it if my daughter leaves on a light for a long length of time.
2007-11-22 19:48:06 · answer #4 · answered by ttwobearsplusone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You pay for having a light ON. It is true that when a bulb is turned on it does consume more energy than when it stays on. The extra is equivalent to a few seconds, so if you turn off the light for more than 10 seconds you will be saving energy.
2007-11-23 00:04:30 · answer #5 · answered by za 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Switch off the lights when you don't need them will save energy and money . You can monitor this by doing this little experiment. Take electricity meter reading and leave lights on overnight. Then take meter reading with lights off overnight. Compare the two consumption.
2007-11-22 21:01:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it will be better for you to leave it off so that you can save money but if you really want to leave it on, make sure you don't just turn it off and on because it can lessen the life of your lights. All in all, it will be better to cut your lights if they are not needed.
2007-11-23 12:48:44 · answer #7 · answered by pao d historian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
please do shut the lights off when leaving a room. it will save money. by turning your air conditioner off and on will run the bill up. it takes more power to get the hot air out. you might want to go with energy saving bulbs, you can get them at $10.00 or more. get a 60 watt bulb.
2007-11-22 19:50:23 · answer #8 · answered by Rebecca :) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mythbusters has a segment on their show about it, turns out you start saving within a second if you shut the lights off, as opposed to on/off cycle. Their methodology was pretty sound on this myth.
2007-11-22 21:25:54 · answer #9 · answered by Noah Tall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cutting your lights off will help you save more money than leaving them on all the time. it requires more energy to leave a light bulb on than to switch it on and off.
2007-11-22 19:45:41 · answer #10 · answered by Jose 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋