Put That Light Out

My family of 3 does a pretty good job of turning out the lights these days. They do leave one on once in a while but for the most part they are good at the switch off. When we were little we would charge them a dime every time we found that they had left a light on.

A putter outerer..a couple of weeks ago we had a freeview box,so we had a new ariel,well everything is plugged in by the television.and I feel as if im runnig the national grid!Its feels almost obscene to be using that amount of appliances..a television,a DVD.a free view box and a video recorder...if you leave it all on stand by thats awful!!and im lucky in the way that Mr Ruby likes to watch the television in the dark!he finds it relaxing.If everything was switched on I would be like a wild woman lol I would be prowling around turning it all off...

I am a turner offer. My oldest son always has his bedroom light on and it is very annoying. I wouldn't mind if it was actually dark but it sometimes is light enough to do whatever he's doing so I will turn off the light even while he is in the room. I often return upstairs to find it on again. I hate things being on unnecessarily and both myself and my older sister have a bit of an obsession with "loose electric". That is basically that if there is a switch in the "on" position with nothing connected, we have to turn it off (to stop all that loose electric flying about of course!). I also often find myself switching on televisions and radios as I realise that no one has actually watched or listened to them for several hours! Of course I like things to be nice and bright but there are people who take this too far with leaving lights on all over the place. Saying that, I have been known to leave a couple of lights on about the house when I have been on my own overnight.

Hi p1kef1sh, AS much as I want it bright, I can't stop thinking about conserving energy..So, I am like you all the time even when I was younger.. In our office, before, I will turn off the light in the hall way and in any of the offices where there are no people..And when I will pass again the area, lights are on again...grrr! LOL! SO, it's like a hide and seek for me and our security guard since every time he will do the roam around, he will turn on the lights again!

Well as Ellie means Light I guess I don't need any extra on do I? In fact in the evenings the light from the computer screen and TV are fine for me and if reading I will just have one light on near to me. The girls however are a different matter and last night when I came home from work as Jess was over it was lit up like Blackpool Tower and the stereo, tv for the wii, my computer, one of her mates was on it, her laptop, the landing and bathroom light and both kitchen lights. Grrrr. I do the same as you and switch it all off. Ellie :D

I dont turn appliances off by the plug but will turn them off. I mean if I was to turn the video recorder off by the plug then every time I turn it on, I will have to set the time in case I need to use the timer to record any programmes. I'll turn lights off in unused rooms but if my boyfriend is working late then I will leave the front door light on for him so that he can find his way home!!

That sounds like my husband. I don't have all the house lights blaring just one or two and he is always turning them off even if I am going in and out of that room doing things. So I am turning the lights back on. I figured it was cheaper to leave them on if your going to be in and out. If I am ging to be leaving a room for longer then 20-30 minutes then I do turn out the lights. My husband also unplugs things that are not in use. Especially after he heard that leaving appliances pluged up can even though not in use can jerk as much juice as a refrigerator a month. We are now looking into those cost saving bulbs that will save up to 40% on your lighting cost.

I have phases, some days I leave all the lights on and some days I go round switching everything off. It keeps Mr Croc on his toes. He offten thinks something has broken when I've had a turning off day because I turn off everything at the plug point.

I tend to put out lights where I can...especially in my own apartment where I pay for the electricity, and have to climb he ladder myself, to ange the light bulbs.

utility bills notwithstanding, we all need to conserve energy!

I'm a light putter outter too. I don't want to give the electric co any more money that I have to. I would rather spend my money at Lush. Oh yeah I already did that yesterday. LOL

First off P1ke..didn't you see those post cards i sent you? You mentioned to Irish you don't know what it looks like in Texas..ok time to send you more and maybe a naughty one too..LOL You should see me following people when they come into my store after they touch something i start cleaning it up and fixing it the way i feel it should be and wonder why they have to throw things around..so i know what you mean about turning things off..lol..but like I mentioned in MYKL's post i live in a dark cave too unless i'm reading.

I would not call that an obsession. You are just being economical. Some people act like they never heard of an electric bill. Or do aload of clothes with only 2-3 pieces of laundry. Thats just crazy!

Hello p1kef1sh, My husband has a very annoying habit he leaves the bedroom lights on and had a check to swithch the kitchen lights off when I'm useing it, I just come out to get something and there the lights offI keep having a go at him and when I on Mylot and need the light on he wants to switch off I'm loosing my temper with him and yes I like my lights on ice and bright. Tamara

I will turn off a light or an appliance if we will not be in that room for a while. But well with televisions and computers, that you may either wander in to watch it during the day at various intervals and computers that take about ten to fifteen minutes to power up and ten to fifteen minutes to power down, it seems impractical to turn them off each time you leave the room. My younger son was always turning off lights and also not flushing the toilet to save energy and I found that annoying. I will turn off lights when we do not need them, but I do not like to be groping in the dark to find out where things are.

oh i am so like you! i keep telling my daughters that when they start paying our electrical bill, they can leave all the lights on they want! i am starting to like candles these days more and more... :-)

You should replace all of your lightbulbs with "green" florescent bulbs..you'll save money and not have to worry as much.

Hi pikef1sh I'm the same as you and have now got my son doing the same it just makes me wonder why so much money is wasted on the things we don't use by leaving them on and how much money can be saved just by switching them off,especially the tv and the kettle if on standby you might as well be having them on all the time-your friend littleowl

We don't keep very many lights on. Right now my fiance has the computer room light on, and it's kind of annoying. We live in the country and with a beautiful view and a supple amount of light but he just doesn't want to turn the light off and open the blinds. I'll turn the light off and open the blinds and then he'll shut the blinds and turn the light on. I do like there to be a little light at night, but we usually have the computer room on, our bedroom on, maybe our bathroom, the kitchen, and one side lamp on (it has two light switches, one for a upper part, one for a lower part). Have a Wonderfully Lovely Day!

Noooes I hate it when that happens, my brothers and cousin always leave the lights on! It's like if i were to turn off one light their whole lives would end at that moment. It's really annoying sometiems likewhen it's in the middle of the day bright and shining outside and they have all the lights in the house that they can get their hands on lit up. Of course we even have night lights that they like to keep on during the day sometimes.