lundi 15 septembre 2014

If You Are Thinking About Going On Vacation Here Are Several Energy Saving Suggestions

By Barbie Anderson


Many people go on vacation at least a couple of weeks every year. You'll of course find that most people when getting ready for vacation will go through their home and make certain all their light to turn off, but more can be achieved to save electricity. Something which a lot of men and women don't understand is that even if an electronic product is turned off it can still use electricity. Although these products do not use as much electricity as when they are turned on, electricity is still being wasted. When you leave for vacation you are going to find other steps you can take to save a lot more electricity while you are away.

While many individuals have gone out and purchased the new LCD TVs, although these will use less electricity than the old fashioned TVs, they also continue to use electricity even when turn off. These TVs are in a constant standby mode, which means even if you're not watching television that TV itself is using electrical energy. Therefore just before you go on vacation you should ensure you unplug these TVs in order to conserve energy. Needless to say this is also something you could do any time you are not watching TV, as a method to conserve more energy.

Leaving chargers plugged in is yet another thing that can end up wasting electricity so you need to ensure you unplug all your chargers. This includes things such as mobile phone chargers, battery chargers and even chargers for cordless drills and other such items. These are also some things that will continue to use electricity even if you don't have them hooked up to the item you are charging. So again, before you go on vacation make certain you unplug all of these different types of items that you may have in your house.

You need to also understand that if this is the summer time, when you're taking your vacation you should turn off your hot water heater. Obviously, if you are vacationing in the wintertime you'll have to leave your hot water heater on if you use hot water for heating your home. You can of course still save on fuel or electricity by reducing the temperature in your home if you're not going to be there for awhile. I am certain you realize that if you weren't going to be home there's no reason to have hot water ready, as nobody is going to be using it.

While we only discussed a small number of things here, there are additional things you can do to help reduce your fuel or electricity bills when you leave for vacation. You must realize that this is not just about saving cash as you're also going to have the ability to help our planet by conserving our natural resources. For people would like to do more on conserving energy, you will recognize that the internet has a vast amount of information on the topic.




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