Can you settle an arguement, please.

[Stat Brother]

Wandering around SB Towers of an evening I'm prone to leave lights on.
This causes the following:-

Wife - Turn the lights off, your costing us money.
Me - No I'm not, turning lights on and off causes energy surges which use more power/money than just leaving them on.
W - Turn the light off, you tosser
M - (Quietly & while turning lights off) yes Mien Fuhrer.

Who's right?, we don't use energy efficient light bulbs, as I enjoy summer in Febuary.

(Oh btw, it is laugh a minute round our house).

 

[REDLAND]

Shes right

if you had energy saver bulbs you'd be right

:caseClosed:

 

[Stat Brother]

Great so to prove my point I have to change all our bulbs.

Ok off to B&Q then.

 

[Trufflehound]

Can you settle an argument, please.

It's Bangkok.

But the locals might call it Krung Thep.






Hope that helps...

 

[REDLAND]

Great so to prove my point I have to change all our bulbs.

Ok off to B&Q then.

your need a torch as well, energy savers need a few minutes to get fully bright, can be a pain when you wake up in the middle of the night pissed and need to find the toilet !!

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Is this the 5 mins or the full half hour?

 

[Stat Brother]

It's Bangkok.

But the locals might call it Krung Thep.






Hope that helps...

Cheers Truff, that was my next question.

 

[Djmiles]

your need a torch as well, energy savers need a few minutes to get fully bright, can be a pain when you wake up in the middle of the night pissed and need to find the toilet !!

We had an energy saving light bulb in our lounge in our house last year, was a complete bastard as it seemed to take an eternity to get bright!

 

[Hiney]

Is this the 5 mins or the full half hour?

I'm sorry, but you can't argue unless you pay

 

[Heffle Gull]

From the "mythbusters website:

http://mythbustersresults.com/episode69

Temporarily leaving a light on is more engery efficient than turning it off and back on.

busted

Through numerous tests, the MythBusters calculated that the power surge from turning on a light would only consume as much power as leaving it on for a fraction of a second (except for fluorescent tube lights; the startup consumed about 23 seconds worth of power). Furthermore, the wear and tear of turning the light on and off repeatedly did not reduce the bulb’s total life expectancy enough to offset the increased electricity usage. Therefore, it is far more economical to turn a light off rather than leaving it on.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

there is DEFINATELY only one "e" in argument...

 

[NMH]

Televisions and cars cost more to turn on and off and on again.

Light bulbs don't, unless we're talking street-lamps, which slowly 'warm up' so as not to break glass.

 

[Buzzer]

there is DEFINATELY only one "e" in argument...

and it is DEFINITELY spelled definitely....

 

[The Large One]

and it is DEFINITELY spelled definitely....

Sentences in English start with a capital letter, even in the bastardised world of web forums.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

and it is DEFINITELY spelled definitely....

 

[Buzzer]

yes, yes it is.