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15

2 Quick And Painless Ways To Save On Home Energy Costs

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How many times have you opened your garage door in the morning to find out what was still on? Handled this is been my experience in many many mornings and of course no one will admit to leaving the light on. One quick fix that Ive found for this is to replace might be existing garage light switch with a switch that includes a motion detector. The motion detector will turn on any time someone enters the garage or when a car enters the garage. Most of these motion detector light switches can easily be replaced by most homeowners. A couple of things that you need to keep in mind are one that before you change the switch that the power is off. The second thing is you will need to take a look at how many lights are on the circuit most switches are rated a certain number of watts You will want to make sure that you do not exceed the wattage recommendation for the switch. While youre at it you may want to consider replacing your garage lights from an incandescent bulb to a new fluorescent style blown a new fluorescent style bald could save you in the area of 75 percent and lighting costs. IfIf several different models of motion detector light switches are available pay close attention to switch since you are purchasing some switches will only work with incandescent bulbs while others will work with both styles. Some switches have a set time that they will stand and others have a built in timer that is adjustable.

Another easy and simple way to save energy costs buttons to either install a new programmable thermostat in your house. For another way is to simply turn down your heat during the day will you are gone and remembering again to turn the thermostat down when you go to bed. The myth is that you will not save the energy by doing this because it just uses more energy to keep the house backup to normal temperature this is not true many many studies have been done that prove you can save upwards of twenty percent of your home heating costs simply by turning thermostat down some 10 during the day and 5 at night. The biggest problem is if you have a manual thermostat someone must remember to turn me down when you leave. The problem with a programmable thermostat is that most people do not take the time to actually program the thermostat.

By: Megan Cherry

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