On cloudy days do you keep lights on in your house/apartment?

Like you, here in Michigan we've been having some very cloudy days for days and days and days. Praise the Lord though we have sun today - I'd almost forgotten what it was like. Cloudy days it really depends on my mood and what I'm working on whether I have lights on or not - sometimes I do it just to have some light but it's never the same as sun.

The weather is dull and rainy at the moment. I prefer sunny days with natural light coming into my lounge. It was dim in here when I came downstairs. I put on the ceiling lights straight away. I need this light or I can't see properly. It wouldn't be good for reading, using my laptop, feeding my baby or changing his nappy if the lights were turned off. I only need my kitchen light on when it is dark outside. Sometimes I go upstairs when it is dark without putting a light on. I put the lights on upstairs in the evening so I don't trip over. When I go into my bathroom I must always put a light on because it has no natural day light.

We are having those same dreary days here in Texas, and yes i do have lights on..I just do not like this weather, it seems to sap your entergy and it makes me want to sleep alot more..I have a light on in my kitchen right now,and a light near my computer also..I am just sitting here and looking at my husband, he is in his recliner sleeping and "Tiny" our dog is laying on him and they are both asleep..Normally on a bright sun shiney day they would be up and about...

Yes, ctry, I do tend to burn a couple of lights on those gloomy days when we don't get much sunlight. They cheer up the place and also add a degree of comfort. I am usually in my bedroom during the day because I only have one connection to my phone line, but I am considering moving everything back into my living room where I had things set up previously. It will take a bit of work on my part to move things around, but that's not such a bad thing either. I could use the exercise, LOL.

Lights are mainly out in cloudy days, the luminosity comes from outside is enough ffor most of tasks like computer. Some tasks do require lights like cooking thou they are for short amount of time.

The efficiency apt. I live in is so dark all year around that I have a light on all the time. I do use those super energy efficient funny looking ones that put out 150 watt equivelent but only use like 35. I keep the one on where I have the computer all the time because the Parrot is there too and she needs the light. All other lights are on only as needed.

On cold cloudy, dismal days, I prefer candles over lamps. Candles gives off just enough light, and it gives off heat as well. With the rise in our electric bill due to having our heat on, I try my best to save as much electricity I can. Plus, the smelly candles gives the house a nice smell to boot.

On cloudy days, we usually just open up the window blinds to maximize the amount of light we do get into the room. Now,depending on how cloudy it is, we may end up turning on one light only when needed, and then turning on the other lights when it gets dark enough, but we try to keep everything off until we need it.

It depends how dark it is for me to turn the lights on.I like the dark because I can't sleep with the lights on.

Generally I like the kind of dim light that comes on a rainy or stormy day...unless I'm trying to read or do something that requires more light then I'll put on one near me but that's it. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

On any given day there might be two lights on in the house. On really dark cloudy days, I normlly have the floor lamp on in the living room and the small lamp on at my desk, mainly to see better, really don't need them on for comfort sake.

I turn my lights in in the living room when it is gloomy outside I usually need the light to read something or for the calculator to work and so on. I know it runs the light bill up but hey we need to see what were doing right?

With all the talk of global warming, I have to admit that I have been making a conscious effort to make sure I use as little energy as possible. Though I do hate the horrible weather as it does make me depressed, roll on the summer!

we always leave the light on whenever we're inside or outside the house because our would really look like a haunted house outside if we don't put some lights on

I think for me it depends on my mood so it must be a comfort thing in my case..If I'm feeling blah and gloomy I'll just leave the lights off but if I'm NOT I'll put on a lamp or two...

I think i may have mentioned before, that we live in a basement apartment and its ALWAYS dark down there!! we have those half underground windows, and not a whole lot of light comes in through there even on the best of days. On a sunny day i will open the curtains and let whatever sun can come in in, but even on those days i still need to keep the lights on. That is why i am VERY glad that the electricity, or "hydro" as they call it here, Is included in my rent. It's always dark and cold, so often i have all the lights on and the space heater too! lol.

The only time I put lights on is when it gets too dark in the room to see.I love cloudy days. I love rainstorms. So A grey day doesn't bother me.

I'm in NY and it's been just as dreary here. Horrible! On the one hand, we need to save electricity, on the other hand, I need lights on a timer to simulate sunrise so I can get up. I need them to wake up and I must have SAD-Seasonal Affective (spelling?/word?) Disorder because without more lights and the full spectrum kind, I yawn, move slowly, and sometimes find reasons to take naps or go back to bed after not being up very long. So unfortunately, it seems that I need them.

Well, it's nice and warm here in Florida so, I have all of the windows open and the fans going to cool off without having to run the air conditioner. I also only turn lights on if I absolutly have to. I try and conserve electricity in every way I can. :-)

I live in a house that has a basement that is set up as a livingroom and a bedroom and bathroom and computer room. So we spend most of our time downstairs where it is a little darker during the day. We have a window in our bedroom and living room but none in the computer room. But even with windows we still need to turn on the lights when we are down here. It is dark at all times of the day. When I do sit upstairs, usually when I'm cooking, it is light and I don't need to turn on any lights.