Do you shut your lights off when your not in that room?

United States
June 29, 2007 12:50am CST
I am just wondering how many people actually shut a light off when they leave a room or do they actually leave them on for the next time they enter the room? For me i shut the light off except the bathroom i don't know why that is, could be cause it's so dark in there i'm afraid i might bump into something. other than that i make sure lights are off when no one is in the room.
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@alpine_007 (1469)
• Pakistan
29 Jun 07
yes, i always shut off the lights off when i am not in the room and there is no need of the light in that room at that time.
• United States
29 Jun 07
i agree :)
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• Pakistan
29 Jun 07
thanks, enjoy, happy mylotting.
• United States
29 Jun 07
your very welcome and you do the same!
@stealthy (8181)
• United States
29 Jun 07
I shut them off if I'm going to be out of the room longer than just briefly with one except and that is for a lamp in the living if I'm in my office on the computer. I leave it on so I can see if I go in to watch a TV program or the news so that I don't have to turn on other lights on the way and then go back and turn them off.
• United States
29 Jun 07
i use lamps too but i use the energy saver light bulbs they seem to work great with them and they do save energy compare to regular light bulbs... i have one in my bedroom two in my living room and one by my computer.
• United States
30 Jun 07
we had the fluorescent lights when we moved into the house i am living in now but they took up so much energy that my husband took them out and put in regular light fixtures..
@stealthy (8181)
• United States
30 Jun 07
I have a large stash of regular light bulbx I got on sale so I use those. Also, I tried compact flourescent bulbs several years ago and gave up on them then after 3 in a row each burned out in less than a month. They may have improved them since then, so when I run out of bulbs, I probably will try them again.
@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
29 Jun 07
I keep lights out, whenever I am in or going out of a room. Infact, I seldom use bright lights in my room because my eyes easily gets irritated by being exposed on too much light. I use dim lights, just to have a little lumination. I only switch my main lights on, if ever I want to read something. That way, I can relax, enjoy and also helped my family by conserving energy!;)
• United States
29 Jun 07
i don't like bright lights either.. they hurt my eyes as well.
• United States
29 Jun 07
I am a stickler for things like that; I was taught in an early age not to be wasteful of a lot of things, and lights/electricity was one of those things. Whenever I go into a room, I make sure I turn off the lights in the previous room before I go into the new room. The only exception is the night light with a sensor in the living room that only comes on at night, and the hallway that is very dark at night as well.
• United States
29 Jun 07
i have a few of those sensor light they do work great but they don't seem to be bright enough sometimes in bigger areas.. so i have to turn on a light to see what i am doing.
• Singapore
29 Jun 07
That will depend on how long I expect myself to leave the room. If it is just for a short while, I don't normally care. Doesn't make sense to switch if off and then back on after a short while. But if it is for long, I will switch off the light. Off the monitor, etc. I don't need any light to make my way around my house in the dark. I can walk to the bathroom without a light fine as it is. :)
• Singapore
2 Jul 07
Thanks for the BR.
@muscare (3068)
• Australia
30 Jun 07
I always turn lights off when leaving a room, and my wife is the same now. She didn't use to be, but I know where that came from. The in-laws used to drive me crazy with the lights left on in their house when no-one was in the room. And that was during the day, and I also believe they had more windows, therefore natural light, so I could never work out why the lights were on in the first place!
• United States
30 Jun 07
Yeah i don't know why people do that fo, my living room is darken cause their isn't in windows so i can see a lamp being on but only when it gets really dark in it other wise it's off...
@muscare (3068)
• Australia
30 Jun 07
Yes, our computer room is the only one without windows, so the light is on whenever I am on the computer.
• Nepal
29 Jun 07
ya . i do the same . its our duty to save energy and teach others too. some people mistakenly don't do.
• United States
29 Jun 07
yeah i agree, i know when i go to my mom's they have all their lights on even in daylight i'd turn them off and be told to turn them back on ha i never did know why.
@sidoney (1033)
• Jamaica
30 Jun 07
well I normally shut every light in the house off including the monitor my mouse has lights so that gives off a good amount of light and my computer so i'm not completely in the dark
@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
29 Jun 07
Hi. We always turn off the lights when we're not using the room or have left the room, theres no point in wasting power. Power in NZ is expensive and you really have to be power conservative if you dont want the huge bill at the end of the month...
• India
29 Jun 07
Most of the time I switch it off, sometimes I forget.
• United States
29 Jun 07
I think that everyone does tend to forget at times but making it a habit works great!
• Philippines
30 Jun 07
here, we always turned off the lights before we go out of every room to conserve energy. at night, i only have 1 watt bulb light on to see my way around when preparing my baby's formula.