Do you turn the lights off?

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  • Juliejustsaying
    Juliejustsaying Posts: 2,332 Member
    Lights on at work, can't stand working in the dark. Lights off at home..love my cave!
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member


    ( Y'all have very dirty, one track minds. )

    Dagnammit. You got me!

    A combination of laziness, ecomindedness and tightfistedness has me having eco lights in the room I spend most of my time in and a head torch when I want to go to another room to fetch something. (Head torch is powered by rechargeable batteries... which are recharged by a solar charger!)

    If I think I'm going to spend more than 5 minutes in a room, I'll turn the light on.
  • korsicash
    korsicash Posts: 770 Member
    Wow totally thought this was a post by a man and totally different than what it is LOL....no I am not man bashing just not what I was expecting. I am a natural sunlight person and if it is dark and gloomy out then I turn on the lights, at 8 pm the lights go out in my house and only the ones needed are on. I like to calm down in peace.

    On what I thought was the original topic lights off, I like the mystery..... :wink:
  • Tree72
    Tree72 Posts: 942 Member
    I'm quite night-blind, so usually require some light. I do much prefer dim lighting though. So if it's dark I'll usually turn on a lamp or two. Can't stand overhead lighting for the most part. Fortunately my office-mate feels the same, so I get to work in a nice dim room with just desk lamps.

    Also in general I try to conserve as much electricity as possible since the bill's going to be huge from running the air conditioning anyway.
  • Laura8603
    Laura8603 Posts: 590 Member
    I am a lights off person in my everyday life. I'm frugal and the thought of wasting electricity drives me insane. As far as alone time with my boyfriend, light are always on ; )
  • leelafit_mtl
    leelafit_mtl Posts: 132 Member
    Turn off, systematically, when not in a room. But when it's dark, of course I turn the lights on. It's more a green way of thinking than anything else.
  • mfp_junkie
    mfp_junkie Posts: 359
    I perform all tasks better in the dark.
  • myak623
    myak623 Posts: 615 Member
    I prefer them off. Especially, if it's storming outside.
  • creech6317
    creech6317 Posts: 869 Member
    I have as few lights on as possible. I like to have candles burning, the light is so much nicer and there is the bonus that they make the house smell so nice.
  • GrnEydGrl86
    GrnEydGrl86 Posts: 154
    I prefer them off. Especially, if it's storming outside.

    ^^ THIS
  • clover5
    clover5 Posts: 1,640 Member
    I leave the lights on. My husband turns them off, to keep the bill down. I return to the room, turn the lights back on. He travels frequently for work. The lights stay on all evening. He never notices a difference in the bill. Couldn't be that bad.

    He also locks me out of the house. There's nothing worse than going out into our fenced back yard for 15 minutes, and being locked out.
  • Ocarina
    Ocarina Posts: 1,550 Member
    I have lights on at night and only the ones I need. All others are off. I hate wasting electricity!

    Lights are off during the day as its pretty pointless to turn them off. Only time I would is maybe cooking in the kitchen.
  • fitnfancy80
    fitnfancy80 Posts: 251 Member
    Lights on. I'm afraid of the dark.
  • gwduker
    gwduker Posts: 293
    I am a lights on person.

    Wherever I go, there are lights left on. Bathroom light is on. Front hall. Bedroom light. Even after I've left the room, the light stays on. On cloudy dark days, the lights never go off. I hate feeling dark and gloomy.

    My husband is a lights off person. I'm convinced he's half troll, preferring a shadowed cave to a bright home. It drives me crazy when he starts turning my lights off. I turned them on because I wanted it to be brighter, stop turning them off!

    How about you?

    ( Y'all have very dirty, one track minds. )

    I'm glad I don't have to pay your light bill! If you are not in the room, lights off.
  • KendleX
    KendleX Posts: 275 Member
    I'm 50/50 depending on whats going on.

    Some lights on / shades open (at home in afternoon)
    Most lights off / shades closed / AC cranked after around 7pm.

    Cleaning time.... Just about every damn thing in the house is on.
  • gin_gin
    gin_gin Posts: 184
    I cut all the lights off, it's a habit my father would get after us for leaving lights on so, automatically I see one
    on I cut it off hearing his voice inside saying cut that light off LOL but I'll leave every window and door open around the house so go figure lol
  • Captain_Mal
    Captain_Mal Posts: 945 Member
    Lights are off all the time except when needed. We have plenty of natural light coming in for most of the day.

    I'll use a lamp if I'm reading at night.

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