Your Questions About Save Energy

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What you are saying in effect is why don’t we have smart technology? We have all sorts of technologies available to us now. Why not make the lamps dual powered with solar power? Great in summer that should cut down the annual usage. Or what about lights that turn off when the road is empty and turn back on when there is traffic approaching? What about an in car – remote light control? Or markers in the road that turn the next section on and the previous section off when there is little traffic around.

I live rurally. There are no street lamps, it can be an unpleasant drive if you have other oncoming road users who are inconsiderate particularly in bad weather. But I think you have something worth thinking about with your smart technology idea.

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Capacitors don’t save energy, they store it for a temporary period.

No, an inverter wastes energy. They are 90% efficient at best, which means 10% is lost as heat. That applies to sine wave or other types.

Re capacitors, if you are talking about that scam of putting a device on your utility lines to change the power factor, that does not save any energy, nor any money, as the utility charges you for real power only.

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Energy save mode for an air conditioner is when you set it at a certain temperature and when the room reaches that temperature, the air conditioner stops the “cool” cycle and turns on the fan automatically. And when the temp of the room drops below the set temperature, the “cool” cycle will begin again, thus saving you energy by not continually turing on the cool mode.

For 97 degree temperature and high humidy, i would set it at 73-76 degrees. That would save you a good amount of power with you still being comfortable.

Good luck and stay cool!

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First of all, get all Energy Star light bulbs, because just one won’t save you too much money! I suggest phasing out your normal light bulbs when they burn out.

Instead of turning off the heat, lower it to avoid being super uncomfortable when you get back in. Turning ON some systems can cost more then running them on low! Also, lower your thermostat to the lowest possible without being uncomfortable.

Have your furnace inspected, and replace the filters in it every two or three months.

Seal up the drafts and cracks in the house, like windows and cracks in the walls. If you have the money, replace the insulation or the windows over the summer.

If you don’t want to replace the windows, buy some drapes and blinds, because putting these over the windows will cut down on drafts, too.

Watch when you wash your dishes: scrape them off after you eat, then wash one load in an automatic dish washer.

Check out my sources, they’ve got a butt load of tips. Good luck!

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Any unit that can cool an apartment down to comfort levels in 10 to 15 minutes is way too big for the job. A properly sized window ac unit will drop the temperature in the area about 2 to 3 degrees per hour, if started with the room at the same temp as outside. When the unit is turned off completely, the space not only gets warmer, but humidity infiltrates from outside. The moisture in the air also has to be removed when the unit is started in order to reach a comfortable condition. If the room is empty for 4 or 5 hours, it’s best to leave the unit running and raise the thermostat setting to about 78, to keep the humidity under control. If you’re both out for 8 or more hours, and you live in a fairly dry climate, then turning the unit off completely will be less costly in the long run.

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Everything that uses electricity, but, more to the point, non-energy saving light globes, basically, it is only humans that don’t save energy by using excessive amounts unnecessarily for example, turning on the kitchen light in the middle of the day when sunlight is streaming in through the window.

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Yes, it will save you money. It takes far less energy to power a fan motor (or two) than to run the chiller unit on an AC. You can also run just the fan on your AC unit with the chiller off (just turn the fan switch from “auto” to “on”) this will help equalize the temp througout the house better than ceiling fan could, and still costs less than the AC.
Remember, ceiling fans don’t actually cool the air and usually only affect the room tey are in, circulation-wise. It just makes us feel cooler to have the moving air on us, so you can turn them off when you are not in the room to save even more money.

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You can leave your monitor and all the lights in your house as well bright light and turn on all your electric equipment as well. This will not save or use any more energy. No matter what you really do.
The coal energy station will burn as much coal as it would use if your house doesn’t even exist or exist, and a lot of energy will be lost on the way to your home over that high voltage wires, plus much more will be lost in the local converting stations that convert thousands of volts that go by that wires and need to be converted to 120 volts in your house.
So, if I were you I would just light all thing like a Christmas tree. That will not make a difference.

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An 8 minute mile is 2 minutes per 400 meters or 1 minute per 200 meters or 30 seconds per 100 meters or 15 seconds per 50 meters, all things being equal ~ how fast do you run 50 meters? . . . It’s all about pacing yourself . . . Get a stopwatch and try to run a 400 in 2 minutes or so ~ don’t go faster than 30 seconds per 100 meters . . . Walk/jog for 4-5 minutes and try it again . . . Repeat 3-4 times . . . This way, you can slowly build up to a mile and run within yourself without having to walk ~ good luck