'Somebody' is doing my head in by insisting on leaving the flourescent light in the kitchen switched on all the time. If I switch it off, they screech at me that when you switch a flourescent tube on it uses far more electricity than if you leave it on most of the time. They leave it switched on for hours at a time. I asked who told them this and they replied 'an electician'. The light is a 70w flourescent tube. I've tried to point out that even if it used 100x more electricty in the two seconds it takes to 'warm up', that it is only the same as having it on for 3 minutes and 20 seconds. (I'm sure that if the light ran at 7kw it would overload the lighting circuit anyway).
Anyway, they won't believe me! I just thought that if somebody else (preferably a qualified electrician) would agree with me, I might get them to see sense. Otherwise I'm sure I'll never hear the end of it!
Anyway, they won't believe me! I just thought that if somebody else (preferably a qualified electrician) would agree with me, I might get them to see sense. Otherwise I'm sure I'll never hear the end of it!