To ask that the family turn bl@@dy lights off

[Mrsjellybum]

Am I the only one in this house that turns lights off.
6 lights I've just turned off.
Now I have 2 under 6 yrs old so be completely peeved at them but like I say your old enough to turn them on so turn them off.

The hubby (grrr) goes to the loo, leaves the light on.
Goes outside for a cigarette and leaves the front porch light on. I feel like the ruddy light police

A friend of mine had this problem with her DC. Everytime they left a cupboard door or drawer open, they were warned, then on the second offence the door was removed.
If they left their lights on, ditto.
For several months most of the kitchen and wardrobes were stacked in the garage, you needed a torch to go upstairs after dark.
Not sure whether the inconvenience was worth the lesson learned, but it made visiting interesting. We used to take bets on what would be missing each time we went round.

Energy saving / led light bulbs cost fractions of a penny to run. Leaving them on is not really an issue any more.

Grief, it annoys me.
Why can't people turn lights off after they've left a room.

My YA are one thing home here, I'm forever saying about switching lights off.

Dh has a flat in London, family stay over with us but seem incapable of turning off lights after they've left the bathroom/bedroom.

I'm investing in some LEDs for him so I can stop grinding my teeth when for the upteenth time I turn a frigging light off

@Julie8008 we do actually have LED / energy savers but it still seems like such a simple task to just turn them off.
It's still a waste of energy / money etc to leave 6 lights on and when U factor in that on a daily basis that soon adds up over time.

Suppose it's just one of those little things that bother me but no the other half 💡💡💡

My middle one is the 'electricity police' in our house and her role is to turn any left on lights off!

When I pull up on the drive my house is lit up like a Christmas tree! Literally every single light even the chuffing spare room!
I open the door shouting LIGHTS
Really pisses me off

At last, I have found my people..

I only ever turn lights on if i need them, and notice once a light has been turned on, my eyes adjust so that they need more light to see by than before.

DH, bless him, turns lights on as he leaves a room, I kid you not, so its on when he comes back.

We had a bit of adjusting to do, when we first moved in together. At least, he no longer when he is up first (on my precious, precious one lie in of the week, gets up, turns on the big light and disappears into the en-suite for a lengthy session....

I have some wifi controlled bulbs and switches, all very expensive, so thank you to PocketCoffeeExpresso for the tip about the wifi switches , they look exactly the same, just different supplier, result.

FreudianSlurp - you do have to add in though the cost of the non-led bulbs (it's not just electricity)

So an average bulb lasts 1000 hours, and LED bulb 10,000 hours

So if a normal bulb costs £1 and an LED £6 you have saved also £4 per bulb over the lifetime of the LED bulb.

Or to put it a different way, with normal bulbs you will be changing pretty much every bulb in the house every 6 months or so, but LEDs on average will last more like 5 years.

I changed all bulbs AND my tumble drier at the same tine to a heat pump drier and saved over £500 on the electric in a year. - the bulk of that though is the drier!

I got a motion activated bulb for the porch - it is just fits into the normal fitting, no additional bits required.

I always have the hall light on if i'm at home after dark, an I leave the kitchen lights on if I am in and out. And the sitting room. And probably my bedroom light too...

I don't really like a dark house.

Haha! Yes I too say 'It's like Blackpool Illuminations in here!' - proud northerner - but yes it's just wasteful as well as an unnecessary expense.

I have just discovered you can buy motion sensor LED light bulbs.
We are moving soon and these will go in all hallways, utility room etc.

www.amazon.co.uk/Pack-Motion-Sensor-Light-Bulb/dp/B073CS8C9W/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=motion+sensor+light+bulbs&tag=mumsnetforum-21&ie=UTF8&qid=1516268270&sr=8-1

Ha ha! Wait til they are older teenagers and come home from uni/college where the lights seem to automatically switch off!! My three drive me bonkers leaving lights on in every room they vacate!! Also drives me mad that they wander round in T shirts and shorts and complain the house is cold! Oh and the bare feet - aaarrrggghhh!!!