Can You Help Prevent Home Power Outages?by Sherry Holetzky | More from this Blogger 17 Jul 2006 05:20 AM We can all help prevent temporary home power outages during extreme heat, by limiting our use of electricity during prime hours. Of course, you need to run your air conditioner in high temperatures, and you will also need to use other items throughout the day. However, it is important to limit your consumption of electricity wherever possible, especially in outage prone areas. Try to avoid turning on lights each time you enter a room if you don't really need the light. It's usually just a force of habit as is leaving lights on when not in use. We can condition ourselves to avoid doing these things. Even though it might not seem like a big deal, it does make a difference. When temperatures are higher than normal, everyone uses more power, which creates a strain for power companies. They cannot always keep up with the demand for electricity, and this results in outages. In fact, in some areas you will see warnings on TV, asking consumers to turn off anything that isn't absolutely necessary. You can also help prevent power outages by waiting to run large appliances until evening when it's cooler and there is less demand for electricity, instead of during the hottest part of the day when the most power is being consumed. This is also a good idea because bigger appliances tend to give off more heat, causing your air conditioner to work harder. Some people ignore warnings and find themselves with no power instead of the mere inconvenience of limited power. Outages can last for quite a while at times, making for a very uncomfortable experience. Your home can become quite hot after just a short while with no air conditioning. Heed the warnings and turn off anything you can in order to help insure that you and your family remain comfortable. Learn more about Sherry Holetzky  Sherry Holetzky is a work at home mom and freelance writer. Married to her best friend, Sherry and her husband are raising their family in a quiet rural setting in the beautiful Ozark Mountains. Relevanthome tags weight loss | holidays | baby | parenting | family | children | christmas | relationships | Kids | ideas User Comments rubies (236) 17 Jul 2006 09:08 AMI'm in total agreement with Sherry. I've been thrifty with my power usage for many a year and it has paid off, I can definitely see the difference in my utility bill compared with others. I am lucky to have a delay wsh cycle on my dishwasher, we have always set it to wash after we go to bed. I try to do laundry early mornings before usage goes up. Plus helping to keep the home cooler. Cooking in good weather is usually outdoors to prevent the house from heating up and baking is reduced in summer time or done early morning or late night. No lights are left on in rooms and usually only one in used room. No tv is left on unviewed. Our ceiling fans are on in winter to keep the heat circulating and in summer to help the air conditioning. We bought a home generator finally last year. A godsend t osay the least. Our little patch of neighborhood would lose power at least 2 times a month. Getting to be frustrating summer or winter time. It runs most of the house, heating but not air-conditioning, it will turn on automatically 1 mintue after the power goes out and turns itself off when power is restored. It is an investment but we feel it was a worthy one. This year we were fortunate only to lose power on Easter Sunday and Father's Day after dinner and lasting for 12 or more hours. I use to dread being left home when my DH would travel worrying about the power, now a great load has been taken off my mind. If I could recommend anything to anyone it would be investing in a generator, just remember if you are frugal with your power usage you will have extra t osave towards a purchase of one. Sherry Holetzky (11404) 17 Jul 2006 12:12 PMThank you for sharing, Rubies. Very interesting and informative. Community Tags air conditioning, prevention, Power Outages, warnings Discuss this article
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