If it ain't in use, there's no reason to use it. I shut down everything except window and bedroom fans. Never used the heater (in NorCal its useless). Portable air conditioner is only for days when the outside temperature is higher than the inside, which makes a window fan useless. When I leave a room, the light gets turned off. When I'm finished with the PC, I shut it down via the software, then cut its power. Leaving stuff on to waste electricity is like leaving the faucet running to waste water, or wasting food by being too lazy to stick it in the fridge.....it's always cheaper not to.
If it ain't in use, there's no reason to use it. I shut down everything except window and bedroom fans. Never used the heater (in NorCal its useless). Portable air conditioner is only for days when the outside temperature is higher than the inside, which makes a window fan useless. When I leave a room, the light gets turned off. When I'm finished with the PC, I shut it down via the software, then cut its power. Leaving stuff on to waste electricity is like leaving the faucet running to waste water, or wasting food by being too lazy to stick it in the fridge.....it's always cheaper not to.
If it ain't in use, there's no reason to use it. I shut down everything except window and bedroom fans. Never used the heater (in NorCal its useless). Portable air conditioner is only for days when the outside temperature is higher than the inside, which makes a window fan useless. When I leave a room, the light gets turned off. When I'm finished with the PC, I shut it down via the software, then cut its power. Leaving stuff on to waste electricity is like leaving the faucet running to waste water, or wasting food by being too lazy to stick it in the fridge.....it's always cheaper not to.