Did You Hit The Light Switches Last Night?

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  1. ABM

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    Then, of course, there's the leaving the car running vs. turning it off then re-starting argument.
     
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    so did anyone here turn off everything in their house and just sit in the dark for an hour? besides ABM of course...what was your experience?
     
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    Certainly if the car has a crank on the front, I'd leave it running.

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    I'm not sure what sort of a system you are imagining. Certainly if the lights were turned on by a mechanical device, like maybe a giant flywheel that had to be brought from rest to spinning at high RPMs, turning them on would take a lot of energy - but why would anyone design such a system? Electrical devices are turned on by flipping a switch that allows electrons to flow. There's no other technology needed.

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    I leave the lights off unless I need them anyway, so it was sort of a no-op for me.

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    In my days, I've seen a few of those guys bent over peering under the their respective hoods. Invariably, they're scruffily bearded and with wife-beaters on.
     
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    So you're saying the Las Vegas strip is simply turned on and off by one simple switch?
     
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    The point was to turn off the lights you are using and just sit in the dark for an hour.
     
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    But I wasn't using any lights.

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    so you were just sitting in the dark using no electricity?
     
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    Didn't you know? I'm a mushroom.

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    Maybe this is the kind of light switch ADP is thinking of?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJjZAfeZTLc
     
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    Nope. MANY simple switches!
     
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    I think it was this...

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