What to Unplug and Turn Off When You Leave for Summer Vacation

When you notice that your home is not ready, you are all ready to leave this natural summer vacation. This is a list of all energy vampires that should be invalidated (or adjusted) before you leave.

Air conditioner: If you are not there, your home does not have to be comfortable 75 degrees. If you have a pet, if you are worried or you leave for a long time just raise your thermostat to about 85 degrees so that your air conditioner will not start as much as possible through your time Please give me.

Water heater: Your water heater uses a lot of energy to keep a lot of hot water. For gas, switch to "pilot" setting. In the case of electricity, turn off with the breaker switch. If you do not want to do so, at least lower the temperature setting. Please reopen (or back up) for at least an hour before returning, and then shower it again.

Main water supply: This will not save you money, but if there is a potential leakage, you may save some money. You will also avoid many sorrows. It does not take much time to turn it back on after turning off the power. Sometimes it is safer than sorry.

Lighting: Leaving the light while on vacation is a waste of energy. If you are concerned about safety, you can turn several lights on the timer.

Electronic equipment with external power supply or "power brick": laptops, video game machines, stereo systems, smartphone chargers, and other similar equipment continue to supply power. Remove all chargers on tablet or toothbrush

Electronic devices in standby or "sleep" mode: devices with desktop computers, televisions, cable boxes, DVD / Blu-ray players, alarm clocks, radios, and remote controls are never actually "off". It will always run out of a small amount of power if the item has an "instant start" function or the LED is lit when it is off. If all such things are plugged into the surge protector - they should - you can turn off the surge protector itself

Modem and router: In fact it is always on and consuming electricity. Pull them out, you can save some energy costs, you can also avoid violating your Wi-Fi when you leave

Small appliances: All things with clocks such as toaster, mixer, rice cooker, coffee maker, food processor, microwave oven etc are all culprits. Space heaters and fans should also be removed

New washing machine and dryer: If you have a fancy new washing machine / dryer equipped with lights, digital timer, etc, power is consumed when you turn off the power of the computer or TV.

If you want to know your fridge, you do not need to do anything unless you are more than a month away. Most refrigerators cost about $ 7 to $ 18 a month, so if you need to go only for a week, the process of removing food and throwing things is not worth using a few dollars.

If you are on vacation, please remove it completely. You can make a promise of 100%. Now you have to open and close again. Remember, you will do the work, and it is difficult to work hard on your vacation. If you do not retreat with yoga or sunbathe on the beach, you will be wearing it. However, if there is a strict activity route, please do not overbook. If you need to prioritize work, you will need to spend a longer time to complete the vacation list project.

Please enjoy a no-tech holiday. Last summer, I turned off the internet at home for 90 days. This is a challenge. I did it again this summer. I also have a smartphone, but I can only use 3 GB of data without additional charge. Consider going online to spend your vacation at home. Also, you can leave all fixtures at home during the holidays. Make a social media plan: One of my goals in 2016 was to create a social media plan. If you have multiple blogs and multiple social media accounts, this can be difficult. One thing I learned was that I had to write a plan. My work is still in progress. If you specify a specific time period or number of posts per day, Facebook will never be trapped for hours.

As it is really very important, please look for actual vacation - uncamping camp or cutting vacation to help you unplug. Not only you can not access the Internet, watch social media, or be prohibited from accessing all text, you do not have smartphone reminders, or you do not pursue "like" or followers You can also learn the goodness of life. Food, natural going out and massage are all part of the agenda. · Using Gmail or e-mail, you can split the email as soon as it arrives. Therefore, it is not necessary to classify e-mails. System configuration is simple, you can classify your inbox by technology, prioritize e-mails, increase efficiency and reduce stress.