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a4""* The VANCOUVER SUN: Mon., Dec. 10, 1975,

ENERGY TIP:

Two in a shower
saves you power

TORONTO (CP) — A
100-watt light ‘bulb burning 24
about $25 t to ‘your electricity
bill.

This is a figure from Ontar-
io Hydro, which has listed ..
ways of saving power during
these energy-short days.

Another .. tip: Don't play,
around with thé thermostat.

Hydro suggests setting the
hometemperature ata
healthy 68-70 degrees and
leaving it alone. Turning the
thermostat down for an hour
or two, or even overnight,
means extra, concentrated
running time later to bring
your house back to the right
temperature.

Setting the thermostat high-
er than normal won't make
your home heat any faster.
Furnaces take their time. For
every degree temperature
above the normal setting,
heating costs rise by about
three per cent.

The Ontario-government is
running full-page mewspaper
advertisements listing 47
things homeowners‘can do to .
save electricity, gas, gasoline:
and furnace oil.

A Toronto newspaper took a
look at 47 points — which in-
clude blowing insulation into
hollow house walls — and esti-
mated it would cost $800 to
follow all of them.

But there are many little
ways of conserving energy
without expense.

Turning off the water while
shaving is one way: One tip-
list says an estimated 20 gal-
lons of hot water goes down

 

and automatic ‘washing ma:
chines work more efficiéntly. |
when fully loaded.

Other facts:

calls 40-watt fluorescent bulb

ointment.
| .Autorndbiles use 30.5 per.
cent less : asoline at 50 miles

 
  

at 70. A. well-

3 “@ar engine may save 50

~ of gas a year. Proper-
ly inflated tires can save an- |

leo 75 gallons. - |

Taking a shower instead of |
a bath will save at least five
gallons of water and here Ian |
Efford of the Science Council |
of Canada offers this sugges-
tion: Shower with a friend |
and save the power needed ta
heat-water for two showers.

Ecologist Efford also sug-:
gests not sleeping -alone.' Do »
away with the electri¢e blanket
— which has a 190-watt rating
and costs .099 cents an Tiour to
operate — and:try body heat.

‘The Consumers’ Gas Co.
“says ‘a-radio, . television. set,
Jamp or other heat - produc-
ing unit should not be placed
near’ the home thermostat. It
will shut off before the de-
sired room iat ies is
reached.

The gas company says fil-
ters on furnaces should be re-
placed before the start of the
heating season and all furnace
narts shauld he kent clean
and oiled.

Dampers’ ‘Im open firemiacen
should -be closed when the

the drain before the last? fireplace is not being used.

whisker.

; Dishwashers, clothes dryers

© Heat in the room is whisked
"up the chimney.