Earth Day, turn those amps OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@elliottbnewcombjr -- GREAT post! A much needed (and sadly, probably not much heeded) message. And a very refreshing change from the often trivial and sometimes neurotic postings. Not to mention the occasional seriously ignorant and / or sociopathic responses. Ah well, what a piece of work is man. . . .

Mine stay at Eleven. 

Wrssrw, did you know Pam bricker at hamp?

I am an unrepentant leaver on if at all possible person.  Class D amps, on 24/7 when we are in residence.  Tube things are only on when in use, which when we are here in FL is about 6-8 hours/day.  Why does this not bother me?  Well, our total consumption of KW hours is less than half any of our neighbors who live in very similar homes.  How can that be so?  We invested in the highest efficiency HVAC system on the market, we invested in solar, we keep our thermostat set at a conservative 78 degrees F (remember this is AC country in South Florida) against the more typical 72 degrees.  Also, leaving the Class D amps on is better for them.  So, you need to take a wholistic view of issues like this rather than settle on stereotypical assumptions formed decades ago.

If you were there in 1970, then you probably remember Ira Einhorn, cofounder of Earth Day, A real piece of work scrubbed from history