Times, Sunday Times (2016) Of that rise, about 0.5 per cent was down to the timing of the new year bank holiday. Times, Sunday Times (2017) This inevitably means weekends and bank holidays, when passenger numbers can be down by up to 50 per cent. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It might have been the bank holiday or high winds. Times, Sunday Times (2015) See three weeks due to bank holiday. Irwin, Ann Stammering in Young Children (1988) One of them is a bank holiday. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Hot weather and bank holidays helped high street sales to recover in April.
up vote 9 down vote accepted. One reason bulbs can burn out quickly is if the voltage applied to them is higher than the expected voltage (120V in The USA). Wiring problems and bad transformers can cause the voltage to be out of spec.
Letâs do the same for an average work day, where the house will be empty for nine hours. Turning off four 20 watt bulbs that would have run for nine hours saves 720 watt hours of energy. That two minute walkthrough here saves 7.2 cents.This is getting better, but still not very cost effective.hus, if we turn off those same four 20 watt bulbs, we save 4,160 watt hours of energy. Thatâs 41.6 cents, which is getting to be worthwhile for two minutes of effort. This is assuming only lights, of course.