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.
Divide your lamp wattage by 1000 to get the kilowatts. Multiply your answer by your local kilowatt-hour rate. Multiply the answer by the number of hours you use the lamp per day. If you only use it for a half-hour daily, that would be 0.5 hours.Round to the nearest 15 minutes (0.25 hours) for your calculations.Multiply your answer by 365 to get the annual cost of operating your heat bulb, or by 30 to get the average monthly cost.f you only use it for a half-hour daily, that would be 0.5 hours. Round to the nearest 15 minutes (0.25 hours) for your calculations. Multiply your answer by 365 to get the annual cost of operating your heat bulb, or by 30 to get the average monthly cost.