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.
Energy and Money Saved. Turning off lights saves energy and it also saves money. To calculate how much energy you save for every hour each light bulb in your house is switched off, first check the watt rating printed on it. If the bulb is a 60-watt bulb and it is off for one hour, then you are saving .06 kilowatt hours. To then calculate how much money you are saving, grab your most recent electric bill, find out how much you are charged per kilowatt hour, and then multiply the price by the ...