Avoid These Energy Saving Myths

With tons of miss information out there, we decided that a good blog about energy saving myths was needed. A lot of the things you hear about saving energy is from generations ago and no longer valid. Make sure that you don’t fall into doing these “energy saving” things around your home.

Energy Saving Myths

1. Keep Electronics On

This is something that came about when computers and other electronic equipment was just coming around. The idea that turning them on used more power than keeping them running. While that may have been true 50 years ago, it’s a big fat MYTH now. Turn off your electronics when you are done.

2. Fans Cool a Room

Many people wrongly think that fans will lower the temperature of a room. Not true! Fans only circulate the air inside a room, so if you keep fans running in empty rooms you are wasting power. Only things like AC and our climate control actually reduce the air temperature. Keep fans off in empty rooms.

3. Fireplace Warms the House

This one might have some people up in arms, but fireplaces do NOTHING to warm the house up. They will warm the immediate room up, but in the house, the temperature will drop, increasing your heating costs. This is because a fireplace requires the chimney to be open, your house is losing heat through the chimney because hot air rises.

4. Freezer in The Garage

Many people believe that having your freezer in the garage will save on energy bills. Not true, the temperature in unheated (uninsulated) garages will vary quite a lot throughout the year. This rise and fall in temperatures means your freezer will have to work harder to keep the temperature stable. Keep your freezer lasting longer by having it inside the home.

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Mike Olsen

18:58 16 Oct 19

This is inexpensive storage that operates 100% as advertised - they do not offer 24/7 access and do not charge 24/7 access pricing. They are incredibly responsive to requests to unlock doors and provide access. It is not fancy but if you need a clean, dry place to store your stuff, you can't beat these guys. Don't expect bells and/or whistles but you also won't be paying for them.

Dave Shirlaw

01:54 10 Jun 19

Have to phone to have buildings unlocked. Annoying.

megan chow

23:06 21 May 19

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01:04 25 Sep 18

Prices are 1/2 the price of other storage units but it shuts down (locked gates) from 10 am - 6 pm except if you have the enormous ground level outside facing units. Those hours are impossible. The technology getting items up to the second story is an actual forklift thats made stationary. You balance your items up the forklift (and you raise the wooden pallet up yourself) Then you must walk up stairs and hope their is a dolly available to wind precariously around tiny turning hallways. Budget carpentry and ancient carpet in the units. The trolleys sound and feel like their from 1980's and are either coached to disobey or they keep their own counsel. They say its secure but I had a neighbor pick something up and they weren't even asked for permission. I explicitly stated only I was to have access. They said they do not let it happen. The locks are your own, but the flip closure is attached by 3/4 wood screws easily and possibly quite quietly could be opened and emptied with no one batting an eye. A kid could detach it with anything. They have "24 hour security" which means a guy lives on site. Does he/she have CCTV access? Probably not, nor would you want that job. Are there motion sensors? Not likely as sometimes the lights won't turn on and finding a switch in the straggly wandering corridors is impossible. They do not offer insurance. You have to sign forms saying all the things you will and won't do, but they are not liable if anything happens: theft, fire, water, vandals, pests etcSo despite all those complaints, its still 4/5 only because of the prices.