That light bill spike after I switched to LED floodlights took me a minute to figure out

I swapped out six old floodlights around my house in Marietta for LEDs back in July thinking I'd save money. Next month my electric bill jumped $15 and I couldn't figure why until I realized the new lights were way brighter so I left them on all night. The old halogen ones burned out quicker so I never left them on that long. Anyone else accidentally run up their bill by upgrading?

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coleman.seth20d ago

Oh man I did the exact same thing with my garage lights. I put in those big LED shop lights and suddenly my garage was brighter than the sun so I just started leaving them on for hours working out there. What finally helped was putting them on a motion sensor switch. Cost me like 20 bucks at Home Depot and now they only kick on when I walk in. Cut my usage way down without me having to think about it.

noah_chen1720d ago

Put one on my basement lights too, works perfect until the cat sets it off at 3am hunting bugs. Little trade off I guess but beats forgetting them on for days.