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<blockquote data-quote="HoLeChit" data-source="post: 3720580" data-attributes="member: 35036"><p>Energy saving idea 1: air sealing outlets and switches. Typically this is a technique used within the audiophile and home theater folks to prevent sound leakage from a room. So your house might be a tiny bit warmer, and quieter! Pull your faceplate off the outlet or light switch on one of your exterior walls, feel the air that comes through there, especially on a cold night. How to stop it? Two steps: seal and insulate. Chances are your Sheetrock isn’t cut perfectly around your box, seal that up with some caulking or even better, a small amount of expanding foam. Then, insulate the faceplate. You can buy kits for dirt cheap, or the old school method is to cut up old styrofoam egg cartons for this. The kits I find fit perfectly and insulate better than the diy option. Give these pictures a look for reference. [ATTACH=full]250484[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]250485[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]250486[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HoLeChit, post: 3720580, member: 35036"] Energy saving idea 1: air sealing outlets and switches. Typically this is a technique used within the audiophile and home theater folks to prevent sound leakage from a room. So your house might be a tiny bit warmer, and quieter! Pull your faceplate off the outlet or light switch on one of your exterior walls, feel the air that comes through there, especially on a cold night. How to stop it? Two steps: seal and insulate. Chances are your Sheetrock isn’t cut perfectly around your box, seal that up with some caulking or even better, a small amount of expanding foam. Then, insulate the faceplate. You can buy kits for dirt cheap, or the old school method is to cut up old styrofoam egg cartons for this. The kits I find fit perfectly and insulate better than the diy option. Give these pictures a look for reference. [ATTACH type="full" alt="523D2A7A-958A-4732-8EBA-68A484397806.jpeg"]250484[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="58086465-154E-4A36-BE9C-EE594309C60A.jpeg"]250485[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="3F9AE0D1-C510-4567-8D98-814D78FC4BA0.jpeg"]250486[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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