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Page 6n"he Battalion/Friday, October 26, 1984 INYADS. BUT REAL HEAVYWEIGHTS WHEN RESULTS REALLY COUNT. o matter what you've go to say or sell, our Classi fieds can help you do the big job. Right now, dur ing International Classified Adver tising Week, is a great time to put the Classified to work for you! ALL: The Battalion 845-2611 Reduce cold weather utility bills ^ by using energy-saving devices By MARK SPICER Reporter Up to 30 percent can be saved on utility bills by installing inexpensive, energy-saving devices throughout your home or apartment, says Susan Adams with the Center for Knergy and Mineral Resources at Texas A&M. • Adams said the greatest amount of energy loss comes from air infil trating the house around doors, win dows, electrical outlets and any where plumbing punches through the outside walls of the structure. About 40 percent of the air that goes in and out of the house goes be tween the foundation and the floor ing, she said. Adams said builders today are more energy-conscious and are us ing various caulking material under neath the flooring to keep die air from coming through. She said sili cone caulking is the best to use be cause some of it has a 25-year life span. “Most of the builders use an open cell foam caulk," she said. "They’re supposed to put it under the sole- plate, but I have seen houses where they’ve put it along the edges and that is not where it goes." Although open-cell foam caulking is less expensive than silicone caulk ing, Adams said she recommends the latter because the foam caulking will only last two to five years. She said weatheistripping is an other big energy-saving device used to help reduce air infiltration. “The best weatherstripping is made of copper,” she said, “it is nailed to the inside of the doorjamb and bent so that when the door shuts, it seals the air out.” Adams suggests that renters use inexpensive foam adhesive-backed weatherstrips that easily can be in stalled. Adams said if a particular window is cold, a pop-in insulating shutter can be made inexpensively by cut ting cardboard to fit the sue of the window. She said that several pieces of cardboard can be glued together, thus increasing its thickness and in sulating ability. pt She said other ways to lower utility bills this winter include: turning the thermostat down to bH degrees dur ing the day and 55 degrees at night. Don’t forget to set your clocks back Sunday United Press International WASHINGTON — Standard fime returns Sunday, which means turning back clocks and giving up the daylight that still lingers into early evening. The one hour time change takes place at 2 a.m. local time on the final Sunday in October. On the last Sunday in April when Daylight Saving I ime began, clocks were set forward one hour. The old addage, “spring forward, fall back,” may be helpf ul when re setting the clock. States and territories that do not observe the time change are Ari zona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Vir gin Islands, American Samoa and the part of Indiana that lies in the Eastern Time /one. I he idea of juggling the hour can be traced to Benjamin Franklin, who wrote a paper while serving as the U.S. envoy to France. He recom mended that shops be opened and closed earlier during summer months to cut the cost of providing lighting. Franklin, who was very much using small portable heaters to war; I small areas around you imteadj running the main heater, Usingj electric blanket, dressing warmly stalling flow restrictors in fau^ and showerheads and insulatim tanks with a hot water heater ft™ rr • ket. 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