Monday, July 28, 2008

Power-less Nights

After speaking recently with a fellow who makes therapeutic light boxes for seasonal affective disorder, I decided to try out something he recommended. His background is in electromagnetics and he said that since he started turning off the power in his house at the breaker box (except for the fridge and water heater) at night that he's been sleeping like a baby.

I decided to try this experiment myself, and after figuring out which breakers controlled the circuits through our bedrooms, turned off the power the past few nights at bedtime (didn't do the entire house as he recommended).

I must say, although it's early on and the sample isn't large enough for a conclusion yet, my sleep has been much deeper with longer stretches between awakenings with the power off.

Try it out and let me know if you notice a difference.