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yep, pretty thin on this front and not much more than common-sense.

My personal tip: when away from home for a while, I try to leave an electric timer connected to a light.

I also use a timer-based radio tuned to a channel with lots of speaking (rather than music). Just be careful. I once left it too loud and the neighbours downstairs complained... (luckily it was running on my pc, so I could ssh into it and turn the volume down remotely).




In addition to some motion sensitive lights, I use a couple of these connected to lights: http://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-Econoswitch-RPLS740B-Program...

They have an "away" mode where it will randomize the circuit it's connected to during the normal evening hours after sunset.




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