Street Light & Air Conditioner

Hi,

Just noticed something really interesting. Whenever my neighbor's air
conditioning kicks on, the street light across the street goes out for a
couple of minutes, then sputters back on again. I'm not certain if it's
a central air or portable; I'll have to check in the a.m.

Wow, what a difference it makes in my sky. Wish I could somehow
capitalize on this bit of knowledge.

Starry Skies,
Rich

Most dusk-to-dawn lights can be turned off with a real bright spotlight...
get one of those $20 million candle-power jobs and have a kid shine it at
the top of the streetlight for you. It will come back on after a couple of
minutes (gradually brightening), but kids get a kick out of seeing it go
out. Just make sure to close your eyes when they give it a blast of light.

Darker Skies,
David Showers

Richard DeLuca wrote in message
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Hi,

Just noticed something really interesting. Whenever my neighbor's air
conditioning kicks on, the street light across the street goes out for a
couple of minutes, then sputters back on again. I'm not certain if it's
a central air or portable; I'll have to check in the a.m.

Wow, what a difference it makes in my sky. Wish I could somehow
capitalize on this bit of knowledge.

Starry Skies,
Rich

Most dusk-to-dawn lights can be turned off with a real bright spotlight...
get one of those $20 million candle-power jobs and have a kid shine it at
the top of the streetlight for you. It will come back on after a couple of
minutes (gradually brightening), but kids get a kick out of seeing it go
out. Just make sure to close your eyes when they give it a blast of light.

Darker Skies,
David Showers

Richard DeLuca wrote in message
news
Hi,

Just noticed something really interesting. Whenever my neighbor's air
conditioning kicks on, the street light across the street goes out for a
couple of minutes, then sputters back on again. I'm not certain if it's
a central air or portable; I'll have to check in the a.m.

Wow, what a difference it makes in my sky. Wish I could somehow
capitalize on this bit of knowledge.

Starry Skies,
Rich

In message qiV2b.59549$K44.56105@edtnps84, Mick
writes

"Richard DeLuca" wrote in message
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Hi,

Just noticed something really interesting. Whenever my neighbor's air
conditioning kicks on, the street light across the street goes out for a
couple of minutes, then sputters back on again. I'm not certain if it's
a central air or portable; I'll have to check in the a.m.

Wow, what a difference it makes in my sky. Wish I could somehow
capitalize on this bit of knowledge.

Find out what sort of aircon he uses and get one ?

Starry Skies,
Rich

How is that possible?...This indicates he's on the same circuit but, how
probable is that unless his
AC is a 250 volt device and they are STEALING electricity...

Depends how bad the local wiring is.

Most aircon I have seen in 100V AC line voltage regions have been across
the 200/220 line pair. Perhaps in the US they do it differently. Even at
220V they are a pretty hefty current load - especially at start up.

Regards,
--
Martin Brown

In message qiV2b.59549$K44.56105@edtnps84, Mick
writes

"Richard DeLuca" wrote in message
news
Hi,

Just noticed something really interesting. Whenever my neighbor's air
conditioning kicks on, the street light across the street goes out for a
couple of minutes, then sputters back on again. I'm not certain if it's
a central air or portable; I'll have to check in the a.m.

Wow, what a difference it makes in my sky. Wish I could somehow
capitalize on this bit of knowledge.

Find out what sort of aircon he uses and get one ?

Starry Skies,
Rich

How is that possible?...This indicates he's on the same circuit but, how
probable is that unless his
AC is a 250 volt device and they are STEALING electricity...

Depends how bad the local wiring is.

Most aircon I have seen in 100V AC line voltage regions have been across
the 200/220 line pair. Perhaps in the US they do it differently. Even at
220V they are a pretty hefty current load - especially at start up.

Regards,
--
Martin Brown

Just noticed something really interesting. Whenever my neighbor's air
conditioning kicks on, the street light across the street goes out for
a
couple of minutes, then sputters back on again. I'm not certain if
it's
a central air or portable; I'll have to check in the a.m.

Wow, what a difference it makes in my sky. Wish I could somehow
capitalize on this bit of knowledge.

Find out what sort of aircon he uses and get one ?

Starry Skies,
Rich

How is that possible?...This indicates he's on the same circuit but, how
probable is that unless his
AC is a 250 volt device and they are STEALING electricity...

Depends how bad the local wiring is.

Most aircon I have seen in 100V AC line voltage regions have been across
the 200/220 line pair. Perhaps in the US they do it differently. Even at
220V they are a pretty hefty current load - especially at start up.


Right..I was going to say 240V as a correction but 220 seems the likely..

Just noticed something really interesting. Whenever my neighbor's air
conditioning kicks on, the street light across the street goes out for
a
couple of minutes, then sputters back on again. I'm not certain if
it's
a central air or portable; I'll have to check in the a.m.

Wow, what a difference it makes in my sky. Wish I could somehow
capitalize on this bit of knowledge.

Find out what sort of aircon he uses and get one ?

Starry Skies,
Rich

How is that possible?...This indicates he's on the same circuit but, how
probable is that unless his
AC is a 250 volt device and they are STEALING electricity...

Depends how bad the local wiring is.

Most aircon I have seen in 100V AC line voltage regions have been across
the 200/220 line pair. Perhaps in the US they do it differently. Even at
220V they are a pretty hefty current load - especially at start up.


Right..I was going to say 240V as a correction but 220 seems the likely..

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 02:47:45 GMT, Richard DeLuca
wrote:

Hi,

Just noticed something really interesting. Whenever my neighbor's air
conditioning kicks on, the street light across the street goes out for a
couple of minutes, then sputters back on again. I'm not certain if it's
a central air or portable; I'll have to check in the a.m.

Wow, what a difference it makes in my sky. Wish I could somehow
capitalize on this bit of knowledge.

Starry Skies,
Rich

nice coincidence....
i wonder how coincidental it would be if you accidentally struck it
with a 22 pellet from your brand new pellet gun?

when i moved to New Hampshire, when i got my first power bill, i found
i was being charged to have the blasted street light that was in front
of my house. all i could think was how crappy my luck was to have the
only street light in a very residential neighborhood/outskirt of town.
called PSNH and had that bad boy removed the next day.

what would be the chance that you were being charged for it? can you
call the town and have them pull the plug?

good luck. street lights make very bad neighbors....

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 02:47:45 GMT, Richard DeLuca
wrote:

Hi,

Just noticed something really interesting. Whenever my neighbor's air
conditioning kicks on, the street light across the street goes out for a
couple of minutes, then sputters back on again. I'm not certain if it's
a central air or portable; I'll have to check in the a.m.

Wow, what a difference it makes in my sky. Wish I could somehow
capitalize on this bit of knowledge.

Starry Skies,
Rich

nice coincidence....
i wonder how coincidental it would be if you accidentally struck it
with a 22 pellet from your brand new pellet gun?

when i moved to New Hampshire, when i got my first power bill, i found
i was being charged to have the blasted street light that was in front
of my house. all i could think was how crappy my luck was to have the
only street light in a very residential neighborhood/outskirt of town.
called PSNH and had that bad boy removed the next day.

what would be the chance that you were being charged for it? can you
call the town and have them pull the plug?

good luck. street lights make very bad neighbors....

In article ,
beavith wrote:



when i moved to New Hampshire, when i got my first power bill, i found
i was being charged to have the blasted street light that was in front
of my house. all i could think was how crappy my luck was to have the
only street light in a very residential neighborhood/outskirt of town.
called PSNH and had that bad boy removed the next day.

what would be the chance that you were being charged for it? can you
call the town and have them pull the plug?

good luck. street lights make very bad neighbors....


Hi,

It's not my ac that's shutting off the street light- it's my next door
neighbor. But you make a good point. I wonder if she is being charged
for powering that street lamp. I'll bet that somehow she is!

She's an elderly woman, but I will bring it to her attention. I'd be
happy to call the power company and help her find out.

Starry Skies,
Rich