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

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

In article ,
Richard DeLuca wrote:

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.

Better yet, pull the fuse that controls the light. That way
she won't pay for it and you'll have street-light-less skies
until the Street Dept figures it out.

Even better, install an outdoor switch, the Street Dept will
never tumble to that.

Dark skies,

tom

--
We have discovered a therapy ( NOT a cure )
for the common cold. Play tuba for an hour.

While I am a firm advocate to get rid of light pollution, especially
the blinding lights now installed at most gas stations, and many
closed businesses

Streetlights are very important to control crime, without them you
will notice a huge increase in car and home robberies

The best thing to do is to see if the streetlighting division will
install the low power orange lights, instead of the high power sodium
pinkish ones, the orange ones spread light down, while the other ones
lose most of the light to the sky

I see no problem if these are used, the real problems are the many
businesses and gas stations that you need sunglasses just to fill some
gas, but try getting your local legislature to take up that fight,
good luck, around here, brookhaven town, suffolk county, long island,
you have to scream, call back, twenty times before you can solve a
minor problem

local gov't here stinks

On 28 Aug 2003 21:04:34 -0700, (Gordon Gekko IDCC
on the Nasdaq) wrote:

Streetlights are very important to control crime, without them you
will notice a huge increase in car and home robberies

Baloney! I challenge you to cite a single credible study that
supports this poppycock. To the contrary, the studies I've read seem
to directly contradict the premise.

Wayne Hoffman
http://home.pacbell.net/w6wlr/
33° 49' 17" N, 117° 56' 40" W
"Don't Look Down"

On 28 Aug 2003 21:04:34 -0700, (Gordon Gekko IDCC
on the Nasdaq) wrote:

Streetlights are very important to control crime, without them you
will notice a huge increase in car and home robberies

Baloney! I challenge you to cite a single credible study that
supports this poppycock. To the contrary, the studies I've read seem
to directly contradict the premise.

Wayne Hoffman
http://home.pacbell.net/w6wlr/
33° 49' 17" N, 117° 56' 40" W
"Don't Look Down"

You must be in an unusual place for crime to increase when lights are out.
Security lights are very useful for criminals to see what they are doing, and
to not attract attention from police or passersby with flashlights to help them
commit their crimes. It is more ususal for vandalism to occur when security
lights go out, rather than more criminal activity.

Clear, Dark, Steady Skies!
(And considerate neighbors!!!)