Street Lighting - Council responds

CandT wrote:
This is what I had back - bugger !


RESPONSE
Thank you for your recent e-mail regarding street light at rear of
your property. Unfortunately I am unable to exceed to your request,
the lamp in question is designed to comply to BS.5489 standards which
is specifically designed to illuminate the highway. The type of lamp
is high pressure sodium (son) which affords less light pollution than
the low pressure sodium (sox) type of lantern, if the light source
was shielded it would not comply to the BS standards.
/RESPONSE


CandT

psss ... air rifle


goes back to lurk mode





Albert

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:18:39 GMT, CandT wrote:

This is what I had back - bugger !


RESPONSE
Thank you for your recent e-mail regarding street light at rear of your
property. Unfortunately I am unable to exceed to your request, the lamp in
question is designed to comply to BS.5489 standards which is specifically
designed to illuminate the highway. The type of lamp is high pressure
sodium (son) which affords less light pollution than the low pressure sodium
(sox) type of lantern, if the light source was shielded it would not comply
to the BS standards.
/RESPONSE


CandT

I was going to send them a diagram of the way it is laid out at the back of my
house - but I've found that the government has done it for me !!!!

http://www.parliament.the-stationery...ch/747/747.pdf


Page 22 has my EXACT situation !!

Basically - the lamp post is on the far left, the 'Area to be Lit' is the road,
and my back garden is indicated by the 'light trespass' bit - even my rear wall
is shown !!

I think I might forward this link on to the council too

CandT

I was going to send them a diagram of the way it is laid out at the back
of my
house - but I've found that the government has done it for me !!!!


http://www.parliament.the-stationery...ch/747/747.pdf


Page 22 has my EXACT situation !!

Basically - the lamp post is on the far left, the 'Area to be Lit' is the
road,
and my back garden is indicated by the 'light trespass' bit - even my rear
wall
is shown !!

Hung by their own words (or diagrams). I'd print it out, and highlight the
words "Light Trespass" and ask them to quit trespassing!

Good luck and let us know how it is going.

Clear Skies

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I think I might forward this link on to the council too

CandT

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:18:39 GMT, CandT
wrote:

RESPONSE
The type of lamp is high pressure sodium (son) which affords less light pollution than the low pressure sodium
(sox) type of lantern,

Their definition of light pollution does not refer to wavelength of
light emitted [whether convenience for astronomers to filter or not]
but to the spead of light [above the horizontal?] from the SON fitting
which I assume is more directionally controllable.

See my webpage for SOX/SON spectrum
http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/grism2.htm
There's no satisfactory SON filter;-(

In article , CandT
wibbled...

This is what I had back - bugger !


RESPONSE
Thank you for your recent e-mail regarding street light at rear of your
property. Unfortunately I am unable to exceed to your request, the lamp in
question is designed to comply to BS.5489 standards which is specifically
designed to illuminate the highway. The type of lamp is high pressure
sodium (son) which affords less light pollution than the low pressure sodium
(sox) type of lantern, if the light source was shielded it would not comply
to the BS standards.
/RESPONSE

I have one street-lamp outside the house... not too much of a problem
(but sympathies on your plight)... my real problem is the once or twice
a week the Rugby Club opposite has an evening match - at which point the
entirety of this end of the village is illuminated by bright white
lights. Nowt I can do about it :-(

Suzi

"CandT" wrote:

RESPONSE
Thank you for your recent e-mail regarding street light at rear of your
property. Unfortunately I am unable to exceed to your request, the
lamp in question is designed to comply to BS.5489 standards which is
specifically designed to illuminate the highway.

Therin is your key to getting it sorted.

BS5489 is designed to illuminate the highway efficiently. Any light going
onto your property is *not* illuminating the highway and therefore can and
should be eliminated.

The response was just a fob off because they cannot be bothered to do
things right.


Bill


CfDS LO North Highland.
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"Bill." wrote:

"CandT" wrote:

RESPONSE
Thank you for your recent e-mail regarding street light at rear of your
property. Unfortunately I am unable to exceed to your request, the
lamp in question is designed to comply to BS.5489 standards which is
specifically designed to illuminate the highway.

Therin is your key to getting it sorted.

BS5489 is designed to illuminate the highway efficiently. Any light going
onto your property is *not* illuminating the highway and therefore can and
should be eliminated.

The response was just a fob off because they cannot be bothered to do
things right.

The problem with BS5489 is that the number is the approx retail price.

--
Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47

Martin Frey wrote:


The problem with BS5489 is that the number is the approx retail price.

....made to British Standards. Aye, and so was the Titanic.....

Still, a digital camera and some filters and I understand that decent
copies can be made quite easily.

Steve