Street Lights

[bravado67]

We had. Street light that would shine straight into my child's room at night. We called the city and they put a shade in the lamp to prevent the light from shinning at our house. Maybe your having problems sleeping due to that bright light directly in your window?

Already thought about that. It does actually put a lot of light into my son's room. He is the closest to the light upstairs. He likes the light. I can convince him not to. LOL

Ron

[bravado67]

We had. Street light that would shine straight into my child's room at night. We called the city and they put a shade in the lamp to prevent the light from shinning at our house. Maybe your having problems sleeping due to that bright light directly in your window?

If my neighbors use that excuse I would have to turn my Christmas lights off.
I leave right on a corner, so I have 3 neighbors to shine on. :-)

Last year I offered my unused light to two neighbors across from me and helped my next door neighbor fix his electrical issues and timer. Besides, if they don't want to hear me playing drums to Rush songs everyday then they better get with the program. LOL!!!

[Phrog30]

We had. Street light that would shine straight into my child's room at night. We called the city and they put a shade in the lamp to prevent the light from shinning at our house. Maybe your having problems sleeping due to that bright light directly in your window?

If my neighbors use that excuse I would have to turn my Christmas lights off.
I leave right on a corner, so I have 3 neighbors to shine on. :-)

Last year I offered my unused light to two neighbors across from me and helped my next door neighbor fix his electrical issues and timer. Besides, if they don't want to hear me playing drums to Rush songs everyday then they better get with the program. LOL!!!

Play me some yyz please. 

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[bravado67]

We had. Street light that would shine straight into my child's room at night. We called the city and they put a shade in the lamp to prevent the light from shinning at our house. Maybe your having problems sleeping due to that bright light directly in your window?

If my neighbors use that excuse I would have to turn my Christmas lights off.
I leave right on a corner, so I have 3 neighbors to shine on. :-)

Last year I offered my unused light to two neighbors across from me and helped my next door neighbor fix his electrical issues and timer. Besides, if they don't want to hear me playing drums to Rush songs everyday then they better get with the program. LOL!!!

Play me some yyz please. 

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No problem. It's a straight forward kind of song. I like challenges like Jacobs Ladder. The time signature changes require some serious concentration. 

[iDooT3]

I use a laser to turn off the street light as well as my house lights. Two years ago I used S3 and configured a couple LOR channels in a background sequence. It worked great, at the beginning of my show my Xmiter, tune to sign, and lasers all turn on, at the conclusion of the show the lasers turn off and the street lights and my house lights turn on. This last year with xLights I had to use a timer, next year I plan on writing a script to control the the channels for my Xmiter and lasers. I actually get a few comments about the laser. The most asked questions is “why do I have a string of red yarn running from my house to the street light….”

So far the city hasn't told me to turn off the laser. I've won 1st place the last 3 years in our city contest so i would think they have noticed it, but you never know!

[mikewlaymon]

I use a green laser pointer targeted at the sensor at the top of the streetlight in front of my house.  I'm in the "forgiveness" camp and the only problem I had was a nearby neighbor did not know what I was doing, and one morning I saw him and a utility employee outside looking up at the light.  The employee went up in the bucket, futzed around, came down and left - I guess NTF.  Waited a few days before I told my neighbor what I was doing...

[bravado67]

I use a green laser pointer targeted at the sensor at the top of the streetlight in front of my house.  I'm in the "forgiveness" camp and the only problem I had was a nearby neighbor did not know what I was doing, and one morning I saw him and a utility employee outside looking up at the light.  The employee went up in the bucket, futzed around, came down and left - I guess NTF.  Waited a few days before I told my neighbor what I was doing...

Very cool! My neighbor works for Edison and volunteered having someone shut it off but he flaked. All my neighbors know how I turned it off. With my 2 and 4 year olds I make sure to keep it safe in the area. I always put out the yellow man warning of children playing. I also cary a strong LED flashlight and point it at the street if I see people crossing and a car coming. Most people slow down to take a look anyway but there is always one idiot that is in a hurry.

Ron

[algerdes]

I wish there was a way to make a shade that would cast a shadow only on my home and leave the street illuminated.

This is exactly how we are handling the problem in our park show.  A "shade" is attached to the streetlight that blocks its light from the area the show is in, yet leaves the area it is supposed to cover lit.

We learned about this due to our local florist having problems with their greenhouse plants growing due to constant light.  They put these shades on each of the street lights in their block and all is well again.