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F.O.A.D.

On 1/20/14, 1:04 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:50:53 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 1/20/14, 12:43 PM, wrote:

10 lights from dusk to dawn? Let me guess, the Stalag 17 look .

If you are burning 11,000 watt hours of light a day we can see your
house from space.
That is as much as my whole house air handler strip heaters use when I
have the heat on for an hour running full blast.

You need to reevaluate your lighting plan.

We have 8 60 watt bulbs burning outside from dark to dawn...two each in
two garage side lights, and two each in two front porch lights. Most of
our neighbors in our little subdivision do the same. The claim is the
lighting helps deter burglars but I think it just lights the locks so
they are easy to pick. Maybe the lights also make the houses look
occupied even when they are not. Break into an occupied house and you're
stepping up from burglary. Do it here and you probably will leave in a
body bag.

You are living in the 20th century.
Think about putting motion detectors on those lights and have a whole
lot more security.
If the light is on all the time, people close their shade or just look
away, If it is normally off and it turns on, they look to see why.
If you are just trying to illuminate a burglar 60 watts is way too
much. A 15 watt sign bulb would do just fine if it actually got dark
in your neighborhood.
Light pollution is a huge problem here.
We have lit the place up so much, I have no trouble running my boat in
the bay at night without resorting to spotlights. I have no problem
seeing crab pots and nav aids because it never really gets dark.

OTOH I may just have good night vision because I don't overload my
eyes with unnecessary light at night.

I'm usually inside when these outside lights are on.