Ralph - any thoughts on posting the e-mail address to the site?
Maybe if everybody requests it (like who is the idiot at the SJ Lighting
Dept) who fails to install full cutoff lighting on new installations,
even though the SJ City Policy is that private owners must install
shielded fixtures, AND use LPS.
Take back the night!
Chris
Ralph Seguin wrote:
>>I accomplished this feat by attaching the laser to a photo tripod with
>>some heavy-duty rubber bands. I used a small o-ring to keep the laser's
>>momentary switch constantly closed. (I had to put a small piece of a
>>pencil eraser under the ring and on top of the switch to provide a little
>>more "push".) Hope this helps.
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>Keep in mind that you'd do well to have an AC sourced power supply or a
>bigger battery than what fits in your laser pointer. Most of the small
>laser pointers suck juice pretty quickly.
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>I've actually tried using a 650 nm (red) laser to turn off the lights in
>my neighborhood, but they wouldn't respond. Could have been the angle or
>the distance. IIRC, the photocell was on the top on the light that I was
>most interested in turning off.
>I'm all ears about the appropriate technique.
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>I also wrote several letters to the city of San Jose to complain
>(politely) about light trespass and ask for better shielding, but I've
>heard nothing back. I did manage to get the email addr of somebody there
>who was in charge and I only received one reply from him stating that if
>they put in better shielding for me, everybody would want it. Well,
>yeah!! What's the problem with that? :-)
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>-Ralph
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Received on Fri Apr 30 20:28:17 2004