> I did not find this to be the case. My laser pointer operated off a pair
> of AA batteries. A new alkaline set provided approximately 60 hours of
> sufficient laser energy to turn off the street light. The symptom of
> run-down batteries was that the aim became more and more delicate, else
> the street light would not turn off.
Wow! Yours did a lot better than some of my laser pointers.
I've had some suck the life out of AA and AAA batteries.
I also have some tiny laser pointers that use the small button cells and
they definitely didn't last long.
Hooked up to a 5V power supply however, ...
> In regards to aim, I was lucky enough to have a second floor bathroom
> window with a straight shot at the sensor. My cat was occasionally a
> problem, so too my wife, who would sometimes cause the tripod to jiggle
> when she entered the room.
I'd be happy to set up a set of permanent fixtures at my house to take
care of the various lights in my neighborhood if I could get it to work.
I'm going to run out and try some experiments tonight.
> I also had to trim my neighbor's hedge periodically to keep the topmost
> shoots from interfering with my line of sight to the sensor. Being
> somewhat unsure how they might feel about this, I did it at night,
> walking on the pitched, wood shake roof. It sometimes got "exciting".
That does sound a wee bit scary.
Perhaps I'll try shining my laser pointer at the moon and see if I can get
it to dim temporarily... :-)
Thanks.
-Ralph
Received on Fri Apr 30 23:21:28 2004