General Chat

The council sneaked into our road yesterday and changed our street lamps to LED.
It might be saving them money but not us.

We used to get a bit of light through the front door and now the hall is pitch black at night. There was also just enough light to stop me switching on the light in the bathroom in the middle of the night. (I'm a sitter downer ;-) )

Now I'll have to disturb folks by switching on the light and it looks as though we might have to get one of those plug in motion lights for the top of the stairs because daughter has to get up before the birds several mornings a week at it is no longer safe.

Then of course she will need a decent torch to get her to work - but it is summer and our hardware shop only has a few in.

So :-P to our local council.

Surely your council is not responsible for lighting up your home!!!!???

And how did they sneak? Was it under cover of darkness? Did they wear camouflage?

Think yourself lucky - many places around the UK have actually cut street lighting in some places totally.

Still - I shall write a letter to my MP demanding that he looks into the fact that the council will not light my home.

:-D

Errol - it was only a tiny bit of light from the side of the street lamp.

I think they were in camouflage. I think it was a red truck - and I've never seen that one before :-S

I've not even mentioned the pavement which is a bit curved around a parking layby - it was always a bit dark at our end but I am now expecting lots of people falling into our garden (we side onto the road) because they can't see the change in direction.

The main road lights go off at midnight - when we lived 'up the hill' we used to have to 'pay' for the street lighting for those that lived down at the bottom of the hill - the top was too rural for lights.

But surely the local council is not responsible for providing even a little bit of light to your home?

What would you say if the council took you to task for not leaving a light on in your kitchen so that people could see the footpath outside?

The street light opposite my house fell over, so they replaced it with an LED one - without the 'shade'.
I could read in bed - but couldn't sleep :-|
No need to turn the stair light on to get to the loo (which is downstairs) in the middle of the night.
It took 3 e-mails before they understood what I meant by a 'shade' - I had to send the plonkers images!!! Eventually they put one on.
6 months later, they replace all the lights, and moved the one that was opposite my house!!

the trouble with LED street lighting, is there is no Twilight, outside of the beam.....I have a street light which "points" at the road about ten feet from my garage, and I have difficulty sorting my keys, in the dark, believe it or not.
Bob

We had all the lamposts replaced and we now have LED lighting, it is much dimmer than before but you get used to it.....eventually.

street lights - the clue is in the name.

They are there to light the street.

As does our new one, lights the street
and not our bedroom.
Our last one which has been there for over 40 years
had to be blotted out so we could get some sleep.
Now all we need is for the council to remove the old one
but hey ho it's only been replaced four weeks ago.

The Burglars are going to love this new lighting :-( :-(

The one nearest us is mostly blotted out by the damson tree at this time of year. Love it when we're away in Cornwall or Wales, in the middle of nowhere with NO street lights!

The residents of a local town would consider you luck to still have street lights. The council have turned theirs off from about 1am-6am.

There was a number of comments on-line, but some extremely positive ones. Those that had to leave home early before the lights came back on revelled in the night sky. They were thrilled to see a meteor shower! And yes, they had invested in small pocket sized torches.

Burglaries haven't risen. If they have to use a torch to break in, they are more likely to be spotted by those awake. If you're worried, you could always invest in a movement-sensitive outside light. The trouble is that it might be set off by any passing moggie.

People do get used to the darkness. We live in an area where there *are* no street lights. Even if it’s raining/cloudy there is still enough ambient light to safely go to the bathroom. There is far too much light pollution as it is. LED lamps not only save money (your council tax) but also cut down on the light pollution.

when I was growing up, living in a cottage on the side of a mountain, we had no lights - didn't bother us at all, and of course, during the war there were no street lights anywhere

I am happy to walk about in darkness and won't normally use a torch.

If you are walking in total darkness your eyes adapt to it but then have to re-adjust if you come into light. The most difficult time is when you pass out of light and into darkness. Then you are totally buttered!

The school next door has lights that are often left on at night and I find it very difficult to walk past there at night.

and who's paying the electricity bill for that school Sharron?

Probably the insurance companies insist on lights being on in such public buildings

you don't have to turn on the bathroom light

We have night lights in both our bathrooms .............. they plug into the electrical socket in the bathroom, and are light sensitive so come on only at night.

There is plenty of light for both stand-uppers and sit-downers.

The one in the guest bathroom actually puts out enough light to light the hallway sufficiently for someone to walk along without tripping.

They are very cheap, from the hardware store, and you can also buy replacement bulbs for most of them.

I think you can even buy some that are motion sensitive so will light up only when someone enters the bathroom ............... but the problem is that you then have to keep waving you hand at them so they will stay alight.

I don't put the lights on when I go to the bathroom in the night - I know exactly where everything is in the dark

I just nod off on my commode ;-)

Me to Ann

though one night the Butler left the seat up
and I fell down the hole ;-) ;-)