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Pauly Knub
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Lights On...Lights Off... « Posted: 02 January 2012 at 09:54 PM »
Ok...The past few months WDC has turned off the street lights between Midnight and 5am...

Now they are back on thru the night...Or are they..

One night they are on...The next they are off...Then on again...Some stay on thru the daylight hours and turn off at night...

Some come on half way thru the night...Some come on at 1pm...

The streetlights outside my house come on in the morning..blaze away thru the day..and go out at night...One just stays on all the time..

A couple of times, they were all on... street after street, around my way...all day and all night..

WDC..Yep...You sure got that sorted out... icon_scratch

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Re: Lights On...Lights Off... « Reply #1 Posted: 02 January 2012 at 11:34 PM »
I've noticed recently that the ones here where I live in Carlton Colville are 'undecided' as to what they want to do although I've not seen them on during the day - yet!
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Re: Lights On...Lights Off... « Reply #2 Posted: 03 January 2012 at 06:10 AM »
Just so you know - Lowestoft’s Street Lighting has nothing to do with WDC - it’s Suffolk County Council.  This link gives you more information: http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/streetlighting about what’s happening - or should be happening!  Smiley
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Re: Lights On...Lights Off... « Reply #3 Posted: 03 January 2012 at 08:05 AM »
Trigger...

Are they on 'timers'...Or do they have 'light sensors' on them..

I wonder where the big 'on/off' switch is..?

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Re: Lights On...Lights Off... « Reply #4 Posted: 03 January 2012 at 10:01 AM »
Pauly: Don't you get technical with me!  Grin 

I would have no idea . . . it might be worth going to the main page of "Debate Lowestoft Isses" - and about the 7th title down is "Dimming/switching off Lowestoft's Streetlights" - there were quite a lot of comments about this.  It might be worth reading through the posts - it might "throw some light" on the matter!
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Re: Lights On...Lights Off... « Reply #5 Posted: 03 January 2012 at 11:30 AM »
Thought i  would post on here. The lights have been on at night recently due to the xmas eve and new year partys so they decided to leave them on. They are controlled by radio waves so at midnight or just after they go off but if there is a fault in the system it causes them to stay on. But if you email the council they soon fix it as they did in my area when they were on within 2 days of my email they were corrected. I must admit its a pain if they cant even work the system properly. Also they have sensors on the top of them if you look they look like little cones they are the switches that work by radio waves.
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Re: Lights On...Lights Off... « Reply #6 Posted: 03 January 2012 at 02:13 PM »
They did go off by me last night and on again at 5-30 this morning.
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Re: Lights On...Lights Off... « Reply #7 Posted: 03 January 2012 at 04:14 PM »
They were off between midnight and 5.30am last night. I still think that it is a mistake to turn them off.
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Re: Lights On...Lights Off... « Reply #8 Posted: 04 January 2012 at 12:24 AM »
Quote from: Meryl on 03 January 2012 at 04:14 PM
They were off between midnight and 5.30am last night. I still think that it is a mistake to turn them off.

I agree with you, Meryl.  I couldn't believe it when talking to my relatives there and they mentioned the lights.

Vinny, why should it be imnportant for the lights to be on for Christmas Even & New Year's Eve parties?  Why are those events more important than having them on every other night for people that are out and about maybe getting to and from work or other parties?
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Re: Lights On...Lights Off... « Reply #9 Posted: 04 January 2012 at 12:20 PM »
Just to be different... I don't think turning them out at night is a problem at all. Most rural villages without lights in the first place can cope.

It does puzzle me though as you say they might as well leave them on every Friday and Saturday night as people are out til late then and not just Xmas and New years eve. Maybe they should leave them on until 1 or 2am on those nights?
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