emadmoussa Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 After a lot of diplomatic missions and intensive talks, the street light was finally sorted.They first dimmed it, which wasn't great...I could barely see a difference frankly. Whinged a bit to them, then they came and cut down the column by 1 meter. They say 1 meter, but it looks about 50cm to me.More whinging and whining and this morning I caught the company van outside getting ready to install the shield, rushed out and talked to the guy and he kindly fitted the shield into the right angle I requested. He was very receptive and understanding.So..yes...finally..sorted!! All I need to do now is send a thank you letter to the councilor and the electric engineer!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emadmoussa Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 BTW, the electric engineer told me that they had a flood of complaints from local astronomers in Hampshire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Looks like a result!Now for a clear night to find out how it holds up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Great news Emad ! Hope it works well for you:-) I know how you feel with all this, my neighbours outside light drives me bonkers, thankfully my obsy at the bottom of the garden shields it quite well.Anyway it looks like your nightmare maybe at least reduced if not over:-)Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshane Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 BTW, the electric engineer told me that they had a flood of complaints from local astronomers in Hampshire...is that a lighting joke?flood (light) of complaints indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floater Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Hope the 'left hand' doesn't come along and rearrange the set-up in order to 'tidy things up' and have your light 'comply with regulations' ...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldpink Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 looks like a result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leelee970 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Hang on, I just heard that the neighbour on the right hand side has just put in a complaint - the shield is blocking light into their garden.......Seriously, well done, great result.Maybe SGL could set up a topic area where successful people could post their letters etc when they get good results. This could then be used to some extent by others in similar situations.Now all you need is some clear wonderful nights.Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobmoss Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Great result! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emadmoussa Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 Hope the 'left hand' doesn't come along and rearrange the set-up in order to 'tidy things up' and have your light 'comply with regulations' ...!left hand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emadmoussa Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 Hang on, I just heard that the neighbour on the right hand side has just put in a complaint - the shield is blocking light into their garden.......Seriously, well done, great result.Maybe SGL could set up a topic area where successful people could post their letters etc when they get good results. This could then be used to some extent by others in similar situations.Now all you need is some clear wonderful nights.LeeIt's actually pointed in my direction - only blocking some of the light in the neighbor's garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floater Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 The 'left hand' and the 'right hand' not knowing what the other is doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emadmoussa Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 Aha... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_h Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 They will now come along next week and replace the whole lot with one of these................Just about every one in Grimsby have been replaced now.................^^^^^^^^^^^ that one is right outside my bedroom window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emadmoussa Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 They will now come along next week and replace the whole lot with one of these................Just about every one in Grimsby have been replaced now.................^^^^^^^^^^^ that one is right outside my bedroom window.The ones here are only 4-month-old... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Presland Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 POWER TO THE PEOPLE! well done for getting them to see sense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Clear Skies Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Great news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laser_jock99 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Good result I'd say- it pays to be persitant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenlandPaul Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Very interesting thread. The lights in my village are currently being replaced. The new poles have been put up (Generally very close to existing lights) and some of them are taller than the incumbents. Hopefully my garden will remain unaffected, but it still puts you on edge.What makes me irate is how the local authorities have been utterly fleeced by the lighting utility companies on this (Balfour Beatty and the like). In my village they're replacing them with high pressure sodium lights and not LED. I queried with the lighting engineer about this, and apparently the same light was agreed across South Cambridgeshire a couple of years ago. Of course what's happening is that you put up high pressure sodium and then have yourself a nice little annuity being paid to replace and sell lightbulbs for the next 20 years, rather than LED where you pay more but will then just leave them up and they'll last for at least 15 years without any kind of maintenance. The paybacks on LED are just so much better for the councils, but of course the the lighting companies get no income from changing bulbs etc in the future. BTW this isn't a conspiracy theory - I work for an LED lighting company (we don't do street lights).Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Very interesting thread. The lights in my village are currently being replaced. The new poles have been put up (Generally very close to existing lights) and some of them are taller than the incumbents. Hopefully my garden will remain unaffected, but it still puts you on edge.What makes me irate is how the local authorities have been utterly fleeced by the lighting utility companies on this (Balfour Beatty and the like). In my village they're replacing them with high pressure sodium lights and not LED. I queried with the lighting engineer about this, and apparently the same light was agreed across South Cambridgeshire a couple of years ago. Of course what's happening is that you put up high pressure sodium and then have yourself a nice little annuity being paid to replace and sell lightbulbs for the next 20 years, rather than LED where you pay more but will then just leave them up and they'll last for at least 15 years without any kind of maintenance. The paybacks on LED are just so much better for the councils, but of course the the lighting companies get no income from changing bulbs etc in the future. BTW this isn't a conspiracy theory - I work for an LED lighting company (we don't do street lights).Sent from my iPad using Tapatalkbe happy you're not getting leds...no lp filter for them as far as I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emadmoussa Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 A quick test last night...The shield is very effective to the extent I can barely notice the light. The other light down the road seems more intrusive now....but it is easily sortable by throwing some screen on the wash line. So...All good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotterless45 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Neat ! There's nothing like the misery of things beyond your control , good to get it sorted. Looking forward to your sparkling observation reports , Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeSkywatcher Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 I love the way that in the UK if you have a problem with street lights for any reason, you just get on the phone to the local council and lodge your complaint and although they dont move quickly, they do sort it out. I'm not so sure that local councils here in Ireland would be so obliging. Over the last couple of yrs, most of the lights along motorways have either been shielded so as to direct light only downwards or are now LED's. Maybe they have plans for the future to do the same for secondary roads and housing estates. The lights on my street look like drinks containers you get in a cinema, stuck on the top of a pole with a cap on top. They do glow orange also. The one good thing about them is that they are spaced out far enough, so that the space between then is somewhat usable with a LPF. I have one across the road from me about 45 degrees offset from when i am outside (looking straight forward) and the next one along is 5 houses down at the end of the road. I live in a cul-de-sac comprising of about 14-16 bungalows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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