On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:05:45 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

Let the Record show that Gunner Asch on or
about Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:10:26 -0800 did write/type or cause to
appear in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

My other grip along that line are security lights. "In town" it's
not a big problem, but hauling down a country road and come round a
corner, and you swear there's oncoming traffic .. but its a security
light lighting up the night. Arrgh! Some kid's people!

Poor aiming of those security lights should be at minimum..a misdemeanor
when they are aimed into traffic zones.

Mine all point inwards from the edges of the property. Which reminds
me..I noticed earlier that I have a dead one. Ill have to pull one out
of stock and replace it this weekend. 3rd one in that location in 5
yrs. Shrug...

Ill have to put up one of the GOOD ones..cringe..they were expensive
when I bought them for security use.

A question I have on Security lighting. I know there is a school
of thought that wants the lights pointing "out" so as to illumine what
is coming, while blinding those oncomers. In a 'tactical'
environment' that makes sense, all though it is rude to the neighbors
the rest of the time..

Indeed. And I have those, but they are not hooked to the IR sensor
lamps. Those are strictly normal lighting..now florescent that
illuminates the grounds and entries. Ive got 200 watt quartz Floods
mounted on the eves and other locations ..pointed out. that do a very
very good job of supplying tactical lighting.

And of course, aiming the lights in, reverses the situation, you
can be seen but they can't.

Most of my normal security lighting is across wide spaces, rather than
aimed at the house..or the street. And as I generally use floresent
bulbs, the lighting isnt High Noon on the Equator.


So, it would seem to me, that you'd want a "normal" perimeter
lighting, marking the bounds and the areas to be watched, that doesn't
"splash" over into oncoming traffic, the neighbors, or washing out
stars from the back scatter. And then a secondary "tactical" set
which illumines and fills in the 'dark spots', dazzling the intruders.
Not to mention multiplying 'targets'.

Good thinking. Echos my setup.

(Hmmm, how hard would it be to
rig up a light to appear to be a rifle mounted tactical flash light,
or a targeting laser, on a remote - coming out of 'left field'?)

The problem..is appearance of movement. Thats much harder to do and can
be complicated. If your laser simply points to one location and never
quivers...pretty soon the viewer understands the issue.

Hmmm, laser pointers .... little red dots everywhere. Have to
watch out for feline banzai charges.


pyotr

Gunner

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