On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:57:47 +0100, John Williamson
wrote:

The Medway Handyman wrote:

Up to 75% of councils are dimming the lights to save money


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ave-money.html


Using a dimmer switch on your lights at home doesn't save very much in
electricity AFAIK, e.g. dimming to half the light doesn't reduce the
power consumption by 50% - is it different on street lights?


Depends how they do it. They could just replace the bulbs with lower
power ones, for instance, or remove a couple of bulbs from multi-bulb
fittings. Or turn off half the lights in a street.

Then use the savings to pay the extra hospital costs due to the increase
in road accidents. Householders will also notice an increase in
insurance premiums in unlit areas to pay for the increase in burglaries.....

Inserts tongue in cheek Then again, the story *is* in the Daily Mail.

Even though this story is in the Daily Mail it really is being
proposed in some districts near me.

Of course the council won't have to bear the costs of increased road
collisions and crime so they would probably save a little bit of
money.
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