On 1/7/2012 11:43 AM, Ron wrote:
Tony Miklos wrote:
On 1/6/2012 6:09 PM, Ron wrote:
SMS wrote:
I own a townhouse in a complex where we recently changed the outdoor
lighting on the grounds to simple two socket outdoor fixtures
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410uvXmvWVL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
with 26W PAR38 fluorescent lamps. These replaced problematic 150W
halogen fixtures with the straight bulbs held in a spring loaded
socket.
These lamps are on photocells but not motion sensors.
. . . . ,
I'm looking for either a way to shield the PAR38 lamps so they don't
bother the neighbor, or to find a fixture that directs all the light
down. The fixtures are affixed to the wall of the building about 10'
up.

If you do Google search for "dark sky compliant", you'll probably
get some good ideas.

Also, here is one website with a lot of examples and an individual
Home Depot light that you may want to check out:
http://www.skykeepers.org/good_fixtures/ca-res.html

http://www.homedepot.com/Lighting-Fa...atalogId=10053


I put up 3 of those exact same Home Depot lights, they look good
during the day and at night.

I have two of them and I agree. I like them, but when I looked up the link
I did notice that a lot of people wrote bad reviews about them.

Looks like a lot of problems with the motion sensors, I don't use that
feature, in fact I didn't even know it had that feature until I
installed them. I have them set to stay on dusk to dawn and at the time
I figured if the photo cells go bad I'll add a "real" photo cell inline
with all of them.