Is the sensor on top of the street light? I should go experiment with shining my SRK or my C8 (Don’t have my FF STL-V6 yet) at a street light. Then again I might end up on my roof trying to get the right angle and all that and it could get ugly. When I was young a friend came over with a few Kodak film canisters of stage flash powder. Lighting a tablespoon of that on a stump in the front yard made all the street lights shut off… I’m wondering if I can do the same with a flashlight? And these are private street lights that I own. Nothing illegal going on here.
They’re on top usually with a diffuser/cover. Usually from a distance you can get an angle low enough to shine the light on top of the diffuser and within a minute or so they’ll turn off. It’s especially easy with a green laser pointer.
I wonder how many lumens,generally speaking, is needed to turn off a street light…I have a Tiablo A9 with aspheric head,which I must try. Might be hard due to the steep angle from the ground to the light sensor? Thanks,HB
I live out in the country and they have one damn streetlight not far from me. They put a little complex back in for some high end houses. Apparently the idiots can’t find their road without a light on and don’t comprehend that out in the country we like it dark. Ticks me off, I keep thinking about putting that sucker out for good but my wife keeps talking me out of it. It’s a good thing I quit drinking because if I hadn’t that thing would be in twenty pieces by now.
There is no way for me to hit the sensor with a light. Trust me I have tried and I have very good lights for the job.
I live in the mountains and can point down to hit the sensor on several of the street lights here. I’ve used one of my Surefire Hellfighters a few times to turn one of them off. Now that I’ve done it, the thrill is gone.