Do you turn off your exterior lights? Neighbors giving us grief about ours.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it is multiple neighbors complaining then I would think that it is a problem. I would be respectful and change it to motion. How is motion not reliable?

Beta response.

Oh GAWD. NP here. No one likes you, I guarantee it. You are the neighbor that thinks you are right all the time. In fact, you probably think the neighborhood is somehow "yours" to patrol, a la neighborhood watch crazy Zimmerman. The neighborhood is far from yours, trust me. In fact, you are probably giving it a bad reputation all by yourself.

OP, ignore this loser. Motion detection in lights is proven to be one of the best ways to scare unwanted people away from your property. React by facts, not by crazies!

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Anonymous wrote:We leave ours on all night, as do everyone else on our block. Sounds like your neighbors need better window treatments to keep out street light.

we mentioned this to them but they said that they don't like to use blackout curtains. they like no window treatment or sheer ones.

then that is their problem!

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I installed light sensors on the lights outside each door/egress to our house (front door and two doors on the rear of the house). I put in CFL 100W equivalent bulbs and they go on when the sun goes down and off when the sun comes up. For the one outside the front door, no one is going to complain because at the street level in front of our house is a street lamp and it gives off more light than our front lamps. On the back of the house, only one house backs on ours and with both back yards between, it's a good 150 feet between the two houses. So not really a problem. But I want to have all doors into the house lit at night. Which is why I use the light sensors.

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Anonymous wrote:We keep our porch lights on all night, as do all of our neighbors. Our HOA encourages everyone to do so. This thread is surprising to me - aren't porch lights intended to be used all night? What a bizarre issue.

You people all need to stop wasting electricity and give the night back to the stars.

+100

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Here is some information about light pollution:

http://spie.org/x42154.xml

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Motion sensor on back and sides as we do not want to disturb the neighbors and leave the front on.

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I am also interested in how many break-ins are happening at night while people are sleeping. Don't a lot of them happen during the day while people are at work? Security systems have become simpler and more affordable than ever, and this would make much more sense to me than all of this light pollution.

That said, OP if your neighbors are 300 feet away and just don't want curtains, unless you have something super bright shining right at them, they are crazy and it is not your problem.

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What about the sea turtle nests?

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Light pollution sucks. Light doesn't make your house more secure. And your neighbors shouldn't have to put up blackout curtains. They fuck with circadian rhythms in a huge way, as does too much artificial light, especially after dark.

I think it is incredibly rude to pollute a neighbor's sleeping space with artificial light at night.

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Anonymous wrote:Light pollution sucks. Light doesn't make your house more secure. And your neighbors shouldn't have to put up blackout curtains. They fuck with circadian rhythms in a huge way, as does too much artificial light, especially after dark.

I think it is incredibly rude to pollute a neighbor's sleeping space with artificial light at night.

PP here. Agree with all of this. Also, there is a body of evidence linking light at night to increased risk of cancer.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you turn off your front and backyard lights at night? Our neighborhood had a couple of car break- ins recently and we have decided to to turn on our front and backdoor lights at night. Our neighbors take issue to it because they say it bothers their sleep. They suggest we change to motion sensing, but DH thinks motion sensing is not reliable. FWIW, our lights are frosted 60w fixtures, and not the bright flood lights.

WWYD.

Turn off the lights!

if the poor neighbors are complaining it must affect them. Why would they bring it up if it isn't important?

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I live in a rural town of 400 in Wash. State. No one here keeps their porch lights on at night. No one. And there is little street lighting. We have zero crime -- documented at state records online -- in all categories. We have one half-time police officer. About a month ago, a home on my street was purchased by an outsider and lo and behold, porch lights were on. After reading this forum, I now get it. This new family was from So. California and lo and behold, I read here that people in So. Calif keep their lights on at night. Another lesson to be added to the "considering relocating here?" booklet.... sigh..

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Anonymous wrote:I live in a rural town of 400 in Wash. State. No one here keeps their porch lights on at night. No one. And there is little street lighting. We have zero crime -- documented at state records online -- in all categories. We have one half-time police officer. About a month ago, a home on my street was purchased by an outsider and lo and behold, porch lights were on. After reading this forum, I now get it. This new family was from So. California and lo and behold, I read here that people in So. Calif keep their lights on at night. Another lesson to be added to the "considering relocating here?" booklet.... sigh..

Cool story. Here in the other Washington we have people rifling through cars, stealing copper gutters and even stealing tires off cars. And I live in a wealthy suburb. Our HOA has asked people to leave front lights on as it is a deterrent to these kinds of petty crimes.

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe nobody has posted this yet.

OP, channel your inner David!

http://www.27bslash6.com/halogen.html

I used to love these until I discovered they are all fake and entirely written by him.

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Get motion sensitive lights. Tell them you want lights for security but don't want to keep them up unnecessarily. Motion sensor lights are the best solution. And an alarm system. And a dog