UK Street Lights in many areas now go off at night, at 1AM the lights go out for the remainder of the night in a desperate bid to save money, but who pays for the increased crime?
They've always turned off the streetlights at night on the Isle of Man, and used to do it in many parts of the UK too. When they switched to all-night lighting in parts of the UK the crime rate went UP as it was easier for crims to find their way about.
But the funniest stupidity of governments and money saving is when they turn off the streetlamps during the winter nights, but leaving them ON during daylight lit summer nights...
I can't be the only one who was laughing through the first half waiting for some sort of gigantic explosion of light to blind the entire neighbourhood. Didn't get that sadly but still a good video :-)
This is by far my favorite video posted. It's the first video I've ever seen of your channel. Some how it keeps popping up in my watch it again and never stops. love it!
Absolutely brilliant, my friend! I love LPS lamps, and this one takes the cake. I had the same thought when you showed the unpowered streetlamp.. "A LPS SOX lamp would rectify this nicely...". Got quite a good laugh when you showed the bedroom lamp as well. I use a 35W LPS lamp in the yard because the road commission deemed our road not busy enough to warrant street lighting about five years back. These bulbs and ballasts are terribly hard to find here across the pond though, especially since we don't use bayonet connectors.
Wonderful! It's always nice to see an SLI/H in action. Powys County Council started doing this round here several years ago. They turned off 2/3rds of the lights, but without any consultation. Needless to say, there was an uproar, and most of those turned off were converted to part-night. Powys used to be a uniform LPS county, but a few years ago they started to change over to HPS. Pretty much immediately, most were switched off, and are in the process of being removed and replaced with LED, which is substantially dimmer. The council's depots must have mountains of nearly-new HPS fittings and bulbs. Madness.
Love the way LPS lamps glow, they give off a beautiful yellowish Orange compared to the bright orange of HPS lamps. The neighborhood that my mom grew up in is still filled with old circa 1970’s LPS streetlights. Just imagine an entire street only lit by LPS lamps, feels like a dream.
illuminating info and story, I always thought that street lighting was only there to burn off the energy from power stations which essentially never turn off
Easy, just attach lights to the criminals.
They've always turned off the streetlights at night on the Isle of Man, and used to do it in many parts of the UK too. When they switched to all-night lighting in parts of the UK the crime rate went UP as it was easier for crims to find their way about.
Makes as much sense as firing half the police force to save money.
Only in the UK- they ban knives to reduce crime but then they TURN OFF THE LIGHTS IN THE STREETS. What a joke!
that bedside lamp... priceless!!
That's crazy!! In America the bars and clubs let out at 2am!! Streetlights are on all night, except for ones that have the copper stolen...
Its so they can continue to use Windows XP for another few years..
UK tries to save money by shutting off street lights, but then, mr. photon woke up. All the trouble was for nothing.
But the funniest stupidity of governments and money saving is when they turn off the streetlamps during the winter nights, but leaving them ON during daylight lit summer nights...
I can't be the only one who was laughing through the first half waiting for some sort of gigantic explosion of light to blind the entire neighbourhood. Didn't get that sadly but still a good video :-)
Aint fucking havin' it,wheres me fuckin' hammer
They might mistaken your house for a brothel for the first 2 minutes when you turn the sodium lamp on
All over Kent !
Anyone still waiting for Andy to come back after December 2019?
This is by far my favorite video posted. It's the first video I've ever seen of your channel. Some how it keeps popping up in my watch it again and never stops. love it!
i love the ceramic insulators as decorative tops for those pedestals at the front gate.
Absolutely brilliant, my friend! I love LPS lamps, and this one takes the cake. I had the same thought when you showed the unpowered streetlamp.. "A LPS SOX lamp would rectify this nicely...". Got quite a good laugh when you showed the bedroom lamp as well. I use a 35W LPS lamp in the yard because the road commission deemed our road not busy enough to warrant street lighting about five years back. These bulbs and ballasts are terribly hard to find here across the pond though, especially since we don't use bayonet connectors.
Wonderful! It's always nice to see an SLI/H in action. Powys County Council started doing this round here several years ago. They turned off 2/3rds of the lights, but without any consultation. Needless to say, there was an uproar, and most of those turned off were converted to part-night. Powys used to be a uniform LPS county, but a few years ago they started to change over to HPS. Pretty much immediately, most were switched off, and are in the process of being removed and replaced with LED, which is substantially dimmer. The council's depots must have mountains of nearly-new HPS fittings and bulbs. Madness.
Love the way LPS lamps glow, they give off a beautiful yellowish Orange compared to the bright orange of HPS lamps. The neighborhood that my mom grew up in is still filled with old circa 1970’s LPS streetlights. Just imagine an entire street only lit by LPS lamps, feels like a dream.
illuminating info and story, I always thought that street lighting was only there to burn off the energy from power stations which essentially never turn off