what do you do with a bright streetlight?

[AussieTrooper (Ben)]

Councils will generally favour the 'do nothing' approach, unless there's absolutely no way they can get out of doing something.
Give it a few months, then get that paint brush and pole out.
It's doubtful if they'll ever even notice, and even if they do, they have to prove it was you, not your father, brother, son, whoever.
Even then, it would still be 'within spec' on the area that the light is intended to illuminate.
The worst outcome would be that they replace the cover.

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Now there's an idea for everyone .....

[jenchris (Jennifer)]

I think if you state that your privacy is being invaded, there's a case to answer.
It's in the wording.

[blindman]

Sling shot? Well done :-) but at the end we are all paying for repairs.
People should stand up for their "basic human rights" :-) i.e. non disturbance.

[AussieTrooper (Ben)]

Originally Posted by jenchris

I think if you state that your privacy is being invaded, there's a case to answer.
It's in the wording.

VCAT (or your local version of it) may also be an option.

[alan meehan (Alan)]

I thought I might contact the council about this light ,but didn't it would have taken ages and as glen has said they would most likely do nothing
best method and it works was the blackout paint although I did not want to cut out all the light it made a big difference to light that was hitting my house at the front .Alex it is the bulbous type light

AL

[cfranks (Charles)]

I live in (just about) rural South Australia and South Australian Power Networks, the supplier, upgraded one at the corner of my block. It was brighter than the full moon and my imaging, even NB was cactus. A friend-of-a-friend worked for SAPN and found out a contact name and may have spoken to him but I'm not sure. Anyway, I called the guy and explained my imaging hobby and 2 days later, 3 guys and a big truck turned up. They said they had done this before and painted the inside of the bowl black, just sufficient to shade me. It worked perfectly! They said it is effective for about 2 years.
Charles

[Jen]

Shoot it shoot it shoot it

[glend (Glen)]

I hope that members suggesting shooting out street lights are joking. There is a real risk of a bullet coming down into residential areas injuring someone or damaging property. Encouraging shooting of these lights is imho irresponsible.

Painting I can see but that's the extent of my civil disobedience.

[Jen]

Oh no no no I'm terrible at hitting targets I'd pay a sniper to do it

[LewisM]

I can guarantee you that an air rifle will NOT break the cover glass on most of these. I doubt a sling shot would either, unless you were using lead sinkers which is vehemently irresponsible.

Besides, discharging a firearm in an urban area is highly illegal and if caught will incur loss of firearms license, a hefty fine and possible sentencing (depending on severity of the "attack" / calibre used).

I personally like the idea someone posted a LONG time ago of a large can on a pole which they raised up and covered the light with whenever they did astro. Be really upsetting I am sure if the bulb overheats and blows

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by glend

I hope that members suggesting shooting out street lights are joking.

They're joking Glen.

[LewisM]

Come on, you know we can't talk anything about firearms.

[Camknox (Cameron)]

A friend in the US came up with an inventive solution. He made a cover that he places over the street light when he wants to image.

His Flickr stream is here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/astron...57636216379875

[speach (Simon)]

Another thought, the door at the bottom has the electrical connections behind. Much safer than going up there to paint it black, and easier.

[AussieTrooper (Ben)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

I can guarantee you that an air rifle will NOT break the cover glass on most of these.

Challenge accepted.

[AussieTrooper (Ben)]

Originally Posted by speach

Another thought, the door at the bottom has the electrical connections behind. Much safer than going up there to paint it black, and easier.

People have died doing this.

[alan meehan (Alan)]

My other method was to try and fly my quad coppter over it and place some cloth over when I wanted to block out the light ,but iam not very good at flying it at the moment need more practice
AL

[g__day (Matthew)]

I imagine if you painted the light flat white - no one would even notice. Black is too obvious during the day, but white just looks like a normal colour. With enough coats it would soften the light considerably.

[doppler (Rick)]

Originally Posted by speach

Another thought, the door at the bottom has the electrical connections behind. Much safer than going up there to paint it black, and easier.

Aparently there is a fuse behind that door. Our neighbour (an electrician) pulls this fuse out at christmas time because the light drowns out his christmas lights. The christmas lights go of at 10.30 yay but the street light stays of for a couple of months, until the anoying neighbour on the corner calls the council to fix the light up. It was out for a couple of years before she moved in.