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I have lived out in the country for many years, but now live even further
out on a ranch/farm. Why do all farms/ranches
This is brilliant, good show Craig!
-Curt
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On Fri, 14 Aug 2015
On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 20:21:21 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
This is brilliant, good show Craig!
Thank you!
Craig
On Fri, 14 Aug 2015 08:16:39 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I wonder if the power company can put a
Well that's what I am thinking but since it seems like everyone has one I
thought maybe it was for the cows or something. I can see the point though at
night I can look out and see if anybody is creeping around but with motion
lights would see if somebody came up though. I guess the only
Motion sensor would be the ideal solution, so it's probably against power
co. policy to install one.
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Well that's what I am thinking but since it seems like everyone has one I
thought maybe it was for
On August 14, 2015 at 12:55 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Yes, you are. Insist on a motion sensor and offer to pay for it.
Why? It's not like the utility
A: offers a motion sensor option
b: meters the power consumed by the light
When you put your own light up, pay more up front for the lamp, and get LED.
Cheaper to operate and should last longer.
RB
On 14/08/2015 11:45 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
I just looked at my bill and I am paying closer to $10 a month for that light.
I told them to remove it.
This is actually a good deal for the electric co -- they can keep their
baseload plants spinning at times of low demand and not have to build as
much intermediate and peaking capacity. In aggregate it probably adds
up. I think too, it goes back to the original rural electrification
when
Ours is $7/month. My wife likes to be able to see the skunks as soon or
before they see her when taking the compost out after dark, so we still
have it.
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I just looked at my bill and I am paying closer
I think the advantage on those lights is a reduced rate.
If you run your own light all night, every night, the power will cost
you more than if you use theirs.
If you don't keep your outside lights on much, you may not save much,
but it likely won't cost you more.
RB
On 14/08/2015 11:45 AM,
Kaleb wrote:
I have lived out in the country for many years, but now
live even further out on a ranch/farm. Why do all
farms/ranches have a street light on their power poll?
Way back in the early days of Rural Electrification, the
electric load in the rural areas dropped to near zero at
I just looked at my bill and I am paying closer to $10 a month for that light.
I told them to remove it. Hope I am not making a mistake.
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On Aug 14, 2015, at 8:13 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Well that's what I am thinking but since
Forget the power company. you did the right thing by telling them to stuff it.
If you want a light, put it on a building, or worst case, put in a
pole or an old windmill tower, then add whatever switches or motion
sensor you want. You could really freak out trespassers by having
the motion
Yes, you are. Insist on a motion sensor and offer to pay for it.
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I just looked at my bill and I am paying closer to $10 a month for that
light. I told them to remove it. Hope I am not making a
Very creative!
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Forget the power company. you did the right thing by telling them to
stuff it.
If you want a light, put it on a building, or worst case, put in a pole or
an old windmill tower, then add
I guess I was getting screwed by PSO. Yea I get having a switch before the
motion light but I'm talking about a switch I can turn on to have the lights
stay on bypassing the motion sensors.
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On Aug 14, 2015, at 4:53 PM, OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
No they are charging me for the power to it. All said and done it's about $10 a
month and my yard looks like a parking lot. I'm going to install several motion
activated lights. I wonder if they sell any that are motion activated but I can
also cut them on with a switch full time if wanted.
On 14/08/2015 3:21 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:
On August 14, 2015 at 4:07 PM Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
This is actually a good deal for the electric co -- they can keep their
baseload plants spinning at times of low demand and not have to build as
much
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Date: Fri, Aug 14, 2015 16:57
I guess I was getting screwed by PSO. Yea I get having
Yes, your switch wires just go from a hot to the light after the motion switch.
I guess I was getting screwed by PSO. Yea I get having a switch
before the motion light but I'm talking about a switch I can turn on
to have the lights stay on bypassing the motion sensors.
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No they are charging me for the power to it. All said and done it's
about $10 a month and my yard looks like a parking lot. I'm going to
install several motion activated lights. I wonder if they sell any
that are motion activated but I can also cut them on with a switch
full time if wanted.
On Fri, 14 Aug 2015 08:16:39 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I wonder if the power company can put a switch in so it can be turned
off? Probably not.
Actually, they don't have to. All you need to do is to rig up a small
light (maybe even a laser pointer) to
If it's not too high, that's not a problem - it most likely is wired for
that already. If you want it higher or further away, just add wires to move
the switch out of the light housing down to where you can reach it.
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
On Fri, 14 Aug 2015 14:20:09 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Ours is $7/month. My wife likes to be able to see the skunks as soon or
before they see her when taking the compost out after dark, so we still
have it.
When we lived in Colorado Springs after our stint out in
I just looked at my bill and I am paying closer to $10 a month for
that light. I told them to remove it. Hope I am not making a mistake.
I did this when I moved here in '93, and never looked back.
If I'd have wanted to live under a streetlight, I'd have
stayed in the city.
Cost was $X/mo here,
I have lived out in the country for many years, but now live even
further out on a ranch/farm. Why do all farms/ranches have a street
light on their power poll? When we turned on the power they asked us
if we wanted it turned on and it's like $5 a month I believe.
Problem is when you go
Do you have night sights on your rifle?
--R
On 8/14/15 12:14 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
I have lived out in the country for many years, but now live even further out
on a ranch/farm. Why do all farms/ranches have a street light on their power
poll? When we turned on the
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Subject: [MBZ] OT streetlights in the country
I have lived out in the country for many years, but now live even further out
on a ranch/farm. Why do all farms/ranches have a street light on their power
poll? When we turned on the power they asked us if we wanted it turned on and
it's like $5 a month I believe. Problem is when you go outside
It's so the criminals that come from the city to rob you can see at
night
I would vote for motion lights with on/off manual switch instead.
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 9:14 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I have lived out in the country for many years, but now
Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net
Subject: [MBZ] OT streetlights in the country
I have lived out in the country for many years, but now live even further
out on
a ranch/farm. Why do all farms/ranches have a street light on their power
poll? When we turned on the power they asked us
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