And the councils don't like repairing lights that are on 24/7 (known in the trade as dayburners) because it costs them, and they aren't charged for the extra electricity anyway
And the councils don't like repairing lights that are on 24/7 (known in the trade as dayburners) because it costs them, and they aren't charged for the extra electricity anyway
When I first started in streetlighting 12 years ago in the summertime when there wasn't many fault repairs coming in we used to get sent out to drive round looking for "dayburners" and make a list of all the columns we repaired.
The latest idea to replace the photocell control is the "Node" the look like a little antenna on the column and are controlled via radio signal so the local authority can turn each light on and off and times they decide via the computer in the office or onsite using a laptop/tablet.
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