I noticed that a lot of dark street lights seem to turn on when I walk under them. I'm pretty sure they're not designed to do this. Any ideas why this happens?
street lights
Apr 02, 2007
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Maybe they have dead lamps which are cycling on and off as the arc tube overheats and cools don again.
I'm not sure, are you possessed?
In my neck of the woods the exact opposite happens. The lights turns off when a pedestrian or car is nearby! This happens on residential streets and on the freeway.
In particular, high pressure soduim lamps (golden color, very common in the US) fail by cycling on and off.
-- bud--
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