thanks Roman - some very interesting info, particularly about using an incandesent bulb at the breaker box to eliminate some of the dirty electricity/high voltage transients on the circuits.
years ago, maybe 2015 when our little town was being pushed to install super blue-rich LED streetlights, i talked at length to a man at the international dark-sky association (now called DarkSky International). recently i have been thinking of calling him again because i have noticed for the last 3 or 4 years that there is no longer any dark sky where i live, even tho i am 4 miles from the nearest small town and even further from any freeways with all the bluish LED headlights, etc
it just is never dark anymore, even with no moon. the last time i was in real darkness, where you actually could not see at night was in 2022 in south india - the nights were actually BLACK.
whenever i mention the lack of darkness to anyone, they act like they don't know what i am talking about. i think it is bizarre and really pretty terrible that we have screwed up our environment in this fundamental way, and the fact that almost no one even notices is extraordinary.
got any more info on using an incandescent bulb for power conditioning (noise filter or whatever the correct term is) at the main?
commercial power conditioning circuitry ain't cheap. mostly seems to be sold to industrial facilities, the people who typically set up or service residential power either don't know or don't care about non-60Hz frequencies riding the power lines.
if the unwanted extra frequencies can be filtered out with something as simple as a resistive light filament then I'm all for it.
yep. and completely unconcerned with "code violations."
as an owner-occupant the Municipal Corporation only graces me the generous allowance of one permit of any kind every three years. were I a contractor instead, I would be allowed to purchase an infinite number of permits for any given property being worked on. so they can stuff it. they'll have to trespass to inspect to issue any permit fines, and at that point my few remaining property rights are out the window anyway.
thanks Roman - some very interesting info, particularly about using an incandesent bulb at the breaker box to eliminate some of the dirty electricity/high voltage transients on the circuits.
years ago, maybe 2015 when our little town was being pushed to install super blue-rich LED streetlights, i talked at length to a man at the international dark-sky association (now called DarkSky International). recently i have been thinking of calling him again because i have noticed for the last 3 or 4 years that there is no longer any dark sky where i live, even tho i am 4 miles from the nearest small town and even further from any freeways with all the bluish LED headlights, etc
it just is never dark anymore, even with no moon. the last time i was in real darkness, where you actually could not see at night was in 2022 in south india - the nights were actually BLACK.
whenever i mention the lack of darkness to anyone, they act like they don't know what i am talking about. i think it is bizarre and really pretty terrible that we have screwed up our environment in this fundamental way, and the fact that almost no one even notices is extraordinary.
Thrilled you've interviewed Michael! He's a champion for safer, healthier, more effective and appealing lighting.
got any more info on using an incandescent bulb for power conditioning (noise filter or whatever the correct term is) at the main?
commercial power conditioning circuitry ain't cheap. mostly seems to be sold to industrial facilities, the people who typically set up or service residential power either don't know or don't care about non-60Hz frequencies riding the power lines.
if the unwanted extra frequencies can be filtered out with something as simple as a resistive light filament then I'm all for it.
Great question Dude. Let me look into this and get back to you. I assume you're in the US?
yep. and completely unconcerned with "code violations."
as an owner-occupant the Municipal Corporation only graces me the generous allowance of one permit of any kind every three years. were I a contractor instead, I would be allowed to purchase an infinite number of permits for any given property being worked on. so they can stuff it. they'll have to trespass to inspect to issue any permit fines, and at that point my few remaining property rights are out the window anyway.
I think this is really encouraging: FINALLY! An Effort in Congress to LIMIT Brightness of Car Headlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syFDmpJ9IGY