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Originally Posted by pip08456
Wow! You mean street lamps have never had an electromechanical clock switching the supply on and off before now? Even at 61 I live and learn.
What were those council workers changing in the lamps when daylight savings ended? I guess I'll never know.
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Where I used to live they were all switched en-mass in the local substation. If you were near it you could hear the contacter slam shut as the lights came on. The only thing in the lamp-post was a fuse and balast.
These days all the lamps have their own light sensor to switch them individually as it gets dark or light. Hence they all now have a constant live feed which could be used as a charging point.
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