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Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights

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"DerbyBorn" <Somewhere@Nearhome.com> wrote in message 
news:XnsA85F9B1529B90TrainJPlantntlworldc@81.171.92.236...
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> The council will not save money due to street lights not working. They are
> not individually metered. The Council pay based on the number and type of
> lamps and the number of hours of datkness measured by a typical photocell.
>
> Only the Electricity Supplier would get a small benefit.
>
> The council should want to repair it

But prefers the cheaper route of having someone fix all the
dud ones every 3 months, because that’s much cheaper.

> as it is still being charged for the power it isn't using.

Even sillier than you usually manage, and that’s saying something. 

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Energy saving auto dimming street lights JAB <here@toadsfoot.net> - 2018-01-02 21:42 -0600
  Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2018-01-03 10:08 +0000
    Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Bill <Billaboard@gmail.com> - 2018-01-03 12:42 +0000
      Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2018-01-03 12:47 +0000
        Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Bill <Billaboard@gmail.com> - 2018-01-03 13:10 +0000
      Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights "Brian Gaff" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-01-03 15:10 +0000
      Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights DerbyBorn <Somewhere@Nearhome.com> - 2018-01-03 15:14 +0000
        Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2018-01-04 06:25 +1100
        Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2018-01-04 01:10 +0000
          Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights JAB <here@toadsfoot.net> - 2018-01-03 20:15 -0600
            Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2018-01-05 00:19 +0000
              Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights JAB <here@toadsfoot.net> - 2018-01-04 19:16 -0600
                Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights DerbyBorn <Somewhere@Nearhome.com> - 2018-01-07 12:59 +0000
    Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Robin <rbw0@hotmail.com> - 2018-01-03 12:51 +0000
      Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights JAB <here@toadsfoot.net> - 2018-01-03 08:05 -0600
      Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2018-01-04 06:04 +1100
    Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights "Brian Gaff" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-01-03 15:04 +0000
      Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Harry Bloomfield <harry.m1byt@NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> - 2018-01-03 16:52 +0000
    Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights andrew@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel) - 2018-01-03 17:47 +0000
      Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2018-01-03 18:34 +0000
        Re: Energy saving auto dimming street lights Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-01-04 12:23 +0000

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