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Re: [Shop-talk] Solar driveway runway lights?

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Solar driveway runway lights?
From: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:43:09 -0400
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To be visible as one is walking up the driveway, they'd need a light =
source behind me. The ones I've seen in the street have reflectors front =
and back, to reflect headlights. I could probably come up with an =
elaborate multi-reflector contraption for using the garage lights to =
illuminate the backside of the unit, but at that point it's not worth =
it. I need about 20 units.=20

jim

> On Sep 17, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Darrell Walker <darrellw360@mac.com> =
wrote:
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> What about the reflector dots they use on the street?=20
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>> On Sep 17, 2020, at 8:02 AM, Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org =
>>=20
>> I did the lollipop snowplow reflectors and they kept twisting in the =
wind so I'd need to go correct them every once in a while, plus they =
looked hokey. But, they worked. A reflector post, like on roadsides, on =
a 4x4, now you have me thinking. One issue that comes to mind is, people =
walking up the driveway could trip on them, especially when the garage =
carriage lights are relatively bright compared to everything else in =
their field of view and would blind them to ground based obstacles.=20
>>=20
>> Maybe I need some kind of top reflector as well. Hmm.=20
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charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">To =
be visible as one is walking up the driveway, they'd need a light source =
behind me. The ones I've seen in the street have reflectors front and =
back, to reflect headlights. I could probably come up with an elaborate =
multi-reflector contraption for using the garage lights to illuminate =
the backside of the unit, but at that point it's not worth it. I need =
about 20 units.&nbsp;<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">jim<br class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite"=
 class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Sep 17, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Darrell Walker =
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:darrellw360@mac.com"; =
class=3D"">darrellw360@mac.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta =
http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii" =
class=3D""><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: =
space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div>What about the reflector dots they use on the =
street?&nbsp;<br class=3D""><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><blockquote =
type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Sep 17, 2020, at 8:02 AM, =
Jim Franklin &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jamesf@groupwbench.org"; =
class=3D"">jamesf@groupwbench.org</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><span =
style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: =
12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: =
normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; =
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; =
display: inline !important;" class=3D"">I did the lollipop snowplow =
reflectors and they kept twisting in the wind so I'd need to go correct =
them every once in a while, plus they looked hokey. But, they worked. A =
reflector post, like on roadsides, on a 4x4, now you have me thinking. =
One issue that comes to mind is, people walking up the driveway could =
trip on them, especially when the garage carriage lights are relatively =
bright compared to everything else in their field of view and would =
blind them to ground based obstacles.<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br =
style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: =
12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: =
normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; =
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><br =
style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: =
12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: =
normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; =
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: =
12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: =
normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; =
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; =
display: inline !important;" class=3D"">Maybe I need some kind of top =
reflector as well. Hmm.<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></div></blockquote></d=
iv><br class=3D""></div></div></blockquote></div><br =
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