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

To: ShopTalk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Solar driveway runway lights?
From: RandE <rande90@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:04:17 -0500
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Maybe reflective tape or paint.  Make a stripe down the edge of the drive.

On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 10:46 AM Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>
wrote:

> 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.
>
> jim
>
> On Sep 17, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Darrell Walker <darrellw360@mac.com> wrote:
>
>
> What about the reflector dots they use on the street?
>
> On Sep 17, 2020, at 8:02 AM, Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Maybe I need some kind of top reflector as well. Hmm.
>
>
>
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<div><div dir=3D"auto">Maybe reflective tape or paint.=C2=A0 Make a stripe =
down the edge of the drive.</div></div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<div>On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 10:46 AM Jim Franklin &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ja=
mesf@groupwbench.org">jamesf@groupwbench.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><block=
quote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc=
 solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word;line-break:afte=
r-white-space">To be visible as one is walking up the driveway, they&#39;d =
need a light source behind me. The ones I&#39;ve seen in the street have re=
flectors front and back, to reflect headlights. I could probably come up wi=
th an elaborate multi-reflector contraption for using the garage lights to =
illuminate the backside of the unit, but at that point it&#39;s not worth i=
t. I need about 20 units.=C2=A0</div><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word;lin=
e-break:after-white-space"><div><br></div><div>jim<br><div><br><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div>On Sep 17, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Darrell Walker &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:darrellw360@mac.com"; target=3D"_blank">darrellw360@mac.com</a>&g=
t; wrote:</div><br><div><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after=
-white-space"><div><br></div>What about the reflector dots they use on the =
street?=C2=A0<br><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Sep 17, 2020, a=
t 8:02 AM, Jim Franklin &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jamesf@groupwbench.org"; targe=
t=3D"_blank">jamesf@groupwbench.org</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br><div><span styl=
e=3D"font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ca=
ps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-in=
dent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decor=
ation:none;float:none;display:inline!important">I did the lollipop snowplow=
 reflectors and they kept twisting in the wind so I&#39;d need to go correc=
t them every once in a while, plus they looked hokey. But, they worked. A r=
eflector post, like on roadsides, on a 4x4, now you have me thinking. One i=
ssue that comes to mind is, people walking up the driveway could trip on th=
em, especially when the garage carriage lights are relatively bright compar=
ed to everything else in their field of view and would blind them to ground=
 based obstacles.<span>=C2=A0</span></span><br style=3D"font-family:Helveti=
ca;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:no=
rmal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:=
none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br style=3D=
"font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:n=
ormal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent=
:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoratio=
n:none"><span style=3D"font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:norm=
al;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-a=
lign:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spac=
ing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important">Maybe I n=
eed some kind of top reflector as well. Hmm.<span>=C2=A0</span></span></div=
></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>____=
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