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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Ask me about industrial electricity 2: electric boogaloo
 
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Spime Wrangler
Feb 23, 2003

Because we can.

Frozen Horse posted:

Streetlights, how do they work?
Are they wired into the local circuit for the street that they're on? Do they mainly exist to keep enough load on the grid at night? Given that most are either sodium vapor or metal halide lamps, what kind of load are they? Could we do that in a way that produces less light pollution?

I'm pretty sure they exist to keep enough light on the street at night.

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