The only laser I had when I was a kid was an Edmund HeNe borrowed from school. And no photocells on streetlights in those days. But the wrist rocket was fun anyway. On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:40 AM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com>wrote:
When I was living in Denver, I had a streetlight directly across from my house.
I discovered it had a large photocell on top of it to turn it on an off. A laser pointer duct tape to a camera tripod happened to be able to turn it off. Even had cops come through the neighborhood, and never suspect a thing (The laser pointer was hidden in the hedges). I always wondered if anyone called in a repair, there wasn't anything wrong with it, so the tech would be very confused.
A set of rechargeable AAs would get me through the night. No muss, no fuss.
I imagine they are the same design here, but I don't have one in the way of my house.