Lasers and Streetlights

[bobobob121]

i don't know about you guys, but when i get my laser ill be spending a little more time on my 2 story roof at nights ;D

 

[L4sers]

thats sick... lol .. i bet that guy was like WTF??????????????

 

[bobobob121]

does anyone know if street lights are affected by IR light too? just in case i feel like being stealthy ;D

 

[Spyderz20x6]

Probably... since it is affected by the sun...

 

[bobobob121]

that was what i was thinking.

 

[Spyderz20x6]

Jynx!

 

[bobobob121]

so now i know that i can freak out people by making a streetlight go off randomly "or so they think" ;D

 

[L4sers]

hahahaha shutting it by IR would be freaky

 

[Wallydraigle]

I did that one time from the fourth floor of the Comfort Inn in White River Junction, Vermont with a 5mW green. At least I tried for like a minute and a half and the light did finally turn off, which might or might not be from anything I was doing, but I'm claiming it.

 

[GamerBR]

Just the other day I was trying to find where the sensor was .Let's see if they are in the same place over here.

 

[VillageIdiot]

I gotta try this from my mates roof (he lives in a three-storey house with a huge basement and home theatre the rich sonuva)

600 posts =D

 

[Switch]

Probably... since it is affected by the sun...

So the sun is IR or what? :-?

 

[VillageIdiot]

methinks he got IR and UV mixed up.

 

[Switch]

methinks he got IR and UV mixed up.

So , then the Sun would be UV? Still doesn't make sense....

 

[FireMyLaser]

There's plenty of infrared light in the solar spectrum.

And yes, I think that it will work with an IR laser. ;D

 

[Switch]

2W/m[sup]2[/sup] at the top of the atmosphere? That can't be right :-/ Anyway, I know there's IR and UV in the solar spectrum but that doesn't mean the sensor picks up ALL of the wavelengths in the solar spectrum just because it uses the sun : You can't say for sure if it'll work with IR until you try (or know a lot about the sensors they use).Maybe it's just sensitive to <700nm, maybe it has an IR filter. Who knows.... Anyway, you're gonna have to use a nightshot(or equivalent) camera to aim it.