Talk:Street light interference
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[edit] From someone who experiences this...
One thing I noticed in myself is that specific lights go out and come on. There are specific lights that very often go out when I'm near, while most never change at all (I'm trying to point out that the idea isn't based on random lights randomly shutting off). This isn't in the article; if it's in one of the sources, it should be included, as it's pretty significant. 69.221.128.247 (talk) 07:23, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
- Good point. I understand what you are saying about "specific" lights going out and coming on. Look at the YouTube video links I have put in that show this and there are additional videos at You Tube that show this point. I think this is described also in the book reference called "The SLI Effect" - and when I find the wording on this I will make a note of it in the article and reference it. Thanks for the ideas and note on this.--Doug talk 15:17, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
- Found some additional references to specific lamps being put out, not just random lamps. Have made reference to this in the heading. Uploaded 6 videos to You Tube showing the effect on a specific mercury vapor lamp at an apartment complex. They show it doesn't effect lamps randomly as other nearby lamps of the same type were not turned off or put on by the SLIDER person as was this certain specific mercury vapor lamp in the center of a 3 story apartment building stairway several times. The circuit to these outside lamps are all on one light sensing device as a bank of lights, so somehow this one single specific lamp is being affected and seems to respond to the nearness of the SLIDER as the video illustrates. While the videos could have been "faked" it does show that it is on a specific lamp and not just any random lamps in general. --Doug talk 23:37, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
- I think you've just noticed that not all lamps are near their end of life (and thus turning on and off), just specific ones. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 00:37, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
- I don't know much about the life spans of lamps, but the ones in my experience have been in service for years, but continue to exhibit this behavior. It would seem that, if it were a life span question, the lamps would have failed already. 69.221.128.247 (talk) 03:03, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
- I think you've just noticed that not all lamps are near their end of life (and thus turning on and off), just specific ones. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 00:37, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
- Interestingly this specific mercury vapor lamp at this apartment building is still there in service and has not been replaced since these videos were made over 18 months ago. The maintenance person that held the camera while the SLIder went under the lamp to illustrate his effects on the lamp has since tried to duplicate the event with his coworkers and other tenants of the building with no success. The lamp, while it may be at its life cycle end, has not displayed a consistent "cycling" where it could be put on video. Also the presence of another person under or near the lamp when it goes off or on has not been able to be duplicated. The knowledable maintenance manager that held the camera has been at the complex for years and lives in one of the adjacent buildings and has never seen the effect happen to any other tenant (thousands). The large complex has dozens of identical buildings with the same outside electrical mercury vapor lamps and circuits that control them. The additional reference by 130.101.20.148 is excellent because it also shows several others that have responded to this outside source as the event also happening to them with their stories. Also this reference talks about SLIders generally being shy about wanting to report the event because of ridicule by the skeptics. Even Hilary Evans in his book of The SLI Effect points out that most SLIders would just as soon stay out of the limelight. Most in fact think it is something that is just happening to them and are relieved to find that others throughout the world experience identically the same thing. Most do not even know that this phenomenon is referred to as "Street Light Interference". I even had to ask the Wikipedia science reference desk last year if there were others that this Human "Radio Wave" Transmitter (as I referred to it as) had ever happen where they effected "street lights" (my wording). One Wikipedian then pointed out this article to me which up to that point I knew nothing about.--Doug talk 14:07, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
- The story about the guy and the apartment building is an interesting anecdote, but far from a scientific experiment. If there were a real cause and effect here, and not just coincidental correlations, then it would be able to be reproduced under controlled settings. Unfortunately, people like ASSAP aren't interested in following the scientific method (many of their criteria for studying Street Light Interference are anti-scientific). rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 18:07, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
