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  2. Security lighting - Wikipedia

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    Security lighting to prevent intrusions may be counter-productive. Turning off lights halved the number of thefts and burglary in Övertorneå Sweden. [2] [3] A test in West Sussex UK showed that adding all-night lighting in some areas made people there feel safer, although crime rates increased 55% in those areas compared to control areas and to the county as a whole.

  3. Solar street light - Wikipedia

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    A solar street light in British Columbia, Canada. The solar panel is one of the most important parts of a solar street light, as the solar panel can convert solar energy into electricity that the lamps can use. There are two types of solar panels commonly used in solar street lights: monocrystalline and polycrystalline. The conversion rate of ...

  4. Street light - Wikipedia

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    This function in older lighting systems could be performed with the aid of a solar dial. Many street light systems are being connected underground instead of wiring from one utility post to another. Street lights are an important source of public security lighting intended to reduce crime. [1]

  5. Solar Garden Lights - Wikipedia

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    The solar photovoltaic (PV) panel, rechargeable battery, control electronics, and light fixture are the four basic components of solar lighting. As the sun shines, a solar panel converts the light into electrical energy and charges the internal battery. When darkness begins and the panel stops generating electricity, a chip inside the fixture ...

  6. Twilight - Wikipedia

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    Twilight occurs according to the solar elevation angle θ s, which is the position of the geometric center of the Sun relative to the horizon. There are three established and widely accepted subcategories of twilight: civil twilight (nearest the horizon), nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight (farthest from the horizon).

  7. Dusk - Wikipedia

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    The time of dusk is the moment at the very end of astronomical twilight, just before the minimum brightness of the night sky sets in, or may be thought of as the darkest part of evening twilight. [4] However, technically, the three stages of dusk are as follows: At civil dusk, the center of the Sun's disc goes 6° below the horizon in the ...

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