Street Lighting photo sensors

To save the Royal Park Village money, James and Richard have built and will install photo sensors at all common areas where lights are switched on.

(Sensor switches on street lights when it gets dark and switches the street lights off when it gets dark)

Switched on and off by the security guards.

Up until now all street lightning on the Royal Park Village has been switched on and off by the security guards. On occasions the guards have turned the street lighting on at 5pm, two hours before it gets dark, and switch the street lighting off an hour or more after it gets light.

The lighting at the West gate on occasions is left on well after midday. Obviously leaving street lighting on in day hours is a waste of village money.

Richard stated “As the running costs of the village are now the responsibility of the residents, it is important that we do everything we can to get the costs down. Obviously electric is an area that we can achieve this.”

James showing the new sensor and old switch

The photo sensor switch that now turns on and off the street lighting is fitted between soi 5 and soi 6 above head height and replaces the manual switch. The west gate will also have a sensor switch fitted.

To save the Royal Park Village money, James and Richard have built and will install photo sensors at all common areas where lights are switched on.

Royal Park Village Electric Bill

Up until May 2010, we are informed that the electric bill to the village is 30,000 Baht a month.

James a highly qualified electrical engineer who worked with Boeing for many years said “It might be possible to save the village more money by changing to alternate lighting methods”

Skip and Peter Herret both with security backgrounds have pointed out the good street lighting helps reduce and prevent crime.

More street lighting – Lower cost

It is possible if we are able to reduce the amount of electrical power used by street lighting, we could be able to add more street lighting to darker areas of the village to ensure safety for all residents at a lower cost.

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