ULPT Request: Shut off / divert bright light shining on balcony

Posted by TPeas3740@reddit | UnethicalLifeProTips | View on Reddit | 50 comments

ULPT Request: How can I disable a very bright light that is misaligned to shine into our balcony, rather than the parking lot. Landlord said they can’t adjust it “due to building code”. Cant sit outside without being blinded. It is inaccessible from the balcony and above ground level

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louisville_lou@reddit

No such ‘building code’ that prevents them from moving a light that shining on your balcony and ‘into your home’- this is blatant ‘light trespass’

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StarChaser_Tyger@reddit

Spray water on it. If it's a mercury or sodium light, the thermal shock should break it. If it's an LED, try and get the water inside, mostly around the socket where the pole fits, they're usually not well water proofed.

Try and get it on the bulbs themselves if possible.

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No_Educator_6376@reddit

Get a large mirror and reflect the light at your landlord when your problem becomes his problem he will be forced to fix it.

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Snap_Grackle_Pop@reddit

Get a large mirror and reflect the light at your landlord when your problem becomes his problem he will be forced to fix it.

That's simply not practical or effective with real world size mirrors and parking lot geometries.

Plus the landlord would simply tell you to get rid of the mirror.

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Hey_Gonzo@reddit

This sounds like the most Bugs Bunny solution and I love it. Do this

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PoopsieDoodler@reddit

This is the solution

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Unable2Decide@reddit

BB gun

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dmac66@reddit

used this method in the past. it works but might take a few shots to get the desired effect

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nangadef@reddit

As a kid, I had an annoying streetlight shining in my bedroom window. It was up a hill behind our house. My dad used a .22 to shoot it out. He hit it with the first shot but it stayed on while dangling. His second shot took it out. I was so proud, and happy for the relief for a few months before the city repaired it.

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RocknRoll_Grandma@reddit

The real answer, but seeing as how you already called about it you may have already dry-snitched on yourself.

Lets just say, if it goes out and has a plinker hole in it, you shouldn't own or possess such a plinker.

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donau_kinder@reddit

And that hypothetical hole should come from a totally different angle than his balcony

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SugarInvestigator@reddit

50 cal.sniper rifle

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Loose_Employment_935@reddit

Real .22 long rifle with a suppressor.

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thoseskiers@reddit

paintball too

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Krapmeister@reddit

This should give you a few tips.

https://27bslash6.com/halogen.html

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LadyDiaphanous@reddit

Veitch vibes 😂

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New-IncognitoWindow@reddit

Balcony mounted mirror

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rexfaktor@reddit

It would not be ethical to tint it with a paintball gun.

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Cautious_Log8086@reddit

How reliably could this be done without breaking the lamp? Definitely not asking because i have a similar flourescent situation i would like to restore to a more amber light...

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rexfaktor@reddit

Paintballs have a very small chance of breaking the lamp...they just don't have much velocity and they are designed to splat, not go thru say, human skin, just leave a welt.

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srood1@reddit

Freezer them!

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vr0202@reddit

But as a drive-by shooting, not from your balcony of course.

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rexfaktor@reddit

To make it look plausible as a random crime if a camera should happen to catch it, it should be a drive-by in a clapped-out Altima with at least one missing bumper cover.

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NetDork@reddit

Is there any other kind of Altima?

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uj7895@reddit

r/icameheretosaythisbutinewinmyheartithadalreadybeensaid.

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amazonchic2@reddit

“It was a run by fruiting!”

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Cyndy2ys@reddit

“I saw the whole thing”

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Sure_Comfort_7031@reddit

Unethical? Slingshot. Don't use a gun, even a bb gun, then the response will be out of hand. Use a slingshot because nobody cares about them and there's no advocacy groups in either direction regardless of the scale of the thing.

Send some rocks that way with a slingshot.

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darin617@reddit

I'm waiting to see how possible hasn't been there yet

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GreatBoneStructure@reddit

Ask a grip for a courtesy flag.

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susanrez@reddit

Slingshot.

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TrikeFan@reddit

Wrist rocket with a ball bearing.

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Key_Drawer_3581@reddit

357 nosler air gun

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deathboyuk@reddit

Can't shine a light if the power goes down.

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Eastern-Extension125@reddit

I know someone who (successfully) sued their HOA bc of an outside light that was too bright. Try to look up building codes in your area maybe?

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asyouwish@reddit

Call 311 and ask them about the code. My money is on a lazy landlord.

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2gigi7@reddit

Can bet it's not laziness but tight ass-y-ness. By the sounds of it, a ladder won't cut it for access, so they probably have to rent out a scissor lift to reach it.

Just call the city, OP. Get your own answers and push from there.

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Mother-Pride-Fest@reddit

Agreed, the light itself is likely against city building code if it is too bright or angled sideways.

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K1ttyK1awz@reddit

BB gun

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HommeMusical@reddit

Landlord said they can’t adjust it “due to building code”. C

They're lying. Ask them to show it to you.

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