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"Repurposing" Some "Borrowed" Light

Discussion in 'Real Life Stories' started by runner's high, Oct 4, 2006.

  1. #1 runner's high, Oct 4, 2006
    I had some trouble sleeping freshman year because of a bright-ass light that pointed directly into my room. It was all the way across a field, probably 200m away, but it lit up my whole wall. And what's worse: it was on all the time, even during the day. And to my knowledge it had no purpose whatsoever except to light up my room.

    Long story short, my friends and I get drunk, rowdy, and we decide to direct our drunk rowdiness at my object of my hatred. We walked across the field with a baseball bat, two zinc pipes and a brick in hand, kinda like in Office Space. I had the brick and my friends gave me the courtesy of the first throw, but just before I did I had an idea.

    It turns out the light was a 1000W metal halide light. We never smashed it, in fact, it's sitting in my closet right now. The light that killed my sleep will now give life to my plants. Thank you college.

    :smoking:
     
  2. #2 Blutteufel, Oct 4, 2006
    Holy shit, that's a good idea. There's a couple lights around my college, all of which bear the unmistakeable glow of metal halide. I never even thought of using them for growing (and since I live off-campus in my own apartment, there's less chance of someone finding one in my room if I jack one). I think I'm gonna pay a visit to the campus later and do some "shopping."
     
  3. #3 sky dog, Oct 4, 2006
    Why didn't you just close your shade?
     
  4. #4 Blutteufel, Oct 4, 2006
    If you've ever had to deal with a light that bright, you would that closing the shade does little, if any, good.
     
  5. #5 runner's high, Oct 4, 2006
    Blutteufel is right; my paper-thin shades did nothing. They might have actually made it brighter; the shades would glow and light up the whole room.

    What's more, powering 1000W all day long through an object with no purpose is a huge waste of energy. I'd like to think it has a better home and my closet. And considering my tuition is almost $40,000/year I had no problem stealing it.
     
  6. #6 mooglemage, Oct 4, 2006

    if the light was THAT bright before, dont you think having it on in a closet somewhere is going to be either A. really fucking annoying to be around, B.if theres a window in the room, it will glow all day, pretty suspicious,
    i dunno, kudos for snatching the light, but i almost think its going to be too strong to grow with indoors.
     
  7. #7 McTwist, Oct 6, 2006
    Thats sweet dude. How did you get it down? Was it like a street lamp type of light? Theres HPS lights everywhere I look and one at this church on the ground. How did you disconnect it?
     
  8. #8 naboo, Oct 6, 2006
    Haha, that's sweet story man. I liked the Office Space reference. Great movie!
     
  9. #9 stickyone13, Oct 6, 2006
    man, i know how that goes with the bright light. my freshman year the sun would pour in our windows, and not only wake us up, but it would heat the room to 90+ because the AC broke the week we moved in. we put a sleeping bag up on one side, and a bunch of blankets on the other with a gromet and a hook, so we could drop the curtains for when we'd smoke in the room, so we could break another rule by opening our windows. that god-forsaken university still owes me 200 bucks, since they said they'd pay us 50 a month for not having air conditioning, and no one in our dorm ever got more than 1 check. bastards.

    great theivery on the light though
     

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