Neighbors Garage Light Colors

[hoosiertriangle]

I got some new neighbors about a month or two ago. The first thing the guy did was to change the white lights of his outdoor garage lights to be red. This is a single guy, as far as I have seen, and I've notice once or twice a car pull up out front. The driver get out, go over to the neighbors house, knock, be let in and then come back out within five minutes.

Is there something fishy going on here? Is there something I'm missing with the colored lights? Another neighbor has blue ones? Is it just odd tastes?

Thanks for your thoughts,

 

[redneckmedic]

I had some old neighbors that used red lights too, they didn't want the full lighting of white. I thought that was the point of lighting up your yard at night. Got me. I would welcome him to the neighborhood and ask him. Just put up some COLTS BLUE and ask him if he is a AZ Falcons fan.

 

[ATF Consumer]

He could be working with sensitive film and is using red UV light so not to expose it...oh, that would only work if they were his indoor lights

Maybe he is running his very own little red light district

 

[United]

Bees apparently can't see the color red....

Sounds odd man, i'd definitely kep an eye on the happenings over there.

There used to be a church along I-74 somewhere that had red lights..always creeped me out when I saw it. Dunno why...maybe, satan!

 

[Scutter01]

This is a single guy, as far as I have seen, and I've notice once or twice a car pull up out front. The driver get out, go over to the neighbors house, knock, be let in and then come back out within five minutes.

Did the car have a sign on it that said "Dominoes" or "Wong's Chinese" or anything like that?

 

[Dryden]

You live in a red-light-district.

Light on = Drugs/sex for sale.
Light off = Police in the area.

All those cars showing up after midnight are just ACORN personnel checking the status of their new paid-in-full Exotic Dancer members.

 

[hoosiertriangle]

Not in either of the cases I saw. The guy gets out of the car with nothing in his hands and returns with nothing in his hands.

Did the car have a sign on it that said "Dominoes" or "Wong's Chinese" or anything like that?

 

[hoosiertriangle]

The lights are set to light sensors, so they come on when it gets dark and go off when it becomes daylight. But you can still see the red bulbs in the sockets from the street.

You live in a red-light-district.

Light on = Drugs/sex for sale.
Light off = Police in the area.

All those cars showing up after midnight are just ACORN personnel checking the status of their new paid-in-full Exotic Dancer members.

 

[RachelMarie]

My nieghbor has blue lights that are bright as crap and drive me bonkers.
I don't think it means anything special...they are just odd.

The red lights over there wouldn't bother me, the traffic going in and out would be something to keep an eye on. Something is fishy there.

 

[MACHINEGUN]

When I use to do armed security gigs the dope dealers would put bicycle tires on the roofs of all the safe houses.

I guess they thought they were being slick.

 

[Remington1100]

The guy could very possibly be growing/selling weed, as i know that a red light is better for growing that sort of thing. I know this because my best friends aunt used to have a nursery and can tell you anything you want to know about growing anything.

 

[public servant]

There used to be a church along I-74 somewhere that had red lights..always creeped me out when I saw it. Dunno why...maybe, satan!

Or maybe they just like red lights?

 

[Fishersjohn48]

AZ Falcons??????

 

[public servant]

AZ Falcons??????

Falcons...Cardinals...same thing. Unless you're from Perry Township.

 

[NEWMAN]

Thats the Louisville cardinal! Games on the 19th. UofL and KYU. Sorry back on topic.

They are lights. You need a hobby.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

The guy could very possibly be growing/selling weed, as i know that a red light is better for growing that sort of thing. I know this because my best friends aunt used to have a nursery and can tell you anything you want to know about growing anything.

Why would he have them on the outside of his garage?
And metal halide are best although hps and mercury vapor work pretty well also. At least that's what I've heard.

I'm guessing more like something along these lines
YouTube - The Police - Roxanne: Relaid Audio

Although five minutes does sound a bit quick.
Or he could just like them.

 

[Disposable Heart]

I have seen both blue and reds here and there spread out. I always wondered what the different color light is for.

One plus side does seem to be that the illumination does not seem to reach neighbor's houses...

 

[Mr. Habib]

My nieghbor has blue lights that are bright as crap and drive me bonkers.
I don't think it means anything special...they are just odd.

Maybe they work at Kmart

 

[MyGlockRocks19]

Well, let me ask you something....how much do those lights bug you?

 

[paddling_man]

I've known lots of folks with red on one side (port) and green on the other (starboard.) I assume they're firefighters or maritime folk.

I'm torn between maintaining a safe-environment in my neighborhood (kids/home values/etc) and the prevailing attitude of the rural South that says, "Mind your own business." It's a hard line to find and one we each find individually. I know I'm one with issues when folks are too curious about my habits.

Paddling-NoRedLightsOnHisGarage-Man