Lights on?

Camped this weekend I saw someone who literally had 2 or 3 floodlights pointed up into the woods behind his trailer. Other than the light pollution, they were situated so that they weren't shining into anyone else's site. I can only assume it was to keep the raccoons, multiple and notoriously active at this park, away from his site. So I was amused as I walked past and there, silhouetted against the lights, a huge, fat raccoon scurried around under his trailer and around his campsite, looking for scraps.

2012Coleman wrote:
I turn mine off because I don't want a 11 page thread on RV.net of people squawking about me leaving it on - being too afraid to just tell me it bothers them.

Ha! :) Certainly didn't mean to extend an 11 page thread. We have some good shades in our camper and the lights don't bother me at all. In fact, we're camping close to home and I still have to go to work early in the morning and the extra light was a help. I only posted the picture as a curiosity since setting up a halogen shop light separate from the camper seemed somewhat extreme. I guess some people feel very insecure in their camper and the lighting provides some level of security for them.

Mine are far too bright to leave on. The loading lights could be used for runways. I do have dim lights on the jack I sometimes leave on if I know I'm coming back to the camp site in the dark just so I can see a path to the door. But those lights are pointed straight down around the tongue and I couldn't imagine them disturbing anybody.

We may have the door light on if we're outside with the fire dying but still need to see to put it completely out or clean up. We turn off everything when we go to bed.

I asked that very question to a neighboring camper once when his scare light lit our trailer up at night. He stated that they had new bikes and didn't want them stolen. I asked how much they set him back and he said $250 each. I pointed to our two bikes and let him know that they were $1800 each. I pointed out that ours were unlocked, his was locked and said "I mean no disrespect but which two bikes do you think someone would steal". His light was off the remainder of his stay.

We forgot to turn the outside light off just often enough that I added a red LED above the switch as a reminder that it's on.

Anyone suggest putting a flasher into the 7 pin umbilical so that your marker lights are on - but only half the time?

Seriously, the ones I don't get are the ones that look to have had there RV for some time but never remember which switch is which! So they keep flipping hem till the light hey want comes on and then leave everything else on!

It makes it easier for me to rummage through thier beer cooler!

mikensallyt wrote:
Why the gripe? OMG! If the light is bothering you, close your shades.

I wonder if he'd feel the same about some nice, loud death metal.
If it's bothering you, just put your ear plugs in, dude!

Or we could all just be considerate. Wonder if his thinking changes when his neighbor is a tent or popup camper...

I do not get it. I much prefer a bit of orange light from the campfire. And nothing beats binoculars looking at the night sky.

But I own a hybrid with canvas sleeping beds, like sleeping with the canvas windows open and no light shining in my eyes.

So I seek out areas with no power and hopefully no light shows from other campers.

Occasionally I end up with someone nearby with a job site generator, lights on, air on......sheeeesh.