Malfunctioning Street Lamp

[SIR VEYOR]

Update: Last night still had 50+ false alarms/triggers/recordings.

Seems AI thinks the garbage can is a person, perhaps when it becomes illuminated.

Could be a faulty day/night sensor or the bulb.

Ask the utility where their closest staffed yard is. Pop in around start/end of day and mention the light issue to guys standing around a boom truck. Gates typically open during hours. Mention there seems to be a bottle of rum on it (or 4 mickey bottles). Have bottle(s) in hand when they come down. Expect an afternoon arrival.

If that fails, call the emergency number and say that you think the guy wire is in contact with the wires. Serious issue, mandates a response/visit. I’ve seen a couple of those while doing underground locates in areas.

 

[Mike A.]

Time to take it out... ; )

I have a light on a school building in the distance in one view that's been flickering for years. Bugs me every time I look at that cam. lol If it were anywhere other than a school (and with its own cams) I'd have off'ed it by now.

 

[AlwaysSomething]

I had a similar problem once. In the "Object detection" check off the "Object size exceeds". I think it was in you last screenshot or under the camera settings: Trigger -> Mention Sensor Configure -> Object Detection Edit. You may have to play with the percentage a bit but I was usually fine with the default of 67. As an example, this helped with motion floodlights turning on and off.

 

[josephny]

Thanks everyone!

 

[Flintstone61]

you could try what he said with the object size exceeds, and then create a Zone A and B rule make it so the object has to cross from A or B into the other zone for a trigger.

 

[josephny]

I tried object detection 67% and that did not help.

I could try crossing zones. Seems like adding more band aids on top of band aids, so I'm about ready to move on to the next unsolvable problem.

 

[The Automation Guy]

I'd just turn off the triggering until the light gets fixed. I suspect you are ignoring the 50+ triggers every night, so turning them off isn't really going to affect anything.

 

[Cam_curious]

Almost certainly, the light is maintained by your power company and is paid for by your town. The utility workers have the skill to work on the wires on the pole, and the town workers do not.
What you need to do is go to the town hall department that you think is responsible and talk to the secretary. They will know how the "system" really works. Ideally, you should go when the boss is not around, so the secretary will feel compelled to talk to you.
Understand that in your town, streetlights do fail and they do get fixed. If the light outside the police station fails, you can be sure that it will be fixed right away. You need to understand the process by which this happens. Be the "squeaky wheel" without being obnoxious.

 

[josephny]

Update:

Got the electric company to come out and fix the street lamp.

Now the street has light at night and I don't have dozens of false positive triggers every night.

Thank you all for the encouragement and guidance.

 

[TonyR]

Update:

Got the electric company to come out and fix the street lamp.

Now the street has light at night and I don't have dozens of false positive triggers every night.

Thank you all for the encouragement and guidance.

I'm glad you got it fixed.

Not mentioned in my post #2 is that's what I did for over 31 years....maintained street lights and traffic signals. In that time I came to know some common conditions of ownership and responsibility across the U.S., most imposed by the Public Utilities Commission.

Many, mnay times I had to "get into it" with PG&E and other municipalities and drag out the maps, lists and agreements to get them to accept responsibility and fix THEIR stuff when they didn't want to.