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Javier
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How high should i make my light shield
      06/29/09 06:29 PM

After reading through many of the links provided by my fellow CN'ers and pricing out the materials at Home Depot I'm ready to build my light shields. The project will consist of three or maybe four panels since I need to block out light in front of me as well as to my left and right. So... how high should I make the panels? I'm 5'5" and my light bridge is 4'3" when pointing directly up. The lights I'm trying to block is a street light that is approximatly 50' from my backyard, my neighbors garage light which is maybe 20 feet from me and a few stray lights that are about 70 feet away. I kow this is a tough question but I figured I'd ask before cutting.

The PVC comes in ten foot sections. Would I be correct in making a set of shields that are 10 feet wide by five feet high?

Thanks,

Javier

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* How high should i make my light shield Javier 06/29/09 06:29 PM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield Pedestal   06/29/09 06:45 PM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield Javier   06/29/09 07:32 PM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield Gunner   06/30/09 03:30 PM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield Pedestal   06/29/09 09:59 PM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield Bob Griffiths   06/29/09 08:39 PM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield Javier   06/29/09 09:04 PM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield mikey cee   06/29/09 10:13 PM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield Jaxdialation   06/30/09 12:47 PM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield CarolG   06/30/09 04:51 PM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield BSJ   07/01/09 06:00 AM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield Javier   07/01/09 12:06 PM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield BSJ   07/01/09 09:29 PM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield Javier   07/04/09 07:57 AM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield JayinUT   07/06/09 09:23 AM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield wb9sat   07/06/09 09:37 AM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield Project Galileo   07/08/09 01:41 PM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield CarolG   07/01/09 08:00 PM
. * Re: How high should i make my light shield csa/montanaModerator   06/29/09 09:20 PM

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