Bought a house recently. Trying to figure out what this control knob could be for. I haven't had a chance to get the ladder out yet to test what turning it could do. Any ideas? It's on the west side of the house, if that could matter.
this post was submitted on 01 Feb 2025
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What is this thing?
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Some malls have drugstores that operate 24/7, you flood it with light to prevent crime as well.
I’ve never seen a public lot not lit 24/7 in NA. The dark attracts crime, can’t be seen well nor recorded in the dark. So given the opportunity, they’ll pick the dark lot over the lit one. So to deter, you light it up, but as said, there’s usually some business open 24/7 anyways, or you don’t know what tenants are there at any given time, so you defer to the safest. All the time.