Patent ID: 8960954
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H05B,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A lighting control system for sea turtles which is subject to governmental regulation as to the use of regulated lights and the seasonal operation of said regulated lights during sea turtle season, the lighting control system receiving satellite generated day and time signals and comprising: one or more regulated lights which are permitted for use during sea turtle season; one or more non-regulated lights; a user programmable timer permitting the user to set time of day lighting operations or day of week lighting operations or both; a seasonally fixed timer, with a governmentally approved sea turtle lights ON set day of the year and a governmentally approved sea turtle lights OFF set day of the year, the seasonal timer having a receiver for receiving said satellite generated day and time signals and being synchronized with the satellite day signals; a controllable power switch controlled by said user programmable timer which applies time of day and day of week power to the lights; and a controllable light selector switch controlled by said seasonally fixed timer which applies time of day and day of week power to either (a) said regulated lights during sea turtle season or (b) said non-regulated lights at other seasonal times.