St Peter's Parish News
Thursday 1 January 1970
Let there be light(s)
A few people seem to have been struggling with the light switches in church. The panel under the balcony controls all the lights in the nave and the outside lanterns (the altar and transept have separate switches). A revised diagram has been put up to show which numbered switch controls which light. The principle is pretty basic:
- ↑UP for ON
- ↓DOWN for OFF
- the exception is the switch marked with a blue letter S – this is the spotlight above the crossing, which is down for ON</font > and up for OFF! Simples!
Note that there is usually a delay of 1 or 2 seconds before the light comes on.
Some of the lights marked “Dim” can be dimmed by pushing and holding, but some have stopped working. Note that a light may already have been dimmed when you switch it on, so you have to push up to fade it up.
At the end of a service or concert, or at locking up time, simply push all switches down to switch them all off (including the outside lanterns please!) – except, of course the spotlight, which is up for off.
“Mehr Licht!”
– Goethe
