Well, not exactly ‘spotlights' ; better said, ' floodlights'.
The last time that the castle basked in splendid illumination was about four years ago.
Now, to mark the start of the start of the Fiestas Patronales del Rosario, the 'flood lights' set in the Paseo de las Flores went back into action.
“Salobreña,” said the Mayor, “is not Salobreña without its castle lit up” and who would disagree?
The Mayor considers that a brightly lit castle literally acts as a beacon to tourists, which offsets the electricity bill.
But the lighting set up has changed enormously, with new cables laid – 3,400 metres of it, needing 400 metres of trenches dug; 33 new floodlights purchased and installed, as well as new pylons for them to be mounted on.
Also the power needed has been reduced from 74,000w to 40,000w, which should lead to more cheerful electricity bills.
Finally, lighting up times have been modified, using digital timers, separate from the normal street-lighting system.
The actually lighting up has been split into three phases, two minutes apart, to stop the sudden surge in demand.
Seaside Gazette Sunday, October 7, 2012
