diff --git a/SQF/dayz_code/compile/local_lights_house.sqf b/SQF/dayz_code/compile/local_lights_house.sqf
index 7c4186454..3b785ae54 100644
--- a/SQF/dayz_code/compile/local_lights_house.sqf
+++ b/SQF/dayz_code/compile/local_lights_house.sqf
@@ -2,22 +2,23 @@
 	DayZ Epoch Lighting System - House Lights
 	Made for DayZ Epoch please ask permission to use/edit/distrubute email axeman@thefreezer.co.uk.
 */
-private ["_objLightPoint","_pos","_objHouse","_dir","_rng","_lpDist","_nrstTrig","_rndLights","_lmpCol"];
+private ["_objLightPoint","_pos","_objHouse","_dir","_rng","_lpDist","_nrstTrig","_rndLights","_lmpCol","_failRnd"];
 _rng = _this select 0;//player range to light windows
 _nrstTrig = _this select 1;
 _rndLights = _this select 2;
 _lmpCol = _this select 3;
 _lpDist =  _this select 4;//Range to create lightpoints at
+_failRnd = _this select 5;//use trigger distance value as random for failure. This controls the long term failure of lights
 _objHouse = nearestObjects [_nrstTrig, ["House"], _rng]; 
 if(!isNil "_objHouse")then{
-	{		
+	{
 		if(_x getVariable ["axeHLight", 0]<1)then{
 			if(_rndLights>random 100)then{
 				if(_x animationPhase "Lights_1"==0) then
 				{
 					_x animate ["Lights_1",1];
-					if(42 > random 100) then{_x animate ["Lights_2",1];};
-					//sleep .1;//Wait for animation phase
+					if(42 > random 100) then{_x animate ["Lights_2",1];};//Randomly light second set of windows (some houses have two)
+					sleep .1;//Wait for animation phase
 				};
 				if((_x animationPhase "Lights_1">0))then{
 				_pos = getPos _x;
@@ -25,13 +26,13 @@ if(!isNil "_objHouse")then{
 				
 				_objLightPoint = nearestObject [_x, "#lightpoint"];
 					if((abs ([_pos, _objLightPoint] call BIS_fnc_distance2D))>1)then{
-						if((player distance _x) < _lpDist)then{
-						[_lmpCol,0.01,_lmpCol,[_pos select 0,_pos select 1,-3],_dir,[0,0,-1]] call axe_newLightPoint;
+						if(player distance _x < _lpDist)then{
+						[_lmpCol,0.03,_lmpCol,[_pos select 0,_pos select 1,-3],_dir,[0,0,-1]] call axe_newLightPoint;
 						_x setVariable ["axeHLight", 1, false];
 						};
 					}else{
-						if((player distance _x) < _lpDist)then{
-						[_lmpCol,0.01,_lmpCol,_objLightPoint] call axe_lightPoint;
+						if(player distance _x < _lpDist)then{
+						[_lmpCol,0.03,_lmpCol,_objLightPoint] call axe_lightPoint;
 						_x setVariable ["axeHLight", 1, false];
 						}else{
 						deleteVehicle _objLightPoint;
@@ -41,8 +42,14 @@ if(!isNil "_objHouse")then{
 				};
 			};
 		}else{
-			if(_rndLights<random 100)then{
-			_x setVariable ["axeHLight", 1, true];
+			if(2>random _failRnd)then{//Low chance that house is failed permanently. Until next generator restart - Generator is being overworked.
+			_objLightPoint = nearestObject [_x, "#lightpoint"];
+				if((abs ([_pos, _objLightPoint] call BIS_fnc_distance2D))<1.2)then{
+				deleteVehicle _objLightPoint;
+				};
+			_x animate ["Lights_1",0];
+			_x animate ["Lights_2",0];
+			_x setVariable ["axeHLight", 2, true];//2 = off
 			};
 		};
 	} forEach _objHouse;