Street lights

[Ultramatic]

 

 

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[daveamkrayoguy]

Thank God that I have a street light right across from my house--and the way our streets are trying to be lit after dark, I wonder how anyone can see if not for what I consider this, an important asset, that I usually can only see down the block... And even consider that right directly under it is where you get safe and adequate light!

 

However, the fixture (Yes, 'Cobra-Head, as they are called', here, too) temporarily had a different bulb in it that I liked and it was a yellowish-almost white, just for it to suddenly go back to the conventional copper-like, orangeish color that the rest of our lamps in our town are, that it originally had...

 

There is also a Diffuser put on the front of the lamp, that before the light lacked, during the time the former, temporary bulb was in it, and didn't even have before...

 

I tried to get a good picture of it when my daughter and I were doing (more) Fireworks Watching (Yes, an Encore presentation of it by my city, a neighboring one, both of which played Sunday, and even another city or two--with it being THEE Fourth Of July, sending up theirs--and once again, hearing them, before my daughter saying "Fireworks!", as she looked out her bedroom window at the back of the house, for us to go from back yard to front yard & seeing them all around...

 

But as I'd said, I would have been better shooting this light (with the CAMERA! LOL!) during daylight, especially since "the fireworks are THAT WAY!"...

 

 

-- Dave

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[daveamkrayoguy]

It felt funny going out & trying to take these pics!

Forgot to mention that the diffuser cuts down on some of the light coming out of the street lamp, but I never had a problem with any excessive light from it ever coming into our house or anything like that...

 

(I wish it wasn't put on...!)

 

 

 

-- Dave

[this post was last edited: 7/5/2016-17:25]

 

[vacerator]

our city

was designed without street lights. No residential streets have them except at certain intersections.
When we moved here in summer 1995, I worked late one evening, and I thought the power was out when I entered the subdivision.
Since then, many residents have added automatic security lighting on their garages and in their back yards.

 

[wayupnorth]

I am in the "Country" but just 9 miles to the Interstate, granted on a nice lake. My town provides S,,t to the taxpayers in services. The once every 10 years (do to state laws) to reevaluate every property caused me to get a nearly 140% revaluation. I have my defense case to fight it next Tuesday. They are going to be sorry that ever sent that letter. And there is NO streetlights.

 

[rp2813]

Tim, keep us posted (npi).

 

[perc-o-prince]

It's nice to be able to go downtown (Boston) and see the old gas street lamps still in use! Haven't seen them at night in years, but they're still burning during the day.

Chuck

 

[vacerator]

That would be cool Chuck!

In contrast, the gas lamp district in San Diego has electric lights.

 

[kb0nes]

Recently a coworker's daughter (who works for a lighting company) got a pickup truck load of LED lighting that was going to be tossed. It was all early model and prototype stuff so it was no longer usable to them. I got a few fixtures and downlights etc. But the coolest bit was this street lamp!!

This is a serious lump of aluminum, about 20 lbs all in all. The LED's are arranged in four series strings of 12 each and the 4-channel driver feeds each string with .7 amps at 50 volts. Total to the LED's is ~140 watts. I don't have any exact specs on this lamp, but total lumens should be in the 12,000 range assuming an 88 lumen/watt efficacy. I was a bit surprised how warm it runs, after a couple hours it is almost too much to firmly grasp the heatsink on the top!

As for the relative quality of LED street lighting, the lamps being installed here in Minnesota are generally VASTLY better looking then any discharge lighting they replaced. Most of the improvement likely stems from the control of the lighting and reduction of glare (most are full cutoff designs). The higher CRI of the light is a plus too, HPS lighting just has too many colors missing to make the eye see right. The next awesome step LED lighting will bring to us is when parking lot lighting gets motion sensors so it doesn't have to shine all night!

 

[tolivac]

Nice light--Really neat find!!Some LED lights are GREAT-others not so-the discharge lights would better in that case.Don't like the GE "Evolve" LED lights-they have the cold,blue color-makes people-and cars--look like zombies-WalMart likes these lights in their new parking lots.The older Metal Halide was better.The light you have is better the the "Evolve" pattern.The LEDS are in the "waffle" pattern.Have some lights sort of like this at work.American Electric-they give a warm,3700K color.They have two LED arrays adn two drivers-not likely both will fail at the same time.Two of our lights are out-completely dark.Figure it must be wiring in the pole.the fixtures are warranted-If they failed-should be replaced under their warrantee.The light system breakers are all on.