LED's... The Name of the Game in Street Lighting !!

[n2ize]

I r4ecently noticed a neuighboring town is switching their street lights from sodium and mercury vapour to LED street lighting. Now, my city is changing over from sodium vapour to LED's. Most of the streets in my area have already been switched over to LED's. My street will probably be changed over from Sodium to LE over the next week or so. It's kinda sad to see the old cobra head sodium vapour lights disappearing. I remember back in the 1980's when were were on incandescents and they switched to sodium vapour lighting. Now sodium vapour is obsolete and LED's are in. The times they are a changin.

[NQ6U]

I think John's spell checker has developed a touch of the vapours.

[NA4BH]

I think John's spell checker has developed a touch of the vapours.

:rofl:

[n2ize]

I think John's spell checker has developed a touch of the vapours.

Maybe but I was always fascinated by street lighting from the early days of candles and oil lamps to gas and arc lamps to incandescents, to mercury and sodium vapour and metal halide. This changeover to high intensity LED lighting is really interesting. It will save on electricity and replacement costs. It will be interesting to see how it works out as time goes on. I wonder if anyone else has noticed this. Most people are oblivious to things such as street lighting.

[KG4CGC]

I switched my Mag-Lite™ over to LED when the price of LED bulbs fell below $9.

[NA4BH]

It used to be fun to watch the old street lights burn out.

[NQ6U]

I don't like the colour of those LED street lamps. It makes all the lorries look strange. I do use one in the boot of my wife's car, but not under the bonnet.

[KG4CGC]

I don't like the colour of those LED street lamps. It makes all the lorries look strange. I do use one in the boot of my wife's cars.

On the M5.

[NA4BH]

On the M5.

That's the Mythbusters place, isn't it?

[KG4CGC]

That's the Mythbusters place, isn't it?

Highway near London England.