(what is with those streetlights tho)
Defective LEDs with massively reduced service lives made it out of the factory and into streetlights around the world. If you ever see a purple street light, a failing LED module is the cause.
none like that around here. they’re all blindingly bright af along the main streets and downtown–probably 4-5x as many lamps in each fixture as actually needed, and going up and down hills they shine right in your eyes because they don’t have adequate shades keeping the light ‘down’.
residential areas still have the much easier-on-the-eyes sodium vapor lights, though–for now.
I know a guy that very was vocal against street lights in the 90’s.
He was/is an amateur astronomer that modified his rooftop to be an actual telescope and the street lamps were angled in a certain way that like 40% of the light produced by them was shinning to the sky, making his observations harder to perform.
He went to my school to warn about light pollution and also teach us about planets and all that good stuff.
I think he became frustrated and quitted because last time I saw anything about him he was all about rescuing dogs from the street. :/
Where I live all street lights used to be low pressure sodium (very monochromatic yellow!) Due to a nearby observatory. Now to hell with everything! It’s LED lights everywhere. They’re strong and not diffused so all the light comes from a small area meaning instant after image… (Sigh)
Even worse, people now put LED lights on their outdoor house fixtures and all kinds of office buildings pointing UP. Goodbye night sky…
residential areas still have the much easier-on-the-eyes sodium vapor lights, though–for now.
Monochromatic isn’t easier on eyes.
I could definitely be under the wrong impression here, but aren’t LEDs monochromatic also?
Yeah, a lot of these streetlights were designed with sodium lights in mind. Put some LEDs in there, you get blinding light. What needs to happen is lower intensity LEDs, but that much forethought is a little much for the average city to manage.
We’ve still got a few of those around here. Most have been reported and replaced. But for a time, we had a whole stretch of freeway that was lit up purple. It as sweet
Same thing in my area, at one point a whole half mile of streetlights near my house was purple. It was cyberpunk as hell and I loved it.
I thought the coating failed to adhere, how would a module affect the colour output?
Is the coating not considered part of the module? Maybe module was the wrong word.
I’ve never heard the term used like that before. It’s leds and a driver for them, the only thing I would call a module would be the driver, but modules usually go into large complex machines. Not 2 part devices. The driver would have different modules on it potentially.
