LED streetlights

[RF Lighting]

Wow, there's a forum full of people who need to get them selves girlfriends

 

[Gigagator]

Gigagator, which street in Cardiff is that, so I pay attention next time I drive there?

It's somewhere along that Lansdowne Road stretch to get into the town centre. I think they were put in as trial replacements for the old low-pressure sodium lamps.

 

[Paul-man]

Wow, there's a forum full of people who need to get them selves girlfriends

Don't spend so much time around there lately- this forum is far more practical!

 

[vv2806]

Thanks Gigagator. I know where it is. Next time I am in the area will drive there especially to see the difference.

 

[Lectrician]

The biggest thing with an LED source is the reflectors - This is what they need to optimise to achieve a decent light source.

I saw some demo light fittings around 12 months ago and they where really poor, seen some recently and they where very good, not comparable to the light output we are used to, but still very good.

We are working on a site and are installing standard HF fluorescents down a load of racking aisles in a warehouse. In the far section of the warehouse another contractor has been tasked to install a couple aisles with LED lowbays. The fittings have been imported and cost just over a grand each. Will be interesting to see the comparison.

Here we go then - these are far superior than anything I have seen before. Each fitting has two banks of LED's, one bank stays on all the time, and other only comes on when movement below is detected. The part of the fitting you can see is just half the fitting - the rest is sat on top of the roof.