Really wow LED streetlights

AAndy · **Joined:** Thu May 12, 2005 20:28 **Posts:** 2404

Steven wrote:

AAndy wrote:

Steven wrote:

Err, yeah. I have something very similar right outside my house...

LOL...Have you put pics up here of them? ... powys have got led uplighting in the streets too - got those as well :lol:

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No, streetlights aren't my thing, but I can take some in the morning.

Not my thing either but... they are so much more cosmopolitan than anything previous and with minimal light pollution...... I don't know why whey have to put up such fancy posts though... the old ones would have done fine?

Gram587 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2011 14:34

AAndy wrote:

Not my thing either but... they are so much more cosmopolitan than anything previous and with minimal light pollution...... I don't know why whey have to put up such fancy posts though... the old ones would have done fine?

Those columns are made by Nedal and are aluminium meaning they will need little future maintenance and should have a long life so they were a good purchase by your local council. I don't know what columns were there before the Stelas but perhaps they were life-expired?

A303Paul · **Joined:** Mon Sep 20, 2004 06:49 **Posts:** 3511

They remind me a little of the subbuteo floodlights I had when I was a kid

mccririck · **Joined:** Wed Apr 14, 2010 18:13 **Posts:** 597

Derek wrote:

What I like about them is the colour - pretty well full daylight spectrum as far as I can tell - as well as the really cool styling.

Astronomers will hate them then.

nick217 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 23:03

Has anybody seen the new led lights on the A5 in tamworth or the brand spanking new ones on the a45 blue boar.

Gram587 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2011 15:36

I've seen some photos of those LED lanterns on the A5, they look really impressive, both in terms of aesthetic design and quality of light output. They are Philips Speedstars.

nick217 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 14, 2011 19:49

As there is some goign up on the A45 now.
Seem to be of a good quality.

Gram587 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2011 14:09

nick217 wrote:

As there is some goign up on the A45 now.
Seem to be of a good quality.

Yeah I agree, they look amazing! Hope to see more white light on our trunk roads and even on the motorways soon!

wallasey · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 00:55

The entrance to the Kingsway Tunnel from the M53 has now been LED'd with WRTL Luma's. Look OK!

Conekicker · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 21:06

Apparently Amey will be installing LED lighting city-wide in Sheffield, as part of the soon to start PFI. I don't know which type, not a lighting geek :wink:

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Lucy6226 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:38

I love the new LED lights popping up all over the place, I think they look amazing! However in saying that, I probably wouldn't want any outside my house...they are quite bright!! :msncool:

geo449 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:58

You think those are cool, there are a couple under this bridge here that are so low you can touch the top of them (well I could and I'm 5'10")! They are also permanently on due to being under the bridge yet they aren't that bright.

Wolverhampton seems to love LED streetlights, which is probably why they are the defacto replacement streetlight now.

A4174_Adam · **Posted:** Fri Oct 05, 2012 13:28

East Riding of Yorkshire Council are currently on a mass streetlighting replacement drive. Literally overnight a lot of roads in the county seem to have gone from SOX to Flourescent and LED. Very cool indeed.

poshbakerloo · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:37

A lot of them just look so ugly!

sheffieldposh · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2012 09:38

With the price of electricity going though the roof ( again ) I don’t see why the Highways Agency don’t roll out a programme of replacing the Motorway lighting from SOX / SON to L.E.D’s

AAndy · **Joined:** Thu May 12, 2005 20:28 **Posts:** 2404

Powys county council:

From the bbc:

Quote:

22 October 2012 Last updated at 14:15

Street lights may go back on in Powys as low energy LED
Street lamp Powys council angered some communities when it turned off street lights in 2008

Thousands of street lights turned off by a council to save money four years ago could be switched back on under plans to use low energy bulbs.

Powys council wants to spend £1.4m installing LED bulbs in 14,000 lights, including the 4,770 it blacked out.

The council angered some communities when it turned off the lamps in 2008.

Jonathan Greatorex, who led a campaign against the blackout, said he was delighted the council had "finally seen the light".

Some lights initially switched off four years ago were turned back on at certain times following a review, while some individuals and town councils paid for their lamps to stay on.

The authority said the aim of the new project was to reduce energy consumption, provide adequate lighting in sensitive areas and cut the cost of maintaining street lighting.

The proposal is recommended for approval and goes before its cabinet on Tuesday.

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