For several weeks, possibly months, a set of around 150 lights are dayburning on a section of the M6 just south of the Leyland junction, junction 28. These are relatively new, but obviously the main sensor or something has become faulty for this section.
My question is, how much power in kilowatts/money have these lights cost by 24 hour "burning"?
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Cost of dayburning lights M6 lancashire
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- Norfolktolancashire
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Re: Cost of dayburning lights M6 lancashire
It may not be relevant to the OP but I've sometimes noticed lights on a new road being on in daylight a week or so prior to the opening of the road. I assume that they are left on 24hrs a day and that it's done deliberately to give any duff wiring or dud bulbs a chance to show up.
Re: Cost of dayburning lights M6 lancashire
Nothing as the supply is unmetered and thus will only be charged on agreed power consuption with part-night switching.Norfolktolancashire wrote:My question is, how much power in kilowatts/money have these lights cost by 24 hour "burning"?
Look online for Elexon charge codes, which is how most lighting and signal installations pay for power.
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Thanks. I will contact Highways England too regarding the fault.boing_uk wrote:Nothing as the supply is unmetered and thus will only be charged on agreed power consuption with part-night switching.Norfolktolancashire wrote:My question is, how much power in kilowatts/money have these lights cost by 24 hour "burning"?
Look online for Elexon charge codes, which is how most lighting and signal installations pay for power.
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Re: Cost of dayburning lights M6 lancashire
My understanding is that the day burning on new installations is for a different reason; when new installations go up, the node controller that goes in to eventually control the lanterns by radio may be one of the last things to go live. I say this because radio control seems to be the done thing nowadays; you can see it with the solid white cells instead of the clear lux ones.wrinkly wrote:It may not be relevant to the OP but I've sometimes noticed lights on a new road being on in daylight a week or so prior to the opening of the road. I assume that they are left on 24hrs a day and that it's done deliberately to give any duff wiring or dud bulbs a chance to show up.
With the lanterns installed but with no radio contact it has the same effect as a dud cell and so they day burn. I've seen this with new LED lanterns installed on what looks like a newly built section of road and a roundabout up near Crianlarich. The LED lanterns were dayburning for months on end and being at the back end of beyond probably still are and may do for their entire life if the project never gets finished!
Re: Cost of dayburning lights M6 lancashire
Seen yesterday:
1) New lighting on the M62 smart motorway works, near J20, on in the daytime, above a sign saying "Street lighting not in use". (The sign has been there for some time and refers to the old lighting.)
2) New lighting on the A6 diversion that's part of the A555 contract, on in the daytime.
1) New lighting on the M62 smart motorway works, near J20, on in the daytime, above a sign saying "Street lighting not in use". (The sign has been there for some time and refers to the old lighting.)
2) New lighting on the A6 diversion that's part of the A555 contract, on in the daytime.
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Re: Cost of dayburning lights M6 lancashire
On the Gatwick Airport spur a few years ago Highways England installed new lighting. It dayburned for a few years before being fixed. No, I'm not joking, the fault had to be measured in years. And I don't mean individual units, I mean the whole lot, as it was group switched.