Friday, September 16, 2016

Lake Worth's LED Street Lights

One of two LED street lights within 10 feet of my condo unit

Excerpt from the Wall Street JournaL:

After analyzing the intensity of the new [LED] lamps, the town found that the more yellow lights produced as much brightness as the state required. The results persuaded the state to allow the town to go with the lower-Kelvin LEDs, says Michael Bornstein, Lake Worth’s city manager.

The town also chose LEDs with several brightness settings and is letting homeowners associations or residents choose the setting at the time of installation. The town is also installing shields when residents request them. The more-yellow LEDs cost as much to install as the bluer variety, says Jack Borsch, electric utilities director at Lake Worth. The shields added a tiny fraction to the cost of each light.

I underlined that sentence as it never happened at least where I live.  The installers just showed up unannounced. The City has had numerous complaints, AFTER the fact.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well they seem OK by my house. Still some dark spots on my street.How much did we spend on these? i must have missed that.

Anonymous said...

WELL AT LEAST YOU WONT BE AFRAID OF GETTING RAPED--OR MAYBE YOU DONT LIKE SEX IN THE LIGHT????HAHAHAHAH

Anonymous said...

Check your back yards after they come to put in your new meters from Siemens. They left a bunch of broken glass in my yard where my dog runs.