Snow is not an issue with LED streetlights since they do dissipate quite a bit
of heat as David pointed out.Snow, however, is an issue with LED traffic
signals. Streetlights stay on for hours, plenty of time to get warm. Traffic
signals are constantly turning on and off.73,Gary K9GS
-------- Original message --------From: David Robbins <k1ttt.dave@gmail.com>
Date: 3/4/20 12:19 PM (GMT-06:00) To: w2ay@atmc.net, 'Dale Johnson'
<dj2001x@comcast.net>, 'Alan Higbie' <alan.higbie@gmail.com> Cc: 'Rfi List'
<rfi@contesting.com> Subject: Re: [RFI] LED streetlights - Lumenistics No, and
there are advertisements that show that led lamps still melt snow!David Robbins
K1TTTe-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.netweb: http://wiki.k1ttt.netAR-Cluster node:
telnet://k1ttt.net:7373-----Original Message-----From: RFI
[mailto:rfi-bounces+k1ttt=arrl.net@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
w2ay@atmc.netSent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 18:00To: 'Dale Johnson'; 'Alan
Higbie'Cc: 'Rfi List'Subject: Re: [RFI] LED streetlights - Lumenistics Is
there a problem with snow build-up on the new LED lights. ? I ask
because , I assume there is no heat to melt any build up of snow. .
Before the change to LED lights, did snow block the lights ?
Bill / w2ay
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entire city of Bloomington, Minnesota has LED street lights. There is one less
than a half block from my house. The Mall of America is six miles East of me
and the entire parking ramp is LED lighted. I was also concerned when they
started the project. So far I have not noticed any increase of noise from
these lights. They’ve been in place now for a few years. They save on
electric power and the old street lights used to be a problem when the
automatic switches failed, those were operated by light sensors on top of the
old street lights. I think there is a similar setup with the LED lights, but
so far have not failed.. Good luckDale, K9VUJOn 03, Mar 2020, at 12:41, Alan
Higbie <alan.higbie@gmail.com> wrote:Our city (Colorado Springs) is installing
LED street lights with some new type of controllers.I am not sure, but I
believe these are made by a company named Lumenistic (of Boulder,
Colorado).Here is link to recent news
article:https://gazette.com/news/local/colorado-springs-tests-remote-controlled-smart-streetlights/article_d8fb4748-5ccb-11ea-8e2f-db73a4aa2d5e.htmlIt
is the microprocessors with potential for RFI that I want to know about.I'll
probably take my Tecsun PL 660 over to where they have installed some of the
new lights and take a listen.Anyone have experiences along these lines?73, Alan
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