Re: LED Savings...Wow
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 7:07 am3Mfanatic wrote:The benefits extend beyond power savings, too as we all know.
> Reduced emergency call-outs for red failure.
> Unlike an incandescent bulb, LEDs don't have a single point of failure like the filament of a bulb and tend to dim before they fail and though a complete and catastrophic LED failure can and does happen, I believe it to be extraordinarily rare. I think I've called in maybe two failed LEDs in the last two years or so and probably 95% of Washington County's first-round green Dialight balls (installed late 2001) are still going strong. They aren't as bright as they once were but they still get the job done.
> Possible safety benefit in brighter indication and the 'pop' of the instant on is more likely to get the attention of a distracted motorist.weatherdan882002 wrote:All of this makes me wonder just how much major cities like NYC have saved by doing LED conversions...
Honestly I'd think cities like Los Angeles probably saw greater cost savings because a majority of the signals there are 12" and those require a higher-wattage bulb than an 8" indication. Correct me if I'm wrong, New Yorkers but aren't most NYC signals still 8"?
Don't get me wrong, the savings and all of that are neat, but they seem to have a greater benefit to southern states than northern ones.
has, but I've only seen it once or twice (and it only happens a few times per year, if that), so I consider it a benefit all around.