Plans to dim street lights at 8pm

[martss 10]

The section of dual carriageway alongside Norton Aerodrome is only lit on one side, and last time I went up it was the same from Beighton roundabout towards Crystal Peaks.

[Digitalis 10]

I'd like it if the lights were turned off completely after midnight. I'd love to be able to see the stars properly.

 

Couldnt agree more some nice dark sky would be great!!

[speedy69 10]

Another non news story from the bastion of tabloid press!

[Darth Vader 10]

The lights are all out in the town hall (and nobody's home).

[CheekyBandit 10]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1328243/Up-75-cent-councils-dimming-street-lights-save-money.html

 

The Daily Mail silly season.

[CheekyBandit 10]

I'm pretty sure that in some parts, of some towns, in our sceptered Isle, they go off altogether at Midnight already.

 

The lights on the street where my grandparents lived on in Folkestone went off during the night. I was going to midnight mass at around 11pm and there were off then - this was in the early 1980s.

[mike84 23]

Unless they change the lights to ones that can be dimmed, which would cost a fortune, they would have to switch them off completely at a pre-set time.

 

Part of the highway PFI scheme was to replace streetlighting, think it was £80m so if they are going to replace them they may as well look at this.

[Digsy 10]

Part of the highway PFI scheme was to replace streetlighting, think it was £80m so if they are going to replace them they may as well look at this.

 

If they used led's instead of bulbs it might use less energy and save money over time.

[the_rudeboy 12]

Unless they change the lights to ones that can be dimmed, which would cost a fortune, they would have to switch them off completely at a pre-set time.

Why? High pressure sodium can be dimmed.

[the_rudeboy 12]

If they used led's instead of bulbs it might use less energy and save money over time.

But they're extremely expensive at the moment.

[Digsy 10]

But they're extremely expensive at the moment.

 

I didn't know that, but still if the cost of fuel savings over the lifetime of a street light is greater than the cost of the lifetime of a bulbed light, it would still be worth doing.

[the_rudeboy 12]

I didn't know that, but still if the cost of fuel savings over the lifetime of a street light is greater than the cost of the lifetime of a bulbed light, it would still be worth doing.

Savings in energy wouldn't be that great, the main savings would be made in maintenance costs, due to the theoretical long life of LEDs. Over a reasonable period of time there would be savings in costs that would offset the initial cost of the LED units. But the initial capital investment is high and since LEDs are relatively new technology in this type of application, their longevity is to be proven.