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Re: Led's

Posted By: James1095
Date: Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 6:08 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Led's (Don Miner)

> The gas company I deal with, left me some
> propane the other day, and I noticed their
> taillights on the truck had some led's out.
> They had them installed last summer. Some
> safety feature for a gas truck, huh? I have
> been seeing traffic lights out everywhere,
> for several months. The 130 volt incandecent
> bulbs used to last for years, so where are
> the savings? Who ever came up with this led
> thing being the magic cure-all must have
> been a politician. Peace, Don

In all fairness, the incandescent traffic signal lamps are replaced yearly in red & green sections, and every 2 years in amber. Good LED traffic signal units are good for 10 years, although quality varies, and the power consumption is roughly 1/10th that of incandescent with great savings in maintenance cost as well. A city near me retrofitted two major intersections as a trial about 10 years ago and saved $10K per year in energy cost.

At least this particular application is not displacing much neon.

Messages In This Thread

• Led's -- Don Miner -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 12:51 p.m.
  • Re: Led's -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 12:59 p.m.
    • Re: Led's -- neontek -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 2:05 p.m.
    • Re: Led's -- Neon Ace -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 3:47 p.m.
      • Re: Led's -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 5:18 p.m.
        • Re: Led's -- Don Miner -- Saturday, 9 January 2010, at 3:30 a.m.
  • Re: Led's -- Jerry Strealy -- Monday, 11 January 2010, at 9:54 p.m.
    • Re: Led's -- Don Miner -- Wednesday, 13 January 2010, at 12:56 p.m.
      • Re: Led's -- Mr. Neon -- Wednesday, 13 January 2010, at 11:17 p.m.
    • Re: Led's -- james1095 -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 6:04 p.m.
      • Re: Led's -- Don Miner -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 12:50 p.m.
        • Re: Led's -- neon57 -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 12:02 a.m.
          • Re: Led's -- Mr. Neon -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 1:04 p.m.
            • Re: Led's -- James1095 -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 6:12 p.m.
        • Re: Led's -- James1095 -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 6:08 p.m.
          • Re: Led's -- Jerry Strealy -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 10:05 p.m.
          • Re: Led's -- oldskool -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 11:06 p.m.
            • Re: Led's -- Mr. Neon -- Thursday, 4 March 2010, at 12:16 a.m.
            • Re: Led's -- james1095 -- Friday, 5 March 2010, at 3:06 a.m.
              • Re: Led's -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Friday, 5 March 2010, at 2:31 p.m.
          • Re: Led's -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Thursday, 4 March 2010, at 2:10 a.m.
            • Re: Led's -- Mr. Neon -- Thursday, 4 March 2010, at 4:15 p.m.
              • Re: Led's -- Dugout75 -- Thursday, 4 March 2010, at 4:45 p.m.
                • Re: Led's -- neontek -- Thursday, 4 March 2010, at 8:47 p.m.
                  • Re: Led's -- gavin -- Sunday, 7 March 2010, at 11:31 a.m.

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