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Solar powered street light
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AntonLargiader
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theoldwizard1
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The City of Detroit went LED for residential street lights (non solar) a few years back. The shad/reflector severely limited the "pool" of light to a much smaller area than the old style incandescent lights. Something to watch out for.
The City of Detroit went LED for residential street lights (non solar) a few years back. The shad/reflector severely limited the "pool" of light to a much smaller area than the old style incandescent lights. Something to watch out for.
The new lights are night sky compliant, not so much "light pollution".
dcg9381
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I’ve been looking at solar powered street lights on amazon does anyone have any recomadations on which one would be the best one to get
Get the one with a removable battery that is easy to remove and can be replaced "relatively" inexpensively.
Really depends on what you want. Low current LEDs - you don't need a lot of power, battery, or panel for recharge... If you want something that puts out big light, everything gets more expensive.
And note, even in Texas, we can get 3-4 days consecutive of overcast sky... The only way I've been able to handle that is with big deep cycle batteries and pretty good sized panels.
Stuart in MN
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The City of Detroit went LED for residential street lights (non solar) a few years back. The shad/reflector severely limited the "pool" of light to a much smaller area than the old style incandescent lights. Something to watch out for.
Commercial LED streetlights can be designed to provide a broader pool of light, so maybe the ones in Detroit weren't properly engineered for the application.
I assume the original poster is talking about a yard light for personal use.