Posted on 06/22/2016 6:22:42 PM PDT by Java4Jay
The American Medical Association (AMA) has adopted an official policy statement about street lighting color temperature : "minimize potential harmful human health and environmental effects."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Discussing the colors of LED lights without their permission is a micro-aggression and racist.
Houston has very yellow street lights. A few months ago I ran a red traffic light because the yellow traffic light was right beside a street light and I didn’t recognize what I was seeing. The yellow traffic light was only a little bit brighter than the street light, dangerously similar.
They are blinding to us old folk
That is a good site, thanks for the link.
Many years ago, I acquired two 25 watt bulbs. I have been using one of them daily for the past 29 years. If it ever burns out, I will be heartbroken. Sure, it’s only a light bulb, but I’ve grown fond of it.
When I pack to move, I treat that bulb like fine china. Actually, I’m more careful with it than the china.
I know the bulbs were made in South Korea, but that’s all I know about them.
Fluorescents hurt my eyes; nothing helps... I’ve tried visors, tinted glasses, etc.
Their light is unnatural.
My office has a west facing window across one entire wall. Except for very early in the morning or late in the evening, the office is very well lit. Yet those lights go on whenever the sensor detects movement.
I can tell when they go on, even in the afternoon when the sun is shining directly in the window.
There is something about those unnatural lights that makes them particularly unpleasant.
You want really warm light, buy a reproduction Edison carbon filiment incandescent light. A very soft yellow glow, and they last forever, as in decades. Not energy efficient, however. Described as half the light for twice the power.
>>Too high a color temperature will result in global color warming. The color >>glaciers will melt, and the rainbow polar bears will drown.
Not to mention the rainbow flags.
Back in the day, we had and sold small 25 watt bulbs for fridge lights. Too fragile for my lead light. Saw a box full of 300-watt traffic signal bulbs in the attic at the Eagles Club when working on a cooler there in the mid 80’s. Tried one in my lead light, but WAY too bright—and hot. Ow!
Normally I dismiss this sort of stuff as pap.
However, they have a point.
A local convenience store retrofitted their halogens with LED’s. They are so very bright that if you look directly at them — even briefly and by accident — you get that ‘sunstreak’ you get when the sun crosses your vision.
I can’t think it’s great for people. Maybe they need to cover the lights with a diffuser.
Because the AMA has come out with warnings about LEDs, but has said nothing about the equally bad fluorescents. Why the one but not the other?
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Because they’re talking about outdoor lighting ,, which means your alternatives are HPS (high pressure sodium) or Mercury Vapor... I personally like the whiter brighter light and have no eyestrain problems with it.
Wow, fantastic link - just ordered four boxes to check it out and see if it’s “as good as the original.” Cannot stand what idiot politicians have done to our great Country, can’t wait for someone to get all the rot out. In the meantime, as long as I have good light bulbs (and not the atrocious replacements they foisted on us), I’ll at least be a little bit content.
LEDs are available in the full spectrum of colors. Once you either reflect it off the ceiling, or let it pass through a diffusing lens, it is not harsh.
The LEDs last far longer (forever?) and use practically no power. You can get 50 watt equivalents at Home Depot for a couple bucks. They have the diffuser globe and glow a yellowish white. I can't tell the difference between them and incandescent bulbs.
Well I wish they would diffuse those LED headlights. Those things are dangerous to oncoming traffic.
They should warn about the health hazards of LED traffic signals in cold climates. They don’t generate any heat, so they get covered in snow and ice and no-one can tell when the light is changing. Mayhem ensues.
“The color glaciers will melt, and the rainbow polar bears will drown.”
And it will be all YOUR fault.
Im doing MY part. When I go to whole foods, I do what the cashiers - er, the clergy- there, tell me to do. I use reusable bags. That way I know I’m not decapitating a koala bear...or ... Well, something like that.
Women and minorities hardest hit.
Now who do I sue?
No mention of the blinding LED headlights from hell though. That’s odd. For LED’s inside all a person needs to do is buy Soft White LED Bulbs. They put out a light much like an incandescent. I made the mistake when I change my house over to LED of buying Daylight or daytime LED lights. They are a blue tint and real hard on the eyes. I use both daylight and Soft white on my outdoor flood lights because I want to mess with wildlife namely unwanted Yotes near my house.
I want to start experimenting with LED but am concerned about color consistency between the different brands.
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