[canoebuilder]

>Cheaper to operate

I’ve seen in a number of places where the led lights have rapidly degraded, putting out really unpleasant bluish, purplish hues, as if the super bright daytime like sports field lighting everywhere wasn’t already bad enough. So this rapid degradation necessitating replacement no doubt eats into some of the cost savings.

Also, “cheaper to operate” mostly seems to have turned into “pump out more photons” instead banking the savings and maintaining nighttime lighting at non eyeball scorching levels.

[qmarchi]

There was some historical reporting where lights were delaminating because of a bad batch of panels produced by Acuity. It's not representative of the majority of LED installations, but each install may vary.

https://fee.org/articles/why-are-some-us-street-lights-turni...

[canoebuilder]

Interesting thanks. It may not be representative of a majority but it seems pretty widespread, and it is representative of a type of problem led lights are prone to, at least right now.

I’ve had issues with household LEDs that needed replacing well before expected lifespan.

I also saw this article some time back discussing issues with LEDs. https://nymag.com/strategist/article/led-light-bulbs-investi...

I’m not against LEDs, but the usage and implementation in a lot of cases to date could be better.