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Lamp post lamp advice needed.

Ben Wallen

I was asked today to look at several Victorian style lamp posts which are not working. Apparently one out of the 7 works but the lamp is very dim.

I opened the fitting and found the components for a fluorescent lamp, however the lamp itself didn’t look fluorescent. I’m wondering if I should try a like for like replacement of the lamps or should be looking for a different type of lamp? 


Thanks for taking the time to read my question. 


Ben 

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    An example of a lamp being upgraded to LED by bypassing the ballast.

  • 0 in reply to mapj1

    Agreed - not difficult, but if the original ballast is still servicable, surely the customer should be given the choice?

  • 0 in reply to gkenyon

    The70 Watt SON lamp may be brighter, have a different light quality, and may take a while to fire up to full light output on initial turn on.

    www.stouchlighting.com/.../led-vs-hps-lps-high-and-low-pressure-sodium

    Z.

  • 0 in reply to Zoomup
    Zoomup said:
    The70 Watt SON lamp may be brighter, have a different light quality, and may take a while to fire up to full light output on initial turn on.

    Older people may find LED light much more difficult to read and see clearly in, and selection of colour temperature is very important for this reason. Also LED light disperses differently, making shady areas darker. Other people may be sensitive to LEDs operating at certain conversion frequencies used to convert from AC mains to DC, preferring "pure DC" powered LEDs.

  • 0 in reply to gkenyon

    Which old people will be reading in the large grounds of this house at night under a Victorian style lamp post?

    Z.

  • 0 in reply to Zoomup

    I often like to sit out and read on a balmy evening ... but reading is not the only opportunity for which we use our visual faculties at night, and I didn't limit it to reading.

    If people find it more difficult to see under LED light, they may also find it difficult to navigate a safe passage to the house.

    Having said all that, some people's eyes never got on with certain varieties of [particularly non-corrected] sodium light either.

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    Zoomup said:
    Which old people will be reading in the large grounds of this house at night under a Victorian style lamp post?

    The lion, the witch and the wardrobe?

    Really don't like the new LED street lighting on our street. Seems either too bright nearby or not bright enough a little further away. And instead of the dappled light through leaves of trees on the ground, you get something akin to the Predator chameleon effect, due possibly to the many point sources of light

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    Zoomup said:
    Which old people will be reading in the large grounds of this house at night under a Victorian style lamp post?

    The lion, the witch and the wardrobe?

    Really don't like the new LED street lighting on our street. Seems either too bright nearby or not bright enough a little further away. And instead of the dappled light through leaves of trees on the ground, you get something akin to the Predator chameleon effect, due possibly to the many point sources of light

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