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Originally Posted by Lubicon
Our street was just converted over to the LED's a few weeks ago. Similar to my experience with them on major roads i have mixed reviews on them. The light itself is much brighter than the old yellow ones and illuminates the immediate way better than before but the light does not spread nearly as much resulting in very dark areas on the street between the lights. The City needs to either install light poles closer together or better yet adjust the shape of the housings/reflectors so that the light is cast over a larger area. We have a light right outside our house an my daughter's room is lit up all night now despite having window blinds. Go down the street two houses and it is almost pitch black on the street.
I am beginning to adjust to the different light and am liking it but the City needs to make some adjustments so the lights cover as much area as they did before.
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Sounds like a bad design. You shouldn't be seeing that much variance on the road.
I'm surprised to hear about your daughter's room. One of the complaints with the new lights is that there's no backlight, so the sidewalks aren't appropriately lit. There shouldn't be light shining onto your yard, let alone into your house.