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Did Chicago figure out the issue with LEDs and snow. The old lights melted snow, the LED lights did not
by paulie_a 7y ago
Did Chicago figure out the issue with LEDs and snow. The old lights melted snow, the LED lights did not
- jschwartzi 7y agoChicago plows.
- ceejayoz 7y agoSnow on the lights, not the roads. I discovered LED headlights on cars don’t melt off the ice like incandescent do the last time I drove in an ice storm.
- reaperducer 7y agoThe LED and snow issue is about traffic lights, which are horizontal and therefore subject to getting filled with blowing snow. Streetlights face down and don't have a cavity to fill with snow.
- abrowne 7y agoWe've been getting LED street lights in Minneapolis, so can't be a problem now.