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It’s a fairly common failure it seems. Here’s it happening in Ireland: https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2025/02/05/almost-250000-spent-replacing-stree
by padjo 1y ago
It’s a fairly common failure it seems. Here’s it happening in Ireland:
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2025/02/05/almost-250000-spent-replacing-street-lights-turned-blue-by-catastrophic-failure/ https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2025/02/05/almost-...
I had someone complain to me about how it was a change made by the Green Party for bats: how ridiculous!
No, it’s just a faulty light…
- msgodel 1y agoI was told it was to make it hard for people using needles to find their vanes. It turns out it's just the phosphor coating coming apart. The LEDs used to energize that to make the broad spectrum light are usually blueish purple for maximum efficiency.
- cogman10 1y agoIt does do that and it's used for that. I first experienced that in a bathroom in England. Door open, regular white light. Lock the door, blue light. I thought I broke something when that happened.