ABB125
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Is that a 3-phase light bulb, or is only one of the 3 wires going into the box actually connected?
it'll be only one phase, still some of them around Crewkerne.Is that a 3-phase light bulb, or is only one of the 3 wires going into the box actually connected?
I followed a milk van (as opposed to the traditional float) down the street the other morning. It is a new electric powered vehicle.I've certainly not seen a battery powered milk float in a very long time, they've been replaced by diesel Ford Transits locally.
Local scrappy round our way seems to use a van with megaphone attached mostly, but sometimes still gets his horse and cart out.I would say ‘Rag and Bone’ men who collected any possible reusable stuff, but in Doncaster, there are still a few people who go round in a truck and collect scrap metal weekly, their megaphone blaring down the street. Does anybody else have that? Not noticed it in Sheffield yet.
They tend to be the brown coloured type of rubber band these days. I picked up a couple outside my house the other morning.Also, the red elastic bands that the postman used to discard. I can recall going round my estate once a week looking for these and within a month made myself a rubber band ball the size of a tennis ball. I read that they no longer use red elastic bands which I guess explains why we don’t see them lying in the pavement/road.
How on earth are the modern ones 'nonsense'?Streetlights on wooden poles served by overhead wires are probably not to common now. Although personally I quite like these traditional looking street lamps much better than the modern nonsense common place today.
How on earth are the modern ones 'nonsense'?
Well, it sounds like the problem has, in principle, been solved then... it's just a question of whether local authorities will bother actually implementing the solution.Some street lighting manufacturers are even selling “wildlife friendly LEDs” that give off a amber light similar to that of sodium lamps
The more modern LED lamps tend to be poor at spreading the light out only giving visibility directly under the lamp.
There is also concerns about the health and environmental consequences of newer led street lights. They may be very energy efficient however if they cause sleep problems and are killing nocturnal wildlife it defeats the purpose of being “eco friendly”
I apologise, I read your comment as saying that the modern poles were nonsense, not LED lamps (which you didn't specifically mention).The more modern LED lamps tend to be poor at spreading the light out only giving visibility directly under the lamp.
Hadn't seen one for a very long time, but on Friday I saw a coal van delivering to someone's house a couple of streets away
Another thing you certainly see less of these days is kids playing out in the street.
That is down to the fitting as a whole. One of the advantages of LEDs is that it is much easier to control the light distribution, wide or narrow as desired. Where you see a narrow spread, maybe somebody decided it should be that way. Maybe they didn't check the specification of the fitting carefully enough.The more modern LED lamps tend to be poor at spreading the light out only giving visibility directly under the lamp.
Most of todays precious children need dropping off in their parents Chelsea Tractor as close to the classroom as possible!And far fewer children walking to school unaccompanied. I remember as a child walking to/from school as an experience where the closer you got to the school, the more you were immersed in crowds of other children with scarcely any adult anywhere in sight - all without any obvious problems. These days it seems children are far too delicate to be trusted to walk anywhere until they are of teenager-ish age. (In part, hence all the pollution from school runs)
Also, it's been a long time since I've seen any groups of children out on their cross-country runs for PE lessons - something we did reasonably regularly when I was at school.
Not sure you can really blame the children for that though as this attitude has presumably been instilled in them by excessive degrees of "helicopter parenting"Most of todays precious children need dropping off in their parents Chelsea Tractor as close to the classroom as possible!
Quite, the parents to blame. You only have to see the result of such parenting in the attitude of kids today.Not sure you can really blame the children for that though as this attitude has presumably been instilled in them by "helicopter parenting"
Part of the reason for LED streetlights having a better defined downward pool of light is to reduce the amount of light pollution. That is an issue for wildlife over a far wider area than just the road below. Personally I prefer LED lights because they generally have a high CRI light allowing better visibility of moving objects. The less well bits between the lamps aren't really a problem as I normally drive within the speed limit however quiet the roads are.That is down to the fitting as a whole. One of the advantages of LEDs is that it is much easier to control the light distribution, wide or narrow as desired. Where you see a narrow spread, maybe somebody decided it should be that way. Maybe they didn't check the specification of the fitting carefully enough.
And I thought all children had to taken to school by car (chelsea tractors) nowadays, hence the choked roads in the morning.On that theme, you no longer see rows of houses all with chimneys billowing out smoke from their coal fires.
And far fewer children walking to school unaccompanied. I remember as a child walking to/from school as an experience where the closer you got to the school, the more you were immersed in crowds of other children with scarcely any adult anywhere in sight - all without any obvious problems. These days it seems children are far too delicate to be trusted to walk anywhere until they are of teenager-ish age. (In part, hence all the pollution from school runs)
Also, it's been a long time since I've seen any groups of children out on their cross-country runs for PE lessons - something we did reasonably regularly when I was at school.
Do you have a reference for high CRI allowing better visibility of moving objects ? I am not disagreeing, just the first time I recall seeing that claimed as a general benefit.Personally I prefer LED lights because they generally have a high CRI light allowing better visibility of moving objects.
Completely agree, they're also excessively bright when directly below the lamp, I would hate to have to sleep in the front bedroom of a house which had an LED streetlamp directly outside.
Slightly later in the case of Bradford = 1972. As it had been one of the first two systems in the U.K. (1911) it was certainly the longest lasting.Trolley Buses.
Clean, quiet and no pollution. The last ones in UK (Walsall, Huddersfield, Bradford) finished by the late 1960s.
Think the PO had complaints about the Red Bands, even though they were bio digradable, so back to the brown onesI followed a milk van (as opposed to the traditional float) down the street the other morning. It is a new electric powered vehicle.
Local scrappy round our way seems to use a van with megaphone attached mostly, but sometimes still gets his horse and cart out.
They tend to be the brown coloured type of rubber band these days. I picked up a couple outside my house the other morning.
Any found may be posted back to Royal Mail in the red boxes positioned all around the country. Advice from our local delivery office after compaints about rubber band litter. This may not be an official national policy.Think the PO had complaints about the Red Bands, even though they were bio digradable, so back to the brown ones
That would require building infrastructure, something the Government is mostly allergic to at this moment in time, so your only real hope is a change in the guard, so to speak.Slightly later in the case of Bradford = 1972. As it had been one of the first two systems in the U.K. (1911) it was certainly the longest lasting.
If sense prevails, they'll make a comeback here as they have in many parts of the world, not that they ever left in some cases.
I recall it being suggested that birds were mistaking the red rubber bands for worms and eating them.Think the PO had complaints about the Red Bands, even though they were bio digradable, so back to the brown ones
Locally a very old metal lamp standard (that looked suspiciously like a previously-loved ex trolleybus wiring pole) complete with aerial wiring link and a sodium lamp was recently replaced by a super new wooden pole, underground supply and LED fitting.On the subject of street lights, I certainly recall having lights on wooden poles. They were replaced with metal ones, I think, in the mid 80s. The street felt a bit odd for a while after the wires had gone.
More recently, it took a bit of getting used to the old yellow sodium lamps being replaced with LEDs instead.
A lot of the new systems and lines are being constructed without catenary for significant portions, particularly in city and town centres, using reserve battery power. This significantly decreases costs and time scales, as well as grounds for opposition.That would require building infrastructure, something the Government is mostly allergic to at this moment in time, so your only real hope is a change in the guard, so to speak.re
I think there were several reasons for the decline of UK trolleybuses.Could the reason for doing away with trams/trolley busses be the hazards overhead electric lines create
Apparently A new Trolley bus system in Leeds was given preliminary government approval and funding in March 2010 but cancelled in 2016