Roswell residents may notice warmer-colored street lights in the next several months as Georgia Power converts subdivision lights from pink-amber, high-pressure sodium bulbs to new downward-facing LED fixtures, according to a city announcement.
While the new fixtures will have the traditional lantern styling, “the power company is installing only ‘warm white’ LED modules, which have a color temperature of 3,000 Kelvin (K) — the same color tone as warm-white household LED bulbs and old incandescent bulbs,” the city said.
“The old HPS bulbs, which are an industrial arc-lamp used mostly in the 1950s through 1980s, are being phased out because of their poor color rendering, reduced traffic safety, high energy consumption, and potentially toxic metal vapors.”
The new LED lights will emit 25 percent less total light output, but will provide two to three times more directed light onto a street, the city said. They may appear more intense if you look directly at the light source, which is not recommended. Information: https://bit.ly/2Nozgcr
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