LED Catseyes

[Eighteeteewhy]

Why haven't they caught on or why aren't they used more?

Apart from a coulple of miles at the start of the M42 and in a few of the tunnels in London I can't think of anywhere else I've seen them. They seem to work really well, better than the traditional type anyway which can be very hit and miss.
I guess cost may be an issue, but I can't see then being that much more to produce.

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ETA....I forgot, there are about 10 of them on a little bridge on my daily commute.

Edited by Eighteeteewhy on Monday 20th February 06:22

[LooneyTunes]

Eighteeteewhy said:

I guess cost may be an issue, but I can't see then being that much more to produce.

Bet it's not the production cost but more the fact that, by virtue of containing electronics rather than being entirely passive, the maintenance costs (and power bill if they're not on solar?) soon start to mount.

[Eighteeteewhy]

LooneyTunes said:

Bet it's not the production cost but more the fact that, by virtue of containing electronics rather than being entirely passive, the maintenance costs (and power bill if they're not on solar?) soon start to mount.

I would guess they are solar powered?

[LooneyTunes]

Eighteeteewhy said:

I would guess they are solar powered?

In tunnels?

Not sure there would be enough ambient light from other sources to keep them powered?

[Turn7]

There was a load put in round here, and for a while they wrer brillinat, but it looks like nearly all of them have either packed up or been ripped out now.