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Stewards of the Earth
explicit:
LEDs are much better suited for colder climates than CFLs. Apparently they work slightly better in cooler temperatures according to my super scientific google research. I couldn't find anything for their performance in 0 degree (F) temperature, but for 20ish degrees they said they're perfect.
Papersatan:
This is our porch LED bulb. It is on a covered stairway, though that window thing has nothing in it, and the stairs are backless, so it's essentially outdoors. It is not noticeably dimmer to me:
Carl-E:
Now, that's some empirical evidence!
The Seldom Killer:
They use LED streetlighting in Mayerhofen in Austria. Gets down to around -20C on the worst nights there. Now I'm not able to provide any observed comparative data, but I would expect there would be tests to make sure that the lighting worked at an appropriate standard without having to provide overkill lighting at more common conditions.
looktall:
I read somewhere (and it may have been bullshit) that they couldn't use led lighting for traffic lights in cold weather locations because they didn't generate enough heat to prevent snow building up.
Now as someone who lives in a city that has an extensive network of led traffic lights (and a distinct lack of snow) this seems plausible enough to me.
But is it true?
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