Talk:History of street lighting in the United States

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Unsourced statements in this article[edit]

Numerous - "About 98% of the energy used by incandescent lighting is wasted in heat." "Many towns/cities still have their MV streetlights in operation, though they're slowly being replaced by HPS lamps. Debates still rage whether this is truly a wise move given the maintenance cost and quality issues of HPS lighting." "Many prefer the blue-white light of the MV lamp to the orange-yellow light of the HPS lamp." "There has also been a noted issue with the lamps "exploding/shattering" during a failure."

I'm sure there are others. I think these kind of assertions should be backed up by a source.

Are we sure about anytown[edit]

So on Jeopardy Tournament of Champions they said that Wabash,Indiana was the first with street lights what's the real truth--Avocado42o 06:16, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

137.79.203.92 (talk) 20:14, 28 November 2018 (UTC)I think I dispute that claim. This article states "Wabash became the "First Electrically Lighted City in the World" as a flood of light engulfed the town from four Brush Lights mounted atop the courthouse". Wabash appears to be the first electrically lighted city, but not by street lights.[reply]

Lighting catalog[edit]

I've removed a very long illustrated list of light fixtures that appears to have nothing in particular to do with the history of street lighting in the United States - it's just a sort of a catalog or field guide to modern luminaires, and is entirely unsourced. It would be an obvious candidate for transfer to a lighting enthusiasts' wiki, if one exists, but it is at odds with normal Wikipedia practice. Acroterion (talk) 15:27, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks you User:Acroterion. I didn't believed that this list of fixtures, is also non-encyclopedic things. This article long suffered for non-encyclopedic content that the American lighting community leaved, that I've removed or corrected as well. זור987 (talk) 15:37, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a way to retrieve those photos and the model names of the lamps? I can't find that amount of information anywhere on the internet, I'm very interested in keeping all that catalog 170.246.157.110 (talk) 21:32, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm erased more sections that don't looks like part of the history of the street lighting in the United States. I think that this big article should be purposed for deletion. זור987 (talk) 15:28, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not convinced that deletion is necessary, but trimming and sourcing are still needed. It developed as a little walled garden, apparently intended to feed an off-site enthusiast site, and it needs to be brought into line with regular WP practice via sources. Acroterion (talk) 15:56, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Compact fluorescent lamp - some information is incorrect[edit]

Reading the CFL section I find that some of the information is incorrect or at least based on partial information.

First is the efficiency, which is mentioned as "high", but compared to other street lightning sources, e.g. HPS or MH it is mediocre and significantly lower than modern LED or old monochromatic LPS.

The other issue is related to light properties, article mentions Ra of around 85 and color temperature of 3000K. Both vary greatly between particular CFLs, one can get CFL in range of around 2500K to 8000 K and Ra while usually around 80 it may be significantly lower especially in low quality CFL's Mibars (talk) 13:18, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]