Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Harringay - LED street lights - you'll need your sunglasses

Bathe in the new bright LED street lights of Hampden Rd next time your passing through. Stand under one and you could be forgiven for thinking you're on the set of the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, just don't look up for you'll be blinded by the light (rather than beamed up).

Seriously though these lights are awful!!

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Permalink Reply by gavin jackson on October 19, 2015 at 14:34

Blackout Curtains?

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Permalink Reply by Jamie Boyd on November 2, 2015 at 14:41

For me they are too bright, and the blue white light is quite harsh

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Permalink Reply by Angela on October 16, 2015 at 19:16

As someone who suffers migraines/light sensitivity my opinion is that these new streetlights are far too bright and glaring. And intrusive for people who have one right outside their home.

It's not the light per se but the lamp design.

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Permalink Reply by 0l7ft44vlytse on October 18, 2015 at 15:16

I think they look good. Never liked the orange dingey diffused glow from the old style.

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Permalink Reply by ds on October 18, 2015 at 20:53

Just came across this article in the New York Times...interesting that the illustration at the top could almost be inside the first floor of a house in Harringay!

http://nyti.ms/1LB6NJ9

"Color temperature is measured in Kelvin units. Lower temperatures are warm, in the yellow range; higher temperatures are cool, in the blue. Sodium bulbs are around 2,200 Kelvin — light in which one might fall in love. The brutal LED outside our house is 4,000 — light more conducive to dismembering a corpse."

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Permalink Reply by matt on October 18, 2015 at 21:37

Thanks ds. Similar issues. Like; Once the LEDs went in, our next-door neighbor began walking her dog at night in sunglasses. Interesting to see authorities in California & Berlin actually listening to the people within their constituencies and making changes. Would Haringey Council listen?

Useful info within the comments section as well. Clearly the implementation of & for some the technology itself is causing controversy globally!

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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on October 18, 2015 at 22:00

If they're too bright, isn't this just normal change management? Won't they install them at full brightness, take lots of "feedback" and turn the current down? Is the next step a microcontroller that keeps them dim and then raises them when it detects movement? Imagine what the ISS astronauts would make of London's heart beating at night.

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Permalink Reply by Dominik on October 18, 2015 at 22:17

We should voice our concerns as a community to the council. I can't find any information on the council website about the LED lights let alone a contact person. As a homeowner I am also concerned about the impact of those lights on house prices in our area. The article quoted earlier highlights that the lights could impact home values.