[RndTbl] Ever wonder about those purple street lights?

Kevin McGregor kevin.a.mcgregor at gmail.com
Tue Dec 6 10:46:10 CST 2022


If they’d just used amber LEDs similar to the sodium vapour lights like I
told them to [note 1], this wouldn’t be happening.

Note 1: Joke

On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 09:49 Gilbert Detillieux <
Gilbert.Detillieux at umanitoba.ca> wrote:

> What do swollen caps and purple street lights have in common?...
> Volume!  (Or volume discounts, and convoluted supply chains.)
>
>
> https://www.businessinsider.com/led-city-streetlights-turning-purple-broken-tech-danger-2022-11
>
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