Are these good?

[patric]

Transplanted from another thread:

quote:Originally posted by Double A
Hey Patric, this is kinda off the subject but, are these good lights?

http://www.oksolar.com/n_cart/product_details.asp?ProductID=160700&cat=&subcat=

It depends on what you want the lights to do (a question I wish more architects would ask).

I might use them if I were in a nature preserve and absolutely had to have an area illuminated 24/7 for human use, or at the gate of a ranch that is used throughout the night, or to mark a remote stairway, human navigation hazard, or emergency call box where power lines are impractical -- but probably not for a driveway light in Tulsa or a nightclub parking lot.

Visually, it might be a better substitute for the typical "farm light" (what PSO calls a "security light") because the source is better shielded -- if you dont mind monochromatic color rendering.  (This is Low Pressure sodium -- completely yellow -- as opposed to High Pressure Sodium that you see on most street corners which produces a golden-orange glow and allows you to distinguish colors.  LPS is mostly for use around observatories, parks, etc.)

What application did you have in mind?