 blue light on stop light, what is it |
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 Dec 19, 2004 - 3:14 AM
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Enthusiast  Joined Jul 16, '03 From Boise, Idaho Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
i have noticed on a couple of the stop lights around town that there is a blue light that is located behind the left turn signal you cant see it unless you are going across that road it is blue when the left turn signal is red when it turns green it shuts off until its red again. do any of you know what that light is for or what it does. anything?
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Dec 19, 2004 - 3:17 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 10, '04 From Shoreline, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
Its the actual trun signal light, its probibly a halogen bulb so it lasts long (thus is looks blue), but what your seeing is really just the signal bulb throw the air hole under the signal so they dont fog up or trap water in them. its only green from the frunt because the plastic or glass lense that covers it is green.
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Dec 19, 2004 - 3:19 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 16, '03 From Boise, Idaho Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
but its new ive never seen it on that same exact stop light before and its only on when the light is red and ive been looking for it on other stop lights but ive only seen it on 2 and its new on both of them
-------------------- My car = 0-60 in ~9sec
It's slow, I know |
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Dec 19, 2004 - 3:23 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 10, '04 From Shoreline, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
well differant make/model signals have differant ventalation etc. I'm not saying that its that for sure, but its the only thingi can think of to cause that. i guess it could be related to a sensor wither cars are waiting in that perticular line, or something, but does not make much sence
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Dec 19, 2004 - 3:23 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jul 12, '03 From Chatham, Ont Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE(chicklover345 @ Dec 19, 2004 - 1:19 AM) but its new ive never seen it on that same exact stop light before and its only on when the light is red and ive been looking for it on other stop lights but ive only seen it on 2 and its new on both of them [right][snapback]223577[/snapback][/right] They might be starting to use different bulbs. |
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Dec 19, 2004 - 3:27 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 16, '03 From Boise, Idaho Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
maybe but its just been bugging me for almost a week i thought i would ask just in case any of you guys knew
-------------------- My car = 0-60 in ~9sec
It's slow, I know |
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Dec 19, 2004 - 3:30 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 13, '02 From So Cal Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
the lights around here have all been switched to LED's. its pretty neat. at first it was just the red lights, cuz those are the ones that stay on the longest, and they wanted to conserve power around here. then they switched the green ones, then the yellows.
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Dec 19, 2004 - 3:33 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 10, '04 From Shoreline, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
QUOTE cuz those are the ones stay on the longest sux. yeah all the newly replaced onces here are leds or look like leds. -------------------- |
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Dec 20, 2004 - 2:15 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 13, '03 From Alabama Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
After hurricane Ivan came through all the lights that were knocked down were replaced with the led ones. And that was at least 30-40% of them.
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Dec 20, 2004 - 2:46 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 20, '03 From Seattle, Washington Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
prober...
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Jan 6, 2005 - 11:14 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 16, '03 From Boise, Idaho Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I saw during the day that there is an extra thing on the outside of the light fixture so its not the light bulb showing and its not led either.
-------------------- My car = 0-60 in ~9sec
It's slow, I know |
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Jan 6, 2005 - 11:15 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 8, '04 From LA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Its just a blue light, it means green. get over it?
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Jan 6, 2005 - 11:43 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 13, '04 From St. Lucia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
hehehe shid ur always straight to the point lol
All our lights are LED's now. Everyone here was ****ting bricks for Ivan... The projected path was through us and then it went down to st. vincent and then further down to greneda and man i feel so bad for them... Seen any greneda pics?? There is not one green tree left on that island... |
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Jan 7, 2005 - 12:06 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 4, '03 From Kirkland, Washington Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I used to work for a transportation engineering firm. Ill email a person in the design department tomorrow about it and get u guys a real answer
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Jan 7, 2005 - 1:31 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 3, '04 From knoxville, tn Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
It's the Jimi Hendrix song, come true...
"The red lights turn blue, tomorrow" or....maybe not. -------------------- "Somebody give me a fire...so I can burn this city down." - Widespread Panic
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Jan 7, 2005 - 5:41 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 25, '02 From Pittsburgh/Clairton, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
i thought he was talking about the thing that sits on the wire above the lights...
iunno what it is, but i imagine it to be a camera to ticket red-light runners(not sure if you guys have these) it's a light on one side, and on other side it's like a box with some kind of cone, like the cone is protecting something --------------------  |
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Jan 7, 2005 - 6:46 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 8, '04 From LA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE(Consynx @ Jan 7, 2005 - 10:41 PM) i thought he was talking about the thing that sits on the wire above the lights... iunno what it is, but i imagine it to be a camera to ticket red-light runners(not sure if you guys have these) it's a light on one side, and on other side it's like a box with some kind of cone, like the cone is protecting something [right][snapback]231207[/snapback][/right] Red light cameras (due to the nature of photography) are usually pretty easy to spot since they have to have pretty big flash bulbs around. |
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Jan 10, 2005 - 10:37 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 4, '03 From Kirkland, Washington Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
straight from a transportation engineer
They are usually photo electric cells that turn the street lights on and off. -------------------- Cruisin down the street in my Infiniti...always lookin for my next trip to Sin City
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