If you ever visit suburban NJ towns, most have utility poles with one module on them. Many of these poles don't have street lights above the modules, so does anyone know why NJ has deployed literally thousands of single-module mounts on utility poles just about everywhere?
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If you ever visit suburban NJ towns, most have utility poles with one module on them. Many of these poles don't have street lights above the modules, so does anyone know why NJ has deployed literally thousands of single-module mounts on utility poles just about everywhere?
There are also a lot of smaller systems that power yellow warning lights near schools. -
I'll take a closer look. They popped up about 2009 and are everywhere now.PowerOne 3.6 x 2, 32 SolarWorld 255W monoComment
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I noticed the same thing when I was up there in February. Lots of single panels hanging on light and utility poles.
Maybe a microinverter on the back?NABCEP certified Technical Sales Professional
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http://caldwells.patch.com/articles/...#photo-8396773
They are quite ugly in some places, like the 2nd link above.
Again it is not what it looks like that is causing most people to complain, it is just different and people react to and like to complain about anything that has changed. Just human nature.Comment
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I think most people don't like them because they are something "new". This is just a repeat of when the mercury vapor street lights were swapped out for the high pressure sodium type. Most people hated the look of the orange light as compared to the blue mercury lights. After a while people got use to them and actually realized that the high pressure orange fixtures produced more light then the older mercury ones.
Again it is not what it looks like that is causing most people to complain, it is just different and people react to and like to complain about anything that has changed. Just human nature.
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I got to see some new-tech parking lot lighting done recently at Kutztown, University (in Pennsylvania). Each light pole has solar pv modules and two LED lamps and some battery storage (see pictures in enclosed link). Reason for solar is that the lot was far enough away from university power connections that it made sense to use this "off-grid" type of solution. Enough power for 3+ days without full sun on each pole. Apparently, the prior gas-based lighting was too bright for neighbors and now the new LED directed lighting is not only "green" but stops the light pollution that was in place prior to the install. On page 16 of the link below, you can see the lamps don't illuminate the street, just the lot-space.
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I don't know for sure but given their small size and limited snow in PA here, the impact by getting covered in snow would be limited. Should melt off within a day or so. Snow weight should be very limited to 1-2" of depth given their angle.PowerOne 3.6 x 2, 32 SolarWorld 255W monoComment
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