Changing the lightbulbs of the signals
Until now, light signals were equipped with standard bulbs. Now they have been replaced by LEDs.
The old bulbs were 12V, 3 watt bulbs. This brought the power consumption to around 200 watts!
The new LEDs consume only 0.8 watts, resulting in a power consumption of only 50 watts.
In addition, the LEDs are significantly brighter:
bulb : LED:
Furthermore, the use of red colored LEDs means that the previously yellow lights are now orange like in reality:
bulbe: LED:
A CFL signal for comparison:
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