Wednesday morning. I opened the door to the classroom, flipped on the lights, and startled at how bright it was in the classroom. Whoa!
But I knew immediately what had happened. I looked up. Sure enough, overnight all the lights had been replaced.
My first assignment for this school this school year was a history class. And I noticed the new lights in that room. Instead of the old fluorescent flat panels, these have a column of light down the center. Apparently, these are LEDs, so they're more energy efficient.
Usually, when I enter a classroom, I haven't been in there in a while. So, I wouldn't notice the difference in the lighting. But, because I had been there the day before, I immediately saw it. And whoa, these things are so much brighter than the fluorescent panels.
Now I understand why others have said that getting used to the new lights is an adjustment.
This also answered a question I had had. I wondered how long it took them to install. (Some rooms have them, some rooms don't.) Now I know. Overnight. (The students said that they're upgrading a couple classrooms a night.)
Sometimes I think they over light areas. I often feel like I need a visor on because it hurts my eyes. The LED's are more efficient, but I find them very harsh on the eyes. A dimmer would be a good idea.
ReplyDeleteYeah, some teachers would appreciate that.
DeleteHi Liz - bet it makes a difference ... we'll await your news re you and the kids adjusting to this brightness ... but how lovely - cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteIt is good they are going be efficient, but its almost like you need sunglasses indoors :)
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We had our office lights replaced with those super bright LED's a while back. I hate them. Like why do our classrooms and office spaces need to be lit with the power of a thousand suns? Does it really need to be that bright??
ReplyDeleteI had no idea people hated them that much. But this makes sense. I like things to be well-lit, but I'm often in places where I can barely see it's so dark. And the people who populate those areas seem to like it that dark.
DeleteThey do look really BRIGHT. I wonder what the kiddos think about them?
ReplyDeleteThey complained the first day. That was over a week ago. They haven't said anything about them since.
DeleteIf there's no major refitting, I guess it would only take a few hours to switch a few rooms of light bulbs. But it really makes a difference, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteSparks has done ye real proud. Whoever the electrician is he's a true miracle worker.
ReplyDeleteLooking at your photo has my eyes hurting. Just kidding. lol The other day the Husband found an incandescent lightbulb and put it a living room lamp. It's much brighter than the squigly lightbulbs. We can read again.
ReplyDeleteLet there be light!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah.
DeleteLet the light shine on.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on
Bright and shiney is nice so long as it don't show up all the dirt and dust...haha, just thinking about my house! haha
ReplyDeleteIt's a ceramics classroom, so yeah, it looked a bit dirtier than before...
DeleteSounds like quite a project. Briht and shiny works for me too.
ReplyDeleteYeah. It's nice the district has the money to retrofit all the classrooms with this.
DeleteYou should point out to the kiddies that the new lights means you can see better and won't miss them goofing off instead of working. ;)
ReplyDeleteThey're juniors and seniors, so there's less playing around than with the younger grades.
DeleteWow. That's pretty cool. Be well!
ReplyDeleteI thought so, too.
DeleteThat's nice that they're putting in brighter lights. I refer to my office as the dungeon, so I'd be pretty excited if I came in and it was brighter.
ReplyDeleteI like it, too. But it's a mixed reaction from everyone else.
DeleteI like white LEDs. We replaced old yellow halogens in the living spaces in our house and it's so much better.
ReplyDeleteWonder how long it actually took them? Like a few hours? Surely they didn't stay up all night replacing lights. If so, I think they should have waited until the weekend… I wouldn't want to stay up all night replacing lights.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea. It probably didn't take all night.
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