LEDs vs Ice

LEDs are awesome. They are far more efficient than traditional lighting technologies, where a lot of energy inputs are wasted as unwanted heats. But could LEDs be TOO good at being efficient, that it would actually be to their detriment? Take a look at the picture below: Frozen LED signal lights. Traditional street lights are approximately 175W each, while typical LED signal lights are 15W to25W each.

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Could always put a temporary heating element…heck maybe even a 10W wire wound resistor, when it gets below freezing have a relay just push some power thru it and melt away the ice

good suggestions

I’ve never seen a traffic signal that has a ledge under the lens (until now). They have an arch on top only so no problem.

I’ve read some places are already using heating elements among other means. This problem has been around for years now.