I do this. I used to have a spreadsheet where i'd track which bulb was replaced at what time. But i'd forget to update it, so it became worse than nothing.
LED Light Bulbs
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I do this. I used to have a spreadsheet where i'd track which bulb was replaced at what time. But i'd forget to update it, so it became worse than nothing.
Class action lawsuit? CF users unite to become billionaires! Or get a $2.15 check in the mail after the lawyer fees are taken out.
I've always felt any kind of bulb does not last as long as advertised in a ceiling fan. I just assume it is due to constant vibration.
Also enclosed fixtures. Most of them will say not to use them in enclosed fixtures but most people will anyway. The heat decreases the lifespan of the bulbs internals.
I bought LED bulbs when they first started making them so I could replace the long life bulbs I was using when they burnt out. I've had issues with those early bulbs. Hopefully the newer ones are better.
I've bought LEDs from Costco and several times they were marked down to like $2 (yes two dollars) for a 6 pack of bulbs. I have no idea why they were so cheap but I've seen them at that price on several occasions. The newer bulbs at Costco allow you to select the color temperature, which is a nice feature.
So annoying. We have several ceiling fixtures flat mounted with three bulbs. Seems every other week I'm replacing one bulb at a time.
My good electrician friend said the same thing. LEDS don’t like being turned on/off
Ok... again, the LED power supplies might not like being turns on/off, but the LED itself is being turned on/off constantly. That's part of their power saving tricks.
Leds run off of DC (mostly, kinda). Your house has 120v AC. So you've gotta get that voltage in line with what the LED wants. There's lots of different ways to do this with various tradeoffs (heat, efficiency, cost, size).
As long as you're not feeding the LED voltage or current that's out of its range, they have super long lifetimes. They have really high tolerance of abuse (temperature, on/off cycles, etc). It's almost always the power supplies and their designs that have issues.
That's the problem though, right? The voltage rectifier goes bad, often due to overheating.
Yeah, it's a me problem. LED bulbs have 2 major components. I just think the majority of the population thinks it's the diode that goes bad when it reality it's a manufacturing or bottom line problem with companies cheaping out on the other parts of the bulb.
