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MVP
Join Date: Oct 2006
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LED light bulb failure
Has anyone had early failure of LED bulbs? Lights of America sold crappy LED bulbs a few years ago. They failed in the first couple of years. The FTC took action.
I bought quality LED bulbs and just had a 2nd failure within one year. These are supposed to last years and years. Anyone else having issues? Just curious. Maybe I bought a bad batch from a good company. |
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Champs!
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Shaken. Not stirred.
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I've had enough fail within a year that I put dates on them now.
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Supporter
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21 years means 21 months. Or less.
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Cheat Death
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Dumbass
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Emporer of Mongo
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Milky Way
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led fixtures are getting pretty cheap. If youre handy enough to deal with a couple wires, changing the fixture is better....too many problems with the LED conversion bulbs.....
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Herm is the worst...horrible
Join Date: Sep 2000
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I agree...BUT...the fixtures fail about as often as the bulbs as well. I've had 2 of 5 start strobe-lighting me over the last year. The idea they last for as long as they say is a farce. However...they DO save on energy. Putting a date on the fixtures is a fantastic idea. I think I'll start doing that.
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Emporer of Mongo
Join Date: Apr 2010
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Only had about 2 of them go out. One was right away, defective out of the box. The other im not sure what happened. But the early failure rate on the fixtures isn't even close to the failure rate of conversion bulbs. Im thinking like 1% versus 75+% |
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In Mahomes I trust!
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Banned
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How long are they supposed to last? Planned obsolescence is just that.
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It was not a fair catch
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should have lasted longer than that. Some do just give out. See if there is a warranty
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Seeking the Truth daily
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all shit from what I have seen
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The Maintenance Guy
Join Date: Sep 2005
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I've had a couple fail but overall I've had pretty good luck with them. They're definitely better than those garbage CFTs that were being foisted on to us a decade ago.
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Hey Loochy, I'm hooome!
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Turning the Corner
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Springfield, Missouri
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I’ve had a number of T8 size led bulbs fail. I buy from Amazon and just let them know. They send me new ones.
Due to the nature of manufacturing, this is bound to happen. Keeping track of where you buy it is a pain for sure. I buy 4 or 8 at a time because I want the bulbs to match. This somewhat makes it easier cause I always know where I bought em. The new ones are pretty slick. They can handle a ballast or no ballast and it’s easy to rewire tombstones if you need to. Sure beats fluorescents or the dreaded compact fluorescents. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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