Household LED Bulb Failure

[Dibbons]

Granted, it's the light switch most used indoors (turned on & off several times daily), but now both the CFL and LED bulbs in the kitchen ceiling have both gone caput (the CFL first, the LED later). So much for advertised ten-year lifespans or whatever is claimed.

 

[Triplegreen500]

I've got a light over my sink, LED, and I haven't turned it off since I bought the house in 2011. One of the first things I did when I bought the place (besides paint) was swap everything to LED.

Same for the LED puck light in the liquor cabinet.

Those two are on all the time. Everything else in the house gets turned on and off...but I haven't had to replace any of them, either. "Dirty" voltage can kill LEDs much faster than the "rated" lifespan.

 

[Dibbons]

I do have frequent power failures here lasting from seconds to hours (yesterday found my microwave clock needed re-setting twice).

 

[Cranky]

I do have frequent power failures here lasting from seconds to hours (yesterday found my microwave clock needed re-setting twice).

I have one clock that will need to be re-set if the power just barely flickers when all else stays on.....bout ready to throw it out!

 

[4vnut]

Don't know about LED bulbs but incandescent bulbs have been made that can burn for over 100 years of continuous use. Then they discovered they wouldn't sell many bulbs at that level of quality so that's why we have to buy so many bulbs.

Centennial Light - Wikipedia

 

[kiwigtx]

LED lamps are not designed to be frequently switched on and off.

Switch them on and leave them running.....the switching action produces an in-rush current which kills the electronics. The more they are switched the faster they deteriorate.
Same goes for CFL's....although I thought they had already gone the way of the Dodo.

 

[kiwigtx]

LED lamps are not designed to be frequently switched on and off.

Switch them on and leave them running.....the switching action produces an in-rush current which kills the electronics. The more they are switched the faster they deteriorate.
Same goes for CFL's....although I thought they had already gone the way of the Dodo.

Incandescent lamps require more than four times the running current than when they are running - the in-rush current at start-up is what damages the tungsten filament - causes a shock to the filament, hence why they break apart.

 

[kiwigtx]

Sometimes you can actually hear the filament in an incandescent lamp when it is switched on from cold.

That's the filament being violently jerked into action.

 

[kiwigtx]

As an add-on.... in the days of incandescent traffic lights - not so many years ago, the lams used (at least here in NZ) were what is known as 'Rough Service' lamps....meaning that the rated voltage was around 10% higher than normal.
Typically, the lamps were rated at 260 Volts instead of 230/240 Volts - depending upon the manufacturer.

Although traffic lights seldom get stone-cold, they still last a lot longer than if they were rated at the normal voltage.

When Halogen lamps were introduced to traffic lights, they lamps were 35 Watts at 10 Volts instead of 12 Volts. They also lasted a lot longer.

Now we have LED Traffic Lanterns, and we get pixel losses.

 

[dadsbee]

That's the filament being violently jerked into action.

Sound like how the Wife woke me up this morning...

 

[RT68440]

I am constantly changing out the LED bulbs in my bathroom and dining room fixtures. The bathroom has two 3 bulb fixtures over the sinks and the dining room has a 5 bulb fixture. If I go two months before one or two start flickering I'm doing good. I hate them. I still have a couple incandescent bulbs in the basement that were there when we moved in 15 years ago that are still going strong

 

[dadsbee]

LED bulbs are absolute junk... Flickering when you run a printer or anything else on the same circuit. Flickering as they start to die a segment at a time. Can't look up at the damn things. They get duller and duller as the days go on. We're all gonna go blind with these damn things. Our family room is lit by two ceiling fans with three bulbs each. 6 x 60 W little clear bulbs had the room nice and bright. 6 "60W" LED replacements is like trying to see in an unlit cave...

 

[Moms68]

Same thing with commercial lighting. Lifespan of 2-3 years max, not the stated 10. Worst part is that flash like a disco when they go south, which is really annoying,

 

[toolmanmike]

Granted, it's the light switch most used indoors (turned on & off several times daily), but now both the CFL and LED bulbs in the kitchen ceiling have both gone caput (the CFL first, the LED later). So much for advertised ten-year lifespans or whatever is claimed.

If you buy the cheapies at Wal Mart, you can fill the box up with bad ones and tale them back. Save the receipt but maske a copy of it. The Print on the original receipts will disappear after 6 months. I spent more and bought GE LED's last time. I'll see how long they last. I write the date on the bulb when I put them in.

 

[Cranky]

If you buy the cheapies at Wal Mart, you can fill the box up with bad ones and tale them back. Save the receipt but maske a copy of it. The Print on the original receipts will disappear after 6 months. I spent more and bought GE LED's last time. I'll see how long they last. I write the date on the bulb when I put them in.

Most of the LED bulbs that I buy have came from Amazon and they have done pretty good....and I also write the date on them when installed. Even though a couple have expired kinda quickly, the rest have lasted a pretty good while and I like them much better than those pos CFL bastards which never lasted long enough even though a couple did. 5 years for a CFL? LOLOLOL

 

[themechanic]

LED bulbs for light fixtures are designed either for an enclosed fixture, like a porch light, or they're designed for an open future such as a table lamp. Be sure to get the correct one. The heat kills LED bulbs designed for open fixtures but used in an enclosed one.

Regarding leaving them on all the time, that's nonsense. I switch mine on when I need them and off when I don't and have bulbs last for years without degrading or failing.

 

[1967coronet]

Sound like how the Wife woke me up this morning...

 

[Dibbons]

I found an old incandescent bulb in the garage for now. The LED that blew out was Walmart brand.

 

[moparedtn]

I reckon a case of 60W incandescent bulbs will last me the rest of my days - if I could find a decent
name brand case, that is.
LED's bother my eyes. A lot.

 

[Triplegreen500]

Get LEDs that are a warm color temperature (yellow not ice cold white). They're more natural that way. I'm installing LED recessed lights in my apt renovation and they have a 5 position color temp switch on them, from orange through warm daylight all the way to ice cold nearly florescent tube white.