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The wirewound resistor was burnt to a crisp (the lamp didn't fail
spectacularly just flickered then faded away) all the surrounding SMDs
looked like their solder was cooked and discoloured, one surface
resistor had melted away from the PCB, so looks like long term
overheating.


Seems like the guts of the 13W are pushed too hard.


It's what happens with CFLs too. I'd guess they use a large fan to keep
them cool when testing.

Proably the same lab as VW.

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On 02/10/2015 12:39, Andy Burns wrote:
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I now have to report that one of the lamps has failed entirely. So
that's just 16 months of life, maybe 2 hours a day = 1000 hours.


My second one managed more than that, lets say 18 months at 6 hours/day,
3000+ hours, nothing like the 25,000 headline figure on the packaging.

I contacted ALDI by email, their response was 12 month warranty, tough.

I didn't want to faff about convincing them to refund/replace, so I took
it apart, hoping I might find an obviously failed capacitor in an easily
accessible location, no such luck.

Fairly normal layout, all potted in soft silicone, input resistors to
mains rectifier to bead-type smoothing caps, then there was a wirewound
resistor feeding into the ICs/transistor chopper section, feeding small
transformer and output smoothing caps.

The wirewound resistor was burnt to a crisp (the lamp didn't fail
spectacularly just flickered then faded away) all the surrounding SMDs
looked like their solder was cooked and discoloured, one surface
resistor had melted away from the PCB, so looks like long term overheating.


That sounds more like the switcher failed dead short to ground and the
current limiting resistor and all ancillary components were cooked.

Seems like the guts of the 13W are pushed too hard.

Boo.


Indeed, sod lidaldi for LEDs in future, the LEDhut ones of similar age
(fewer hours and lower wattage) are still going OK, but I'll try some
with a multi-year warranty, what were those recommended by Adam,
"Integral" ?


I have only had one of mine from any source fail so far. The 25k hours
is for the bare LEDs - I reckon 5k hours is pushing it where the
capacitors are concerned and much less if it is cooking in an unsuitable
hot enclosure. LEDs don't make much heat but what heat they do produce
is more than enough to dry out capacitors over time.

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I have only had one of mine from any source fail so far. The 25k hours
is for the bare LEDs - I reckon 5k hours is pushing it where the
capacitors are concerned and much less if it is cooking in an unsuitable
hot enclosure. LEDs don't make much heat but what heat they do produce
is more than enough to dry out capacitors over time.


As if the public care what fails when it stops working?

Seems to come from the same stable as LED watts. Try measuring the actual
power consumption from the mains...

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Martin Brown wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

The wirewound resistor was burnt to a crisp


That sounds more like the switcher failed dead short to ground and the
current limiting resistor and all ancillary components were cooked.


Could be, when first digging it out, I wondered if the resistor was
there as a fuse, but thought they'd usually use a carbon rather than
wirewound for that? Then saw it was "mid" circuit, rather than at the
mains input, where I assume they'd put a couple to act as multi-purpose
(inrush limiting, current limiting and as a fuse?)

The 25k hours is for the bare LEDs


Yes, I know that ... but should they really get away with claiming it on
the packaging, with no small print?

LEDs don't make much heat but what heat they do produce
is more than enough to dry out capacitors over time.


The LEDs are on a sizable chunk of aluminium, about 1cm thick, with not
much heatsink compound, the whole of the PSU PCB was potted (not in
resin but grey, presumably thermal, silicone).

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On Fri, 2 Oct 2015 12:39:00 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

I didn't want to faff about convincing them to refund/replace, so I took
it apart, hoping I might find an obviously failed capacitor in an easily
accessible location, no such luck.

Fairly normal layout, all potted in soft silicone, input resistors to
mains rectifier to bead-type smoothing caps, then there was a wirewound
resistor feeding into the ICs/transistor chopper section, feeding small
transformer and output smoothing caps.

The wirewound resistor was burnt to a crisp (the lamp didn't fail
spectacularly just flickered then faded away) all the surrounding SMDs
looked like their solder was cooked and discoloured, one surface
resistor had melted away from the PCB, so looks like long term
overheating.


I shall have to open up the two that failed here recently. I shall
add that they failed when our overnight mains voltage was pushing 255
and occasionally reached 260... What is the German tolerance on the
nominal 230 V they are marked?

Indeed, sod lidaldi for LEDs in future, the LEDhut ones of similar age
(fewer hours and lower wattage) are still going OK,


That's hardly a fair comparison. B-)

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You're not in a strong position in that you can't prove how much use its
had, and you can't expect bulb retailers to replace all dead bulbs free.


I've seen the life of an LED quoted as 22,000 hours. About 3 years of
continuous use.

Just about right for the usual Lidl etc warranty.

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

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You're not in a strong position in that you can't prove how much use its
had, and you can't expect bulb retailers to replace all dead bulbs free.


I've seen the life of an LED quoted as 22,000 hours. About 3 years of
continuous use.


I've seen manufacturers and sellers claim this (or similar).
I haven't seen any independent testers confirm it.

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Timothy Murphy wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:


In article ,
wrote:
You're not in a strong position in that you can't prove how much use
its had, and you can't expect bulb retailers to replace all dead
bulbs free.


I've seen the life of an LED quoted as 22,000 hours. About 3 years of
continuous use.


I've seen manufacturers and sellers claim this (or similar).
I haven't seen any independent testers confirm it.


Well, yes. Seems to me if they want to claim such things, should be backed
up by a warranty.

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On Mon, 05 Oct 2015 11:12:42 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

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Timothy Murphy wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:


In article ,
wrote:
You're not in a strong position in that you can't prove how much use
its had, and you can't expect bulb retailers to replace all dead
bulbs free.


I've seen the life of an LED quoted as 22,000 hours. About 3 years of
continuous use.


I've seen manufacturers and sellers claim this (or similar).
I haven't seen any independent testers confirm it.


Well, yes. Seems to me if they want to claim such things, should be backed
up by a warranty.


Those that I got from Ledlam are 50kh and have a 5-year warranty - time will
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