On 01/03/2015 7:10 AM, William Sommerwerck wrote:
"Jeff Liebermann" wrote in message
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The reason for the designed in failures is the need for manufactories
to continue selling replacements. If they actually made a device that
lasts forever, they will sell a few years worth, and then go out of
business because there will be no replacement sales. Reliability is
bad for (consumer) business.

What about lighting for new buildings?

My son-in-law is working on that problem. They manufacture light pipes
that bring outside light sources - the sun, high intensity electric,
etc. - and transport that throughout buildings (up to 50 feet) using
light pipes that drop it down everywhere needed. They are having great
fun with this!

http://www.suncentralinc.com/

From my perspective, the cost savings outweigh the "premature" failures.


That also begs the question "Why did Arfa Daily post the article"?
My best guess(tm) here is that he's still having problems adjusting
to LED lighting and needs a new reason to not use LED lighting.

Like most people, Arfa doesn't like high-K lighting. I switched to 5000K
CFLs, and though it took a couple of weeks to adjust, I much prefer
light that more-closely resembles daylight, and is subjectively brighter.


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