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On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 12:27:22 PM UTC, wrote:
Aldi have a range of led lamps in their current specials. What caught
my eye was a ES rated at 1050lm, staing 75W equivalent. Also a BC
850lm. Plenty of dimmer ones too. These are the first usefully bright
ones I've found. Will try them out later and report back.

£10 each, which isn't cheap though.

Andrew

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. Boo.

It was fitted in an upright position in a standard lamp, socket
downwards, which I understand is the best way to keep the lamp cool.
There was plenty of clearance above too.

Have you got the receipt? May have the usual 3 year money back warranty.

Doesn't surprise me, though. My limited experience of mains LEDs say they
don't have a good life.

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