On 09/10/2016 03:41 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 9/10/2016 3:09 PM, Vince Foster wrote:
On 09/10/2016 01:15 PM, wrote:
I thought LED bulbs were supposed to last for many years. I put on in my
barn about 2 years ago. It's on all the time as a safety light. It only
uses about 5 watts so I'm not concerned about energy usage. (25W
equivlent).

All of a sudden it has gotten real dim, and it flickers. I'm wondering
what caused that? I know it cant be fixed and needs to be replaced, but
I did not think the LED bulbs were supposed to fail for many years.

When I shut it off, it stays lit for a few seconds after the switch is
OFF, so I imagine there is a capacitor in it, but obviously that cap is
working..... But it's less than half as bright as it used to be, and
flickers.

By your own account, the bulb lasted about 17,000 hours. You
cheapasscow, WTF do you want?

STFU and go buy another one.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/60W-Equiv...27ND/206587566



17,000 is probably a bit on the low end but in tolerance for MTBF. I don't see any specific warrantied hours, but 20,000 to 50,000 seems to be expected.


Manufacturers lie. Re bulb life, divide their optimistic bull**** number by 2 and you'll be closer to reality...but you already knew that.