On Sat, 30 Sep 2017 21:50:14 -0500, Ignoramus17018
wrote:

On 2017-10-01, wrote:

Do you remember my posting about Walmart selling 8.5 watt led bulbs?
I checked on the internet and they are now $1.34 each ( actually
$5.54 for four ) . I said I would post when one fails. And I will,
but none have failed so far.

Considering that they last longer , $1.34 each is not bad.

A few years ago, I gave up on byuing Walmart lights because they kept
failing on me.

I had so many failures with Feit Electric CFLs, I won't ever buy
another Feit product, even though they replaced them free of charge.
Two died within the first month, the 3rd of 4 died within the year.
I believe Feit sourced Walmart's bulbs for awhile, but I don't know
who does now. I don't care if a bulb has a 10 day warranty if it
lasts ten years, but I won't put up with those sporting 10 year
warranties if I have to replace them numerous times every year. I
already went through that with Searz Crapsman, giving them my gallon
of blood and pound of flesh, literally.

Satco puts out good CFLs, and I still have several going for the
better part of a decade. Since I found Chinese-sourced LEDs for a
buck many years ago, while US-made LED bulbs were $30-60 each, I am
working through a few dozen of those. 1 in 6 dies within a couple
years, not the best history. Now that Philips puts out sub-$3 LED
bulbs, I'm trying them, bought from Platt Electric here in town. 8w
non-dimmable daylight = 60w replacement. Cost $0.96 per year to run.
Good in the bathroom for shaving, plucking eyebrows, and doing makeup,
right, Tawm?

A pair of 14w daylight LED spots in my front security lamp have been
going for a few years now. At first, they were going on every minute
like clockwork, and I discovered that a 47k 1/4w carbon film resistor
between hot and not solved that. They would build up a charge from the
caps in the 120v-12v bulb power supply and trigger the lamps.

--
Stoop and you'll be stepped on;
stand tall and you'll be shot at.
-- Carlos A. Urbizo