Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 00:07:47 -0400, Michael A Terrell
wrote:

wrote:
On Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 3:21:37 PM UTC-4, Ignoramus17018 wrote:
It used to be difficult to sell a light bulb for more than $1. And
those would last a while.

Nowadays, they can sell $35 light bulbs, that last only a year, and
that could even get your house hacked.

https://www.amazon.com/SYLVANIA-Equi...dp/B01HF2CMM4/

This is an amazing accomplishment and something that any old time
crook would be proud of.

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.


I bought a package of four of those. So far, two of the four have
failed. First they would start to flicker, then they failed completely.

Have you designed an inexpensive replacement power supply for them
yet? I'd love a copy of the circuit if you do. I have a little stack
of various styles of Chiwanese LED bulbs waiting for repair. It's
times like these that I wish SKF hadn't taken over Palomar Technology
and I'd had time to let a decent electronics background build up for
me. 3 years was nothing, IMHO. sigh


No. I am trying to put my shop back together. I was trying to buy a
used box truck when the Hurricane hit. It was in nice shape, but it
didn't have a poer tailgate or ramp, so the guy wanted $2000 for the
2001 F350. The problems we It was titled out of state, so it had to
be taken to the county tax office for them to read the VIN. That
required insurance for a 30 day tag. The only company that bothered to
reply was Geico, and they wanted over $1784 a year for insurance, and
the county wanted $788 for the new title & tag. All that, just to get
the windowless aluminum 16' box for a shielded place for working with RF.

Then I missed out on an 8' x 24' aluminum trailer for $1000.

The third option is still open. A new 10' x16' portable shed for
$3000, plus a building permit.


The Dollar Tree Sunbeam brand LED bulb is almost identical to the
Walmart bulb. I'm trying to find a way to open the Walmart bulbs without
just taking a hammer to one of them.