On Sunday, 11 August 2019 11:01:26 UTC+1, Roger Hayter wrote:
tabbypurr wrote:

Why do people buy light fittings with bulbs they can't change?

Because the concept of a "bulb" belongs to a time when the light
emitting part of a luminaire was a short life relatively cheap to make

still is

encapsulated hot wire. Now that the light emitting part is an
electronic component with many other components to control it and makes
up a significant fraction of the cost to the whole fitting, the idea of
a separate bulb is completely obsolete.

not even remotely.

Not least because it imposes
artificial restrictions of size and cost on the electronics. There is
no reason why a light fitting should not have the same life as any other
electronic consumer device, and no reason at all why you should expect
to replace part of it rather than the whole.

Let's see. Each time the Led fails I can replace the Led with a new one for £3, or if I were fool enough to fall for what you claim one can buy a new £20 unit and pay an electrician £50 to replace the thing each time. Which do you think is smarter?


NT