I replaced all my lights in my house to LED and haven't had any failures in over a year now.
Thanks for the heads up on the LED filament bulbs, those were the only ones I didn't replace yet because they were ugly, but these are way better and I'm going to buy them on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/LIGHTSTORY-Candelabra-Chandelier-Equivalent-Dimmable/dp/B01MZ2AQL4/ Then I'll be all LED finally. I replaced all my office florescence bulbs that were three to a fixture, with direct LED replacements at two to a fixture and its been great. Less than half the power usage, cuts my electrical bill way down. -----Original Message----- From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2017 9:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: LED Lifespan There is an LED design that has the LEDS embedded in a very small rod that is covered by some kind of phosphor. They look like long incandescent filaments. The lumens per watt is the same as a regular LED and the price is about the same. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED_filament They have the best color temperature for warming up the room. Very very similar to tungsten. Nice in places where you don't want extremely bright bulbs and you want the slightly yellow of tungsten. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Prince Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2017 9:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: LED Lifespan We've been replacing incandescent and CFL lights as they fail. We found that CFLs don't like being turned off/on a lot; it seems to increase their failure rate. We've been doing this for about 4 years, and so far, we have had zero LED failures. We like the LEDs because the color is more natural than any of the CFLs. I don't know how many LED lights we have, but well over half of our total lights are LED now. Last year we replaced the recessed fluorescent lights (4 X 40W = 160W total) in our kitchen with 9 "Halo" LED lights (9 X 8W = 72W total). The LEDs produce far more light, and they are dimmable. In the evening when we're not working in the kitchen, the lights are turned down to maybe 25% of normal. In terms of energy usage we have to be less than 25% of what we used before, and the quality of the light is just many, many times better. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 5/27/2017 7:53 AM, Nate Burke wrote: > I've converted some things to A type LED Bulbs at my house, mainly for > the reduced heat output, but I'm not seeing anywhere near the lifespan > advertised. I would say ~50% failure rate within 2 years. I'm betting > the actual LED's are fine, but the driver burns out. Is this common > with LED's or am I just really unlucky? We installed a bunch of 4' > LED Shop lights, granted they were all the same manufacturer, but we > have about 75% failed within 8 months.
