#ledfailure

[calijonathan]

I can’t quite figure this hallway light out. LED lights are supposed to last for so much longer than incandescent. Yet over the past few months, these two have a harder and harder time waking up. Sort of like me. #ledlights #ledfailure (at Vacaville, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-UNyDZHBND/?igshid=19podw2p1hh3x

[tspacearchitects]

I am a big fan of LED lighting. 

It's definitely the way to go. Bulbs are now available in a warm white (look for 2,700 to 3,000 degrees), and dimmable versions, and each bulb uses around a tenth of the electricity that a conventional filament bulb would (that's because we are not relying on heating something up until its white hot to use as a light source). The bulbs also last much longer, up to 30,000 hours we are told (5.5 hours a day for 15 years).

....or do they? A year ago, we installed over 100 bulbs thinking they would last us for years (they are much more expensive). However, 30% of them have already failed. The supplier is replacing them for new (apparently it's due to substandard circuit boards), but I guess this is a new technology that is still maturing.

I will be sticking with it, but will certainly avoid light fittings that have integrated (non-replaceable) LED bulbs.