I’d be happy to send you a box of “failed way early” LED bulbs if you’ll cover the shipping.
My latest was one of those folding section “garage” lights. It was great through last winter. But in late March IIRC, the days were a bit warmer: The inadequate heat sinking and ambient temperatures more like 80 deg. F near the ceiling made the light run so hot that plastic parts of the “leaves” fried, and most sections of the LED’s burned out too.*
*I’d have to go pull it out - this may be another one where solder melted and ran off the LED elements solder joints.
Hey, don’t believe me - go on YouTube and find dozens of vids of people repairing / attempting to repair LED bulbs that farted out in this manner.
Now, “big brand name” (say, GE) LED bulbs usually hold up well - I have some that are at least 10 years old now and got lots of use. They’ve lost about half their brightness, but, that’s actually not bad - most bulb types’ lumen output diminishes substantially with long use. Another advantage is that LEDs (at least good quality LED bulbs) don’t care about being turned on and off thousands or even tens of thousands of times. Great for bathroom lights!
Also, I added additional heat sinking to another one of those folding lights. According to my temperature “gun” that got the operating temperature in ~80 deg. surroundings down to around 200 deg. F, and so far the light is holding up. :-) The heat sinks, screws, and heat conductive paste probably cost me as much as the light did, tho’. :-(
“I’d be happy to send you a box of “failed way early” LED bulbs if you’ll cover the shipping.”
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“I’d be happy to send you a box of “failed way early” LED bulbs if you’ll cover the shipping.”
“Oh, come on. That is the most idiotic suggestion made on FR this year.”