+1 Ours have been working for 2yrs or more.
On 5/27/2017 12:27 PM, George Skorup wrote:
We bought a bunch of 4' LED tubes for our office. They were like $8-9
each. I don't remember the brand or where we bought them. Built-in
transformer, so you just bypass or cut out the ballast and wire them
all 120VAC at one end. 50 or 60, I forget. About 15 are wired to a
breaker that we flip on if we're on generator. The rest have been used
daily for well over a year with no failures.
On 5/27/2017 10:02 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
Hmm, I have confirmed over 50% failures on my HomeDepot Cree Bulbs, I
bought 6 and have replaced 3 so far.
On 5/27/2017 9:57 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
I have converted everything to LED from Home Depot. Zero failures.
-----Original Message----- From: Nate Burke Sent: Saturday, May 27,
2017 8:53 AM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] OT: LED Lifespan
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.
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