It depends on which ones you buy. Surprisingly the Cree units I bought early
on (about 10 years ago) have had a poor lifespan. As you say the controllers
give up. Since then I've been buying Sylvania and had zero failures.
National Grid recently had a deal, 20 bulbs for $10 with free shipping. Other
than taking 4 weeks to arrive it seems like a pretty good deal. They had some
nice candelabra bulbs with full size bases that fit our ceiling fans. I'd had
trouble getting that style bulb with the big base.
Most of the rest of the bulbs are going into the house up north which is full
of 100w incandescent bulbs. Oh, one of the 100w equivalent should go into the
garage to replace the last CFL. I'm amazed that one has survived, it really
suffers in the cold.
-Curt
On Monday, June 28, 2021, 1:14:07 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
I have not experienced the LED lights lasting longer. Maybe the LEDs
themselves do, but there are electronics to convert the 120VAC line supply to
whatever the LED needs and that seems to be the weak point. I am replacing LED
bulbs (and CFLs before that) about as often as I did incandescents.
Allan
On Mon, Jun 28, 2021, at 8:02 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
>
> These will use like 1/5 of the energy and last 20x as long. In the long run
> they're a way better deal if for no other reason than you wont need to find
> and replace as much.
> LEDs are much more rugged in use too.
>
> One of my favorite features of the gas fridge at camp is the LED lights in
> it. They use 3x AA batteries, just have to remember to take one out when we
> go home or the lights stay on...
>
> -Curt
>
> On Saturday, June 26, 2021, 4:35:59 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>
> Funny how we are happy to now pay $20+ for two 100W bulbs, when the same
> rated incandescent bulbs would have cost maybe $1 before they were banned.
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 26, 2021, at 4:29 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
> > I was at Costco this afternoon and they had these LED lights you screw
> > into a regular bulb fixture, they have 3 parts you can adjust to aim
> > them to the side, down, whatever. Pack of 2 for $20 on sale. I had
> > seen these things on web adverts and they were a bit more than that,
> > like $11 or $13 each. So I bought a set and put them in the garage shop
> > when I got home. WHOA!!!! These things are great, much more light than a
> > 100W bulb and you can orient them to shine on a large area. I think I'm
> > going to get another set to go into these little rooms in the back of
> > the garage where I have other stuff.
> >
> > If you are a Costco member I would strongly recommend getting some. They
> > are so transformative Bob is now my auntie!
> >
> > --
> > --FT
> >
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