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I am reading this post on my laptop, in bed. In my grand parent's house. There's a bedside lamp next to the bed and the bulb is at least 30 years old. Two gene
by johnchristopher 7y ago
I am reading this post on my laptop, in bed. In my grand parent's house.
There's a bedside lamp next to the bed and the bulb is at least 30 years old. Two generation of children have used that bedside lamp to read stuff at night or walk to the bathroom.
Meanwhile my LED - whatever the brand - are failing between 6 months and two years.
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- ujjjujjj 7y agoPerfect! A great picture of the lightbulb. Its easily identifiable not :) Nonetheless in the last 20 years all my normal light bulbs had to be replaced on a regular schedule which was often enough that i got slightly annnoyed by it. My expensive philips hue, no issues so far.
- zippergz 7y agoSomwething seems wrong if your non-cheap LEDs are dying that quickly. I have an entire house of LEDs, many going on 5-6 years old, and I only ever recall replacing two (and they were a pair, used outdoors -- only one failed, but I replaced both so they would match).
- perl4ever 7y agoIf you have 5-6 year old LED bulbs, then they represent the state of the market 5-6 years ago, and aren't necessarily representative of current quality.
- ricardobeat 7y agoIt's also consuming 10x more energy for every minute it is on.
- OrgNet 7y agoit's very rare for me to have an LED bulb that last less than 2 years... but I have 4x 18-watts recessed led fixtures in the kitchen and one burnt out after about 2 years and they are no longer manufactured so I have to find one that look-a-like....
- DrScump 7y agoThere's an original light bulb from 1901 in continuous use at a Livermore, CA fire station: https://www.centennialbulb.org/ https://www.centennialbulb.org/
- saagarjha 7y agoOf course, that particular bulb is run quite dim, which helps preserve its longevity.
- himinlomax 7y agoAn under-fed incandescent could last centuries. However it would waste 95% of its energy as heat instead of producing light. That's actually not much of an issue if you either live in a cold climate and the heat is useful to you, or if the light is only lit on occasion (attic, cellar, closet ...).
- cr0sh 7y agoMy wife and I were talking about what lamps we had that were LED vs fluorescent vs incandescent; one of the bulbs that we have that is of the latter is in our closet, and has been there since before we bought the house in 2002 (the house was built in 1973). 18 years now, maybe longer, but it still turns on and has yet to burn out. Of course, we don't use it much, and it's only something like 30 watts (clear bulb). Someday, maybe, it'll get replaced.