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I have Philips vacuum cleaner, I guess it's 30 years old. Some ducttape on the hose but still going strong. I bought a cordless one 2 years ago (also Philips, 8

I have Philips vacuum cleaner, I guess it's 30 years old. Some ducttape on the hose but still going strong. I bought a cordless one 2 years ago (also Philips, 8000 series), really love it, but it's starting to fail. I go back to the shop and the thing just works like normal, come back home... brush and leds fails periodically. So annoying. I also own a lot of supossed 25.000 hours-of-life Leds, that failed after 1-2 years of incidental use. Also annoyes the sh** out of me.

bayindirh 4y ago
> I also own a lot of supossed 25.000 hours-of-life Leds, that failed after 1-2 years of incidental use. Also annoyes the sh* out of me. Of all the compact florescent and LED bulbs I have bought, I has died because of a faulty component prematurely, and one has a whining driver. Other than that I failed to reach end of life of any of them. So, I never bought the second round because of that. Oh, I killed a couple of CFLs because of heat, possibly.
doubled112 4y ago
Speaking of vacuums, I bought a $70 upright Bissell 10+ years ago now. It is one of my examples of "win some, lose some" in products, and how high prices don't mean quality or durability. I've replaced the belt once. With the amount of hair I pulled out of the beater bar at the same time, I'm not sure the belt was the cause. Works as well as the day we brought it home.
Jupe 4y ago
LED's will last 25,000 hours. The drivers (the components that convert AC to the required DC, at a constant/steady rate) however, apparently die long before the actual LED does. I've replaced many so far. It's not hard if you can use a soldering iron (and the light in question supports it). If your LEDs are blinking, that's a sure-fire sign that the driver is bad (not the LED). And, from my experience, it's probably the battery that's failing in your cordless vac.
- teekert 4y ago
  It keeps the vacuum, it's really the brush head with the rotating brush and leds that fails periodically. Feel like as I move some conctact are broken and restored.
  - Jupe 4y ago
    Sorry to hear that. We had a few cordless vacs - each one has died due to the battery. No replacements available :/ Even the very expensive Dyson. So far, my Dewalt cordless vac (which has a replaceable battery, by design, since it's a Dewalt) works OK. It's a mini shop-vac, but we pull it out for various household uses as needed.
    - teekert 4y ago
      Yeah, if this one really fails I'm going for this Makita [0] or similar, I have a bunch of those batteries + double fast charger already and the price seems right, although perhaps it will function less well, it seems to be a lot simpler of a device (plus, I love anything with those batteries, it's an addiction ;)). [0] https://www.makitatools.com/products/details/XLC02ZB https://www.makitatools.com/products/details/XLC02ZB
nonameiguess 4y ago
I had this issue in my house that was built six years ago. Lights going out all over the place that are supposed to have really long lives. When I finally replaced a few of them, it didn't seem to be the lights. The lazy ass subcontractors hired by the worthless builder installed a bunch of the wiring incorrectly. Every light I have replaced so far wasn't even grounded. Ground wire just flapping in the wind.
- dave78 4y ago
  A missing ground connection would have no effect on the light bulbs.
  - teekert 4y ago
    Was going to say this, does a bulb even have a connection for "ground", I never saw that. Some armatures do though...
theandrewbailey 4y ago
When I was growing up, my mom got a Kirby vacuum. It was built like a tank, and seemed to hold up like one, too. When I was at college a few years later, I found a Kirby on a curb for the trash (landlord cleaned out an apartment). I took it, spent $100 on belts, bags, and attachments, and it's been with me for 15 years. When the pandemic hit, I finally bought more bags, and while I was at it, replaced the cord and light bulb. It very well might outlast me.

bayindirh 4y ago

> I also own a lot of supossed 25.000 hours-of-life Leds, that failed after 1-2 years of incidental use. Also annoyes the sh* out of me. Of all the compact florescent and LED bulbs I have bought, I has died because of a faulty component prematurely, and one has a whining driver. Other than that I failed to reach end of life of any of them. So, I never bought the second round because of that. Oh, I killed a couple of CFLs because of heat, possibly.

doubled112 4y ago

Speaking of vacuums, I bought a $70 upright Bissell 10+ years ago now. It is one of my examples of "win some, lose some" in products, and how high prices don't mean quality or durability. I've replaced the belt once. With the amount of hair I pulled out of the beater bar at the same time, I'm not sure the belt was the cause. Works as well as the day we brought it home.

Jupe 4y ago

LED's will last 25,000 hours. The drivers (the components that convert AC to the required DC, at a constant/steady rate) however, apparently die long before the actual LED does. I've replaced many so far. It's not hard if you can use a soldering iron (and the light in question supports it). If your LEDs are blinking, that's a sure-fire sign that the driver is bad (not the LED). And, from my experience, it's probably the battery that's failing in your cordless vac.

teekert 4y ago
It keeps the vacuum, it's really the brush head with the rotating brush and leds that fails periodically. Feel like as I move some conctact are broken and restored.
- Jupe 4y ago
  Sorry to hear that. We had a few cordless vacs - each one has died due to the battery. No replacements available :/ Even the very expensive Dyson. So far, my Dewalt cordless vac (which has a replaceable battery, by design, since it's a Dewalt) works OK. It's a mini shop-vac, but we pull it out for various household uses as needed.
  - teekert 4y ago
    Yeah, if this one really fails I'm going for this Makita [0] or similar, I have a bunch of those batteries + double fast charger already and the price seems right, although perhaps it will function less well, it seems to be a lot simpler of a device (plus, I love anything with those batteries, it's an addiction ;)). [0] https://www.makitatools.com/products/details/XLC02ZB https://www.makitatools.com/products/details/XLC02ZB

nonameiguess 4y ago

I had this issue in my house that was built six years ago. Lights going out all over the place that are supposed to have really long lives. When I finally replaced a few of them, it didn't seem to be the lights. The lazy ass subcontractors hired by the worthless builder installed a bunch of the wiring incorrectly. Every light I have replaced so far wasn't even grounded. Ground wire just flapping in the wind.

dave78 4y ago
A missing ground connection would have no effect on the light bulbs.
- teekert 4y ago
  Was going to say this, does a bulb even have a connection for "ground", I never saw that. Some armatures do though...

theandrewbailey 4y ago

When I was growing up, my mom got a Kirby vacuum. It was built like a tank, and seemed to hold up like one, too. When I was at college a few years later, I found a Kirby on a curb for the trash (landlord cleaned out an apartment). I took it, spent $100 on belts, bags, and attachments, and it's been with me for 15 years. When the pandemic hit, I finally bought more bags, and while I was at it, replaced the cord and light bulb. It very well might outlast me.