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> "I'd be happy with an LED bulb that lasted a year. I haven't yet found one that can do that reliably." I do remember in the early days of LED bulbs, many wer
by Reason077 3y ago
> "I'd be happy with an LED bulb that lasted a year. I haven't yet found one that can do that reliably."
I do remember in the early days of LED bulbs, many were quite unreliable, especially dimmable ones. It was probably more the electronics in them failing more than the LEDs themselves?
But now days LED bulbs seem much more reliable and I very rarely have to replace them. In fact the only bulbs I can recall replacing in the past 18 months living in my current house were some old CFL bulbs that hadn't actually completely failed, but had gradually become a bit too dim.
Certainly, now days, I need to replace bulbs far, far less often than in the old incandescent days where it was a regular chore in any house.
(Also, now days I avoid using old-style dimmer switches, and even removed some in one house I lived in. Better to get a smart bulb with it's own built-in dimming if you want it.)
- SoftTalker 3y agoWhat brand of LED bulb do you buy? I'm consistently replacing one or two bulbs a month around the house. I don't know if it's the electronics or the LEDs; I don't really care either.
- artimaeis 3y agoJumping in to recommend Cree if they're still around. Used to be able to get them at Home Depot here in the US. I started going Cree when I was renting 10 years ago, I've yet to have a single failure of the bulbs that I've drug with me to the place I live now. Have at least 25 bulbs currently in the house that are Cree LEDs. Their reliability actually has me frustrated at the current trend of lighting fixtures with integrated LEDs that I have 0 trust in.
- andrewjf 3y agoI’m replacing all the ecosmart bulbs with crees. The normal 60w/100w equivalents have been fine so far, but I have some 7500 lumen Cree ED37s that are trash, replaced 3 already out of ~7. Not sure what the deal is. Maybe my power at my house is bad or something. We blow through LEDs like crazy. They just start flickering.
- com2kid 3y agoAt that point it is the wiring in your house. LEDs are super sensitive to crappy wiring. I have a couple receptacles in my house that just chew up LEDs, one a year, while the LEDs next to them have lasted for 5+.
- xnyan 3y agoIkea and generic home depot LEDs have lasted 13 years of daily use with zero failures. Also, I've never seen that high a rate of LED failure. You may want to have your house checked out by an electrician for peace of mind.
- SoftTalker 3y agoNo trouble with any other electronics in the house. Just the bulbs.
- AdamN 3y agoProbably an old dimmer or something in the light circuit or you're getting some weird off-brand LEDs - my LEDs last for years.