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I've had great LED longevity. Early in 2017 my electric company was doing some kind of instant rebate deal with retailers so that the rebate was taken off autom
by tzs 3y ago
I've had great LED longevity. Early in 2017 my electric company was doing some kind of instant rebate deal with retailers so that the rebate was taken off automatically at the register. It brought Walmart's "Great Value" brand non-dimmable 800 and 450 lumen bulbs down to $0.17.
I went around the house counting bulbs, found that I had something like 26 incandescent 60 W or 40 W bulbs, and bought enough Walmart bulbs to replace them, plus another dozen to have spares. Since then all my non-smart bulbs other than the small incandescents in some appliances, two incandescents used as heaters in my well shed, and two that are in places I don't go (attic and crawlspace) have been those Great Value bulbs.
I've only had one fail in the 6.5 years since then. That was one in the garage that I dropped onto the concrete floor when screwing it in. They are plastic, not glass, so it didn't shatter like a glass bulb would, but it did not work afterwards.
I gave it to someone at work who was interested in taking it apart to see what broke. If I recall correctly there is an inductor on the PCB is just attached by some thing wire leads and one of those leads broke.