Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S.::America’s ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly.

  • @wmassingham
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    61 year ago

    I can’t remember ever having to replace a dead LED bulb. And only a few CFLs. But I remember replacing incandescents all the time when I was a kid.

    • @cerevant
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      21 year ago

      My LED burn outs were almost certainly defective, not normal wear.

    • @jiji
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      21 year ago

      In my old apartment I lived in for 6 years I must have had a faulty kitchen light that did something to the bulbs because I changed LEDs in that like more than once a year, but none of the other lights I changed. Granted I also turned on that light way more than the overhead bedroom light so idk. But I definitely killed quite a few LEDs.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          This… Doesn’t seem right? Dimmable LEDs are switched hundreds of times a second as would the resistors and other components in series with them. Computers turn on and off transistors (mosfets) millions of times per second. Dude flipping a switch a few times isn’t close to that.

          Heat is the worst enemy of most electronics. Many LEDs are put in places where heat is not dissipated well which can shorten life span.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            Excessive heat perhaps, and yeah, bulbs with bad thermal design, or bulbs installed in tight enclosures do die a lot faster.

            It’s also temperature changes that cause problems. A current that flickers 50-60 times a second is not going to fluctuate it’s temperature. Turn it on or off every 10 minutes and the components will shrink or expand each time, and the components will eventually start to fail.

        • @jiji
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          01 year ago

          Yeah that occurred to me like in the middle of the thought process and I just rolled with it. 😅 That apartment kitchen was so dark I turned the lights on a lot.

    • BombOmOm
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      -21 year ago

      Had my current place for four years now, one of my first tasks was to replace all the bulbs with LEDs. Exactly two have burnt out; amusingly, neither were among the most heavily used bulbs; one I suspect took water damage, since it was in the bathroom.