We’re informed that LED-based lighting will present a really lengthy service life per bulb, however right here comes “Sportin’ Life” once more (from Porgy and Bess) to place the mislead that declare. (It ain’t essentially so.)
These 4 LED lamps every went darkish after only some months of service regardless of their packages’ promise (Determine 1).
Determine 1 4 LED bulbs that failed after a couple of months regardless of their service life being over 20 years.
Equally, one of many 5 LED lamps on this ceiling fixture additionally went darkish after only some months of service (Determine 2).
Determine 2 One in 5 LED bulbs on this ceiling lamp was rendered nonfunctional solely after a couple of months.
In my eighty years on this world, I’ve solely twice seen a brand new incandescent lamp fail so quickly after being put into service. One lamp had a service lifetime of thirty minutes and the opposite one died virtually immediately.
I attempted to chop open one of many 4 failed conical LED lamps to see what particularly had gone flawed, however I couldn’t handle to penetrate the shroud. These plastic bulb enclosures have been made from actually powerful stuff. Failing in that effort, I merely threw the 4 of them out.
Nonetheless, 4 for 4 strikes me as a reasonably shabby historical past. I changed every of the 4 with merchandise from a distinct producer, and to date, since pre-pandemic instances, these LED bulbs are nonetheless working.
It can be accomplished.
John Dunn is an electronics marketing consultant and a graduate of The Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (BSEE) and of New York College (MSEE).
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