[jparsoneau@aol.com]

Our house is only eight months old and only occupied probably four months out of those eight months. I have replace close to a half a dozen lightbulbs from burnt out to blinking lightbulbs

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by ohioshooter

We have replaced 4 of the decorative LED bulbs in our 2 month old house. The replacement bulbs (same brand and wattage) say 15,000 hours life. Am I the only one? Never had this problem before. Our last house was all LED.

You've been lucky. I have a bag full of blown LED bulbs. The bad news is where there are several bulbs in a fixture and one blows, it is hard to find one where the color of the light matches exactly. If, they do not meet the stated life, you may be able to return them. Do you have the receipt? I don't. The cost to return them if purchased mail order, is often close to or more than you paid for the bulb. Like all electronic items, they are far less expensive than they used to be.

I've had better luck with with branded bulbs. American brands such as GE are still made in China but hopefully the quality control, the specs are higher.

I have a set of CREE lamps in our outside light controlled fixture. They've been working just fine for roughly ten hours a day for 9 years. 7x10=70 a week x52week=3640 a year x 9yrs=32760 hours.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

In 5+ years we have had two or three fail but they do appear to be dimmer now than when new or maybe my eyes are getting bad. Do they in fact start getting dim after several years?

No. An advantage of LED bulbs is the do not get dimmer. Fluorescent bulbs do get dimmer. The amount of light can drop to half before they fail. Tungsten bulbs the filament over time is deposited on the envelope-the glass enclosure. You will see that a clear bulb, easiest to see, blackens before the bulb fails so a loss of light quantity and a change of color of the light.

[Luggage]

Chinese bulbs go bad , buy the better brand like feit

[birdawg]

Originally Posted by ohioshooter

After my sixth bulb went out I checked the temp of the others on that circuit. Three lamps above my island. After 30 minutes of being on the bulb was 104 deg. I could easily hold my hand on it indefinitely. The problem is not heat.

The problem is the dimmer switch

[ohioshooter]

Originally Posted by birdawg

The problem is the dimmer switch

You may right but I never dim them, and some of the ones that have burned out are not on dimmers.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by ton80

Coach,
I have done various engineering for 50+ years and believe in real life experience.

LED bulbs that I have purchased do not get very hot.

I agree with the previous poster that LED bulbs should not burn out from excessive heat.

The problem with an individuals real life experiences is that their sample size is usually very small to tiny encased within a personal bias of belief, and you are discounting my real life experience of heat

Should is not the same as does for many more reasons that only the designer and manufacturer know. Many and most models do not, but there are some which do, and those i had, had a warning on the label about not to be used in an enclosure, so even the mfg knows about the heat issue.

but keep posting the electrical equations may be correct, but the particular components and design gave off the heat. don't disagree that the design was not the best modern solution, but that doesn't mean the heat wasn't real.

[birdawg]

Originally Posted by ohioshooter

You may right but I never dim them, and some of the ones that have burned out are not on dimmers.

Me neither, that’s what I thought they say it’s the type the Villages uses. Try the bulbs in a lamp some work if they are not on a dimmer switch

[Viperguy]

Thank the EPA

[karenzeee]

Yep - I have replaced several! SMH

[davephan]

Some of the LED bulbs fail. LED bulbs claim to last for many years, and sometimes that’s true, sometimes not true. The early LED bulbs years ago were less reliable than today’s LED bulbs, in general. But some LED bulbs still fail long before their rated service life. I prefer the warm white 2700K LED bulbs, which are harder to find.

You might also spend a little more money on the Lutron Caseta dimmers or interrupters for your outdoor light switches. Those Lutron light switches can be programmed with your cellphone to turn on at sunset and off at sunrise. It’s programmed to your sunset and sunrise at your zip code. You set it one time, then it follows the changing sunset and sunrise times perfectly, even during the standard / daylight saving time changes. I see so many homes in the community that have the outdoor lights on during the daylight or forget to turn the outdoor lights on at night. The Lutron Caseta light switches solve that problem permanently.

[Regorp]

Originally Posted by Dotneko

If your house is still under warranty, they will come and replace them.

Been here 3 weeks and 2 bathroom LED bulbs are out. Have to check the warranty for a chance to replace. Hard to find the exact bulb and don't know if dimmable. Thanks.

[Matzy]

We replaced all bulbs in the 2014 house, just one bulb went out after 2 hours. Lowes replaced it right away. We use GE BULBS.

[BrianL]

Every LED light bulb has a power supply to convert the 110 VAC to the DC voltage required by the LEDs. The thing that goes bad in most LED light blubs is the AC to DC power supply. The actual LEDs are fine; however, they no longer have power once the power supply goes out.

[bark4me]

It's called builder grade materials. I've had to replace quite a few in our new house. I'm sure before the house is a year old I will have replaced all the bulbs