First-World Problems...

Okay, maybe this isn't a problem. That's an early generation LED light that I installed almost 10 years ago. And lest you think that it is in some out-of-the-way place in the house...nope! It's in the kitchen, and those lights are on for most of the day. 16-18 hours!

That light has probably been on for 50,000 hours, and amazingly it didn't stop working; it just got dim enough to be noticeable.

And yes, I date those lights, because I am a geek, and I also find it interesting to see how pathetically inaccurate the promised useful life is for these things. I have had LEDs fail after a few hundred hours! And damned straight I got warranty replacements!

I know that most of us (I am included in that generalization) got pissy when the government demanded that we stop using incandescent lighting. Screw you...I'll do what I want. So I now have several boxes of incandescent bulbs that I will probably never use, because the market caught up with government diktat, and modern LEDs are excellent. Maybe not perfect for all applications, but I am pleased with them.

So...harrumph!

posted by CBD at 02:00 PM

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