How come LED Light Bulbs only last for about 2-3 Years?
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How come LED Light Bulbs only last for about 2-3 Years? - Lemmy.World
How come LED Light Bulbs only last for about 2-3 Years? I’ve bought and replaced
a lot of light bulbs, and I noticed that all of them said “up to 20,000 hours”
which would be about 5 years given 12 hours of daily use (which we definitely
don’t).
Generally because you’re buying cheaper ones that aren’t built as well. Heat destroys LEDs and the cheap bulbs generally use fewer individual LEDs running at higher power to produce a given output in lumens. More expensive bulbs use more LEDs at lower power to achieve the same light output so that they’re not constantly being overdriven and last much longer.
What would you recommend?
counselwolf