Path: ...!npeer.as286.net!npeer-ng0.as286.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: BillGill Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: The insane progress nobody is talking about Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 08:18:52 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:18:52 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="52b786630e460d310706e52f64e24ec6"; logging-data="2728613"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19WUsHWKAsuw43OrPMuOx5Lk5mRWnTZuNw=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:m7gbU6tWEeNkKAbzjFq/6UaqdLc= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2252 On 6/19/2024 1:22 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote: > Robert Woodward wrote: >> >> I have been replacing LED bulbs at a much higher rate than that for one >> particular fixture. They aren't lasting even 10 thousand hours (why that >> is happening, I have no idea - if the fixture was wired up wrong, the >> incandescent bulbs I had been using wouldn't had lasted as long as they >> did). > > They aren't designed to last very long, that's the problem. The typical > cheap American ones fail more frequently than long-life incandescents. > > But there's no reason you can't make more expensive ones with much longer > life, like the ones required for use in Dubai. The problem is that people > don't want to pay more money for a better product unless they are forced to > do so. > --scott I found out that a lot of the lower priced store brands don't last as long as they should. I have given up buying them, and buying name brands instead. For example I don't buy LED bulbs at Walmart. I go to someplace that offers a choice. Bill