After reading all the hype about LED lamps I purchased about 20, maybe 6-9 months ago. 3 or 4 different brands and styles and wattage's. I was expecting long life from them but that doesn't seem to be true. So far I've had 6 fail. One was a flood lamp. I chucked it up in the lathe and cut it apart. It had 6 little square yellow LED's. Two LED's were burned black. Another was 100w equivalent regular house type lamp. I cut it apart but didn't find anything burned. Some of the solder joints on the driver circuit board didn't look good and looked to be done by hand manually. The other solder joints looked to be done by machine.
I've checked the voltage supply several times, it's always normal. If that's about par for LED's I'll have to switch back to incandescents. The hype of long life and high price lured me in. I also have 2 four foot double row shop lamps, about 2 years old. One of them has started flickering occasionally. Has anyone on PM had better success with LED's or are having the same problems?
I've checked the voltage supply several times, it's always normal. If that's about par for LED's I'll have to switch back to incandescents. The hype of long life and high price lured me in. I also have 2 four foot double row shop lamps, about 2 years old. One of them has started flickering occasionally. Has anyone on PM had better success with LED's or are having the same problems?