Rule #1 for buying lighting: never buy anything from Feit Electric.
It is guaranteed to crap out eventually.
In my house, we have at least 40 LED bulbs. A majority are the
type that HD sells (made by Cree) that are designed to be retrofitted into
ceiling cans,
and the rest are screw-in light bulb replacements from Philips and Cree.
Many of these lights are in rooms like the kitchen and den, and are in use
for hours each day.
In two years, I have had ZERO failures.
Doug
On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 9:17 PM, Larry Spector <lspector@gmail.com> wrote:
> I made the switch a couple of years ago. The light output is definitely
> good, but not longevity. I had two LED fixtures die at just over a year,
> and because the bulb wasn't replaceable, had to replace both fixtures.
> Fortunately, I kept the receipt and Home Depot replaced them under
> warranty.
>
> If I had it to do over, I'd probably go with fixtures that take normal
> incandescent bulbs but use LED flood bulbs in them to make them
> serviceable.
>
> -Larry
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 6:01 PM, John Niolon <jniolon@att.net> wrote:
>
> > I've just changed out 5 of 8 bulbs in my corner lights on the house and
> > shop... they are typical 500 watt
> > halogen stick light fixtures... they have a pretty long life as they are
> > not
> > dusk to dawn and we only use then for company arrivals and work in front
> of
> > the shop...
> >
> > the problem is that the fixtures are metal and the lense covers are
> plastic
> > that is old (20 years) and brittle and I now have 3 of the eight with
> > cracked
> > or missing lense covers... I've had to Rube Goldberg some lense cover
> > retainers...
> >
> > so I'm thinking of replacing and considering LED.... I know the cost
> > difference but I like the low wattage and long life expect... my
> > question
> > is the light output how do they compare watt for watt as far as flood
> > light
> > illumination !!! are they as bright ?? fill me in led gurus
> >
> > thanks
> > john
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