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    1 year ago

    Won’t matter when lightblub manufacturing companies all agreed upon limiting the lifespan of bulbs to increase turnover.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence#Contrived_durability

    There are incandescent bulbs that still work from over 100 years ago. Modern bulbs die with less than 10 years of use. Both incandescent and LED. But this new law will, of course, increase LED bulb sales. I’m sure no politicians have increases their GE shares before this.

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      1 year ago

      This decision is about the energy efficiency of the bulbs. Incandescent bulbs turn almost all the energy they consume into infrared light and heat. LEDs turn most of the energy they use into light.

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        1 year ago

        Definitely nothing like what people would picture an incandescent bulb to look like. It’s cool as a curiosity, but not as a light source.

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      1 year ago

      So far i have never replaced any LED bulbs, and the oldest ones i have are 15+ years old.

      LED strips though, where a single dead led can bring down the whole strip, are absolutely a non sensical idea.

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        1 year ago

        Well I’ve replaced over 10 in like 3 years. They can get much hotter than incandescent, which can damage the internal circuitry. Perhaps personal experience isn’t the best gauge of reliability