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Re:Cartels might shorten LED bulb life, increasing emissions by echlebek on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @02:57PM (#31264441)
I just had two LED bulbs fail after a year, around the same time. I absolutely believe this story. There is no reason they should have failed so quickly, even if I was running them 100% of the time, they should have lasted far longer. The only conclusion I could come up with is that they were designed to fail early.
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Re:Cartels might shorten LED bulb life, increasing emissions by rasz on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @07:13PM (#31267090)
>There is no reason they should have failed so quickly

electrolyte boiled off in the caps from heat

>they were designed to fail early

its more of they were designed to last the warranty period with minimal manufacturing cost

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