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Re:Electronics are built with death dates. Let’s not keep th... by wccrawford on Sunday August 07, 2022 @08:02AM (#32375819)
I've got a lot of different brands of LED light bulbs and I think maybe one has "burned out" over the years. I have to wonder if maybe the power in their house is less "clean" than it should be, or if their area has a lot of power spikes or brownouts and they just don't realize it.
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Re:Electronics are built with death dates. Let’s not keep th... by yetanotherloser on Sunday August 07, 2022 @08:21AM (#32375904)
That's an interesting possibility I hadn't considered. I don't really have a handle on how robust these things innately are but I'm sure there is no room in the average bulb's bill of materials for any special handling for rough power.
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