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Cheap LED Shop lights
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Dan Dubeau
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That sucks. How many hours do you figure you got from them?
Still no failures here. 2 strips fell off the ceiling though, but that was my fault being lazy not moving a toolbox to setup a ladder, and thinking that one clip and the hard joint to the next strips was enough to hold it there. Stuck them back up (with another clip this time), and they worked fine.
Still no failures here. 2 strips fell off the ceiling though, but that was my fault being lazy not moving a toolbox to setup a ladder, and thinking that one clip and the hard joint to the next strips was enough to hold it there. Stuck them back up (with another clip this time), and they worked fine.
I bought my first set of lights in 2019 and those are the ones that failed. That's five years of elapsed time. Running time, I'd use 1.5 hrs/day average for 1825 days = ~2700 hrs give or take.
We found the Chinese white LEDs we selected back in 2009 started fading after less than one month of 24 hour use. About 1/2 the intensity. We switched to Japanese Nichia cold white LEDs. Using one of the online day/night hours calculator that works out over 15 years to 64,277.5 hours.
Each lamp has 6 strips of 32 LEDs in series so the failure of one LED takes out a strip. Failure of the power supply takes out the lamp. The strips are oriented so that even if one goes, the other 5 often make up the difference since the lens angle of the LEDs is 20 degrees and they overlap over a 180 degree area.
The last I looked there is at least one lamp not functional. We're looking into providing a replacement or repair. I think the biggest reason for the life is that they aren't being run at their full rated intensity.
How many do you have?
Do you remember the brand?
I have 6 @ 8' that I bought from the Commercial lighting store on ArdersierRd. They are the ballast bypass variety where you remove the ballast and direct wire the tombstones.
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Thanks Mike!I have 6 @ 8' that I bought from the Commercial lighting store on ArdersierRd. They are the ballast bypass variety where you remove the ballast and direct wire the tombstones.
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ChazzC
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I have a mix of LED's in the shop and garage: some FEIT LED direct replacement bulbs and some out-of-the-box LED Shop Lights (all 4'). Garage fixtures probably average less than an hour a day and the shop/basement 4 — 6 hours. I installed the FEIT bulbs at least 8 years ago and they are still going strong, probably because I have a spare pair:
I also installed the FEIT's in my office Troffer fixtures at the same time; these are on 6 — 10 hours a day, and the only problem I had was I had to disconnect the fixture above my workstation because the d__n things are still too bright!
I also installed the FEIT's in my office Troffer fixtures at the same time; these are on 6 — 10 hours a day, and the only problem I had was I had to disconnect the fixture above my workstation because the d__n things are still too bright!
Team, word of warning - LEDs and SFL bulbs are flickering. Probably more expensive are not , but worth checking. That is bad not just for your eyes but also it is strob effect - rotating parts can be seen as staying still . Please, mix LED/SFL with regular incandesced bulbs.
