Fairfield County, Ohio, USA | Cooperator - 5/8/2024 00:24
It's a manufacturer's dream, planned obsolescence that no one can easily prove.
I like watching electrical engineers online, who explain how all this stuff works. Some countries require an LED bulb to last a long time, so the manufacturers simply don't over-drive too much current into the same bulbs. They also explain which ones are built to last.
Basically, an LED light should last almost indefinitely, unless they build in ways for it to fail. Using cheaper components are the easiest way to make them fail, but there's also a lot of money in replacing the drivers.
Speaking of planned obsolescence: A cartel capped the planned lifetime of incandescent bulbs to 1,000 hours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel
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