How come LED Light Bulbs only last for about 2-3 Years?

I’ve bought and replaced a lot of light bulbs, and I noticed that all of them said “up to 20,000 hours” which would be about 5 years given 12 hours of daily use (which we definitely don’t).

      • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
        62·
        8 days ago

        Just Google “how to increase my fire risk to save $2 on a new LED”. Should be a how to guide or two out there.

        • beastlykings@sh.itjust.works
          5·
          8 days ago

          Some people like tinkering. Big Clive has a series of videos on Dubai led bulbs. The government mandates that the bulbs be extra efficient and last extra long, so they are built with more filaments driven at a lower current. They run cooler and last longer. You can do a similar thing with American bulbs if you’re handy with a soldering iron.

          Honestly, with how poor many of these things are mass produced, opening them up yourself is practically a personal form of quality control. Whether you modify it or not I bet it’s less likely to die prematurely or burn your house down than those of a regular person who doesn’t open them 🤷‍♂️

      • Tired and bored@lemmy.world
        1·
        8 days ago

        Well I’ve done it just twice, I don’t even remember what I did, I just soldered things that seemed broken.

        I’m not al electrical engineer whatsoever but the heat unglued the cover of the bulb exposing the circuits so I was like “lemme try”