CREE LED Bulbs - Home Depot

TheProfessor · 11-03-2015, 06:24 PM

Well, I am on my 3rd CREE LED bulb on same bathroom fixture.
100 watt = 18 watts.

The first one lasted a little over a year. The 2nd (same model) lasted about the same amount of time. About a year.

The package states 17 years.

When I took the bulb out the base was hot enough to burn hand. The base does have baffles to dissipate the heat. That is what was hot.

Home Depot exchange - no charge. Just get another one. But did have to politely push the return lady a bit.

So where is the 17 years? And the fixture is open to the air.

11-03-2015, 06:24 PM	#1
TheProfessor Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,164 Thanks: 17 Thanked 357 Times in 214 Posts	CREE LED Bulbs - Home Depot Well, I am on my 3rd CREE LED bulb on same bathroom fixture. 100 watt = 18 watts. The first one lasted a little over a year. The 2nd (same model) lasted about the same amount of time. About a year. The package states 17 years. When I took the bulb out the base was hot enough to burn hand. The base does have baffles to dissipate the heat. That is what was hot. Home Depot exchange - no charge. Just get another one. But did have to politely push the return lady a bit. So where is the 17 years? And the fixture is open to the air.