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Planned Obsolescence is your fault
01-02-2019, 06:12 PM
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RE: Planned Obsolescence is your fault
@Max:
Well, the very first LED bulb I had, that failed was a Philips Wink
Here in Latvia, we have "KanLUX" LED bulbs and spotlights (downlights) for the most part. Priced between €1,99-5,99.
My bedstand lamp, a 1,8w LED failed within a year. Considering I'm away half the time, it actually failed in less than half a year use. Which, with abt one hour use per night in 180 days is, well, 180 hours. That would be 0,45% of the expected lifetime of the bulb. Costwise, my 15W €0,35 incandescent would be better.
Again; you mentioned that you've saved electricity to cover the price of LED conversion. That may be in a big stable og storehouse. At home, as I already mentioned, you don't save that much. Consider you have a total of 300W worth of lighting. That means that you reduce your heating by 300W. Cost is the same. And the bulbs are still 1/10th the price at €0,35-0,50 for incandescent vs €2,- to €6,- for an LED bulb.

@toml_12953:
Me to. My desktop PC, although upgraded a couple of times, still runs most of the HDD's and RAM from 2009. Also the display is pre 2010 and functioning. What I removed during last upgrade (in 2014) was the floppy drive. Datestamped 08/92 and still functioning, though not more used.
I have my 28S from 1986 (or 87), which is in, if not daily, so at least fortnightly use.
My turntable or record player is from 1989 and my laserdisk player is from 1985. I'd admit I have a "fancy" smartphone, and nearing 3 years, it has become a tad slow and it begins to self reset at inconvenient times. A pity, since I like the phone and hoped it would last almost until they killed the 4G net, whereupon I had planned for a 5G phone Smile

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