LED light fixture question

[Alton]

Whether your buying led fixtures or lamps buy a couple spares. That way if one goes out you can replace it with one that has the same color. Incandescent dimmers will not work well with led lamps. Also you will need to buy led lamps that are dimmable. I love my Hue lamps from Phillips. Mostly because they where free from my son. I can sit here in my office at work and turn them on.

 

[Bekeart]

Finding the faulty bulb - Easier method

I bought a four bulb ceiling fixture to solve a years long lighting problem in our kitchen. Instead of incandescent bulbs I used LEDs. The light was beautiful, but after a few months one of the LEDs started to intermittently flicker. Only when my back was turned, of course.

It took months for me to identify the bad one and replace it. It probably would have been better for my sanity to just replace all four.

While overall LEDs last longer, some small number will fail prematurely.

I would have removed one lamp and lived with three for a few days.

If no flicker - the removed lamp was faulty.
If still having flicker - replace first lamp and remove second lamp.
Again wait a few days watching for flicker.
Repeat as needed until the flickering lamp is identified.

Bekeart

 

[steelslaver]

I have little knowledge of electrical matter but our house is less than 10 years old. In the room I am in now is a ceiling fan/light fixture. I switched to LED bulbs as the OEM incandescent quit. The LED flickered constantly. I removed them put incandescent bulbs back in and the flickering stopped.
Anyone able to explain that?

I suspect that the fan motor circuit is somehow causing small spikes in the light circuit to cause this.

 

[Targets Guy]

LEDs do not need to be kept on. My experience with them is when they start to flicker they don't have many hours left in them. I am replacing one after about six years of service; it is an under counter light and stays on from 0700 till 0000. So that is 17 hours a day for six years = 37,230 hours. Add an extra 17 hours for the one year of leap year in that six year period.