I have had an led bulb come apart.
It was in a lamp and not enclosed. The lamp was on a timer - X10 - and nobody was home. When I returned, the light was off. I reached over the lamp shape and the "bulb" portion of the light came right off in my hand. The base with the LEDs would no longer light.
This was not glass but more like a plastic shade in the shape of a globe. I don't believe that this would shatter BUT if the top fell off, that plastic shade would cause an ugly scene if it fell on a stove.
I do not know if the bulb was lit when it came apart or how violent the separation was but if it it had not been totally vertical, it sure would have fallen off.
Jerry Hnidy
Davenport Florida
Davenport Florida
On Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 23:41 Ron Johnson l0c0l0b0@hotmail.com [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Although I agree with all your actions on the replacing bulbs with LEDs, and I thank you for the info about those Chinese bulbs, I would definitely not replace the hood fan bulb over the stove with LED. The reason is the heat over the stove, though not in the hundreds of degrees, might still be enough to shatter the bulb. Granted, I've not heard of it happening but I would prefer to be on the safe side, especially when there is food involved.
From: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of 2scott@bellsouth.net [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 9:41 PM
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DIY] Re: 60 watt limityes I have done the very same thing in many places in my home. ie
installed 100watt ( brightness) new technology LED bulbs where theysay the limit is 60 watts. Usually on the package they actuallysay the bulb is a 100 watt replacement bulb and then they will sayit actually puts out or consumes for instance 24 watts in heat or current.
I have found that many of the chinese or imported renamed LED bulbsto not last very long and fail in 6 to 10 months etc and there is not muchI can do. No doubt the end may be speeded up by little circulationand too much heat etc even though they are LED. SO... now I onlybuy General Electric or Sylvania brand from Home Depot or Lowesand I am sure to ask the manager of the store if they will stand behindthe bulbs if I keep my receipts. So far, there have been no failuresof the brand name LEDs and I have not had to test their return policies.
I am pretty sure I could take the packaging of a new bulb and return thebulb with a receipt and say it just did not work. I might even buy a newbulb as replacement and return the old bulb that failed in the packagingand with the recent receipt. I dont feel bad as I have bought half a dozenLED bulbs that failed in a few months... ( faster than regular incandescent bulbs) and paid from 14 to 18 dollars each etc.
In the case of for instance my garage door opener lights... that hadbulb covers and limits to 60 watts.... I have screwed in LED 100 wattequivalents and removed the bulb covers to dramatically increasethe light in the garage and at the same time reduce electricity consumption.
Also the light in my vent hood over the stove..... I replaced 60 watt maxwith 100 watt LED equal and I again removed the bulb cover so the bulbcan cool easier.
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