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Blastercorps t1_ixw5vbs wrote

Reply to comment by Revolutionary_Tale17 in Help with downlight fitting by ilostmyselfuk

That sounds like your house has dirty power. Semiconductors like LEDs don't like that.

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Cynyr36 t1_ixw9y78 wrote

Basically everywhere in the USA has dirty power at the residential level.

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Blastercorps t1_ixwn1uo wrote

Yes, but there are degrees. I have LED bulbs 5 years and counting. 1-2 years is bad.

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Throwaway152738sghsh t1_ixwhnpl wrote

Might’ve gotten a bad batch. I know a local business that had to replace tons of them in new houses because a specific manufacturer had issues with one of their production runs and they would go out/or flicker non-stop within the first few years at random. Replaced about 15 of them in my own house within the first few years of a new build. “Luckily” lightning struck the house and insurance paid to replace them all with another brand and no more flickering led’s now.

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Taleya t1_ixwh4ml wrote

That's an issue then because unless you got a whole house UPS you're damned hard pressed to find residential power worldwide that isn't. Nature of the beast.

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