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Nov 24, 2015
9:53:32am

charles All-American

yep, they burnout quickly in enclosed fixtures

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charles

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cvd6262

11/24/15 7:44am

Yup, Cree is junk. Had good luck with the Costco brand (Feit)

workindev

11/24/15 7:50am

Weird. Years ago when LEDs were still kind of new, Cree was the Ferrari of LEDs. Looks like times have changed.

Ragnar Danneskjold

11/24/15 7:53am

Do Ferraris last all that long under constant use?

ByuMba90

11/24/15 7:56am

Yes, I typically get ~25,000 miles out of mine before I donate them to Kidney Kars.

Ragnar Danneskjold

11/24/15 7:58am

Were they the Ferrari, or just the only ones who spent money on advertising and

workindev

11/24/15 8:30am

^^This. They were never premium just made a big early push

shatter2

11/24/15 8:50am

Have Cree throughout my house for 2.5 years. Replaced one last month...

CougarThug

11/24/15 8:43am

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cvd6262

11/24/15 9:38am

Heat is the problem. CFL and LED do not tolerate heat like incandescents do.

charles

11/24/15 8:47am

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cvd6262

11/24/15 9:39am

yep, they burnout quickly in enclosed fixtures

charles

11/24/15 9:53am

They also don't generate heat like incandescent bulbs. A 60W equivalent bulb

workindev

11/24/15 9:53am

yes and no. LED are more efficient but the heat the do generate is not

charles

11/24/15 9:57am

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