Herman by Jim Unger for June 02, 2019

A couple of months, if you’re lucky.

Incandescent or LED? If LED, maybe 25 years. Maybe not.

Good follow-up.

If it’s the Livermore Centennial bulb…..about 117 years and counting as of June 2018

https://www.centennialbulb.org/facts.htm#anchor1972

Herman bright answer wasn’t satisfying to the dull customer…

The bulb will last until you break it.. the part inside.. depends on you paying the electric bill.

Nothing lasts forever…

CFL bulbs were supposed to last 7 years (average). I wrote the install date on the base of the ones in regular service in my home. NONE lasted a full 3 years. Then switched to LED “bulbs.” Some LEDs are still going past 4 years, but none have made it to 5 years yet. The oldest is dimmable and in a dimming fixture and is acting flaky (sometimes flickers when dimmed). About 20% of LED bulbs have failed in 1 to 3 years because of cheap electronic components or insufficient heat management. High quality LED elements don’t make as much heat. 4 LEDs in regular service (2 on timers that come on every day) are still doing well after 4 years. 7 are older than 3 years in service – still bright and mostly white. The soft white LEDs are irritatingly orange to me, and get worse faster (dimmer and less usable color); or maybe my eyes are less light sensitive.

I can see him coming back in 3 years and saying, “Hey, it burned out already!” “Did you turn it on, there’s your problem.”

Shellack it first.

I bought all of mine at the Dollar Tree. If they burn out I won’t be so sad. They are Sunbeam brand, 9.5 watts, brighter than any 60 W incandescent or fluorescent, and not hot to touch.