Dark Side of the Horse by Samson for March 20, 2021

Remember when they said the ugly twisty ones would last for years? Ha!

When will these bulbs just replace themselves?"

Gee, LED bulbs last like 10-15 years don’t they? We have a new level of horse laziness here.

Approximately 5 years ago I changed the 8 Halogen bulbs in the kitchen for LED’s. One started to flicker about 2 years ago so changed them all for a warmer light version and they are still going strong. The whole house is now LED and, apart from a new light fitting in the dining room, I cannot remember another last time I put in a new light bulb

With all the maintenance homeowner’s face, changing a burned out bulb is pretty light duty.

Switch to LED and they will last a super long time.

so that bulb had an Energy Star rating of “S”… (Sofa) …!

Everybody’s talking about how LED bulbs last a super long time, but in my experience, I’ve found them a bit mixed. Sometimes they last a good long while, sometimes they last no longer than your typical incandescent would. I reckon it depends on the light fixture, how much use it gets on average, and how it is used overall.

Out-smart bulb

Some lady called me, said I needed to buy these super light bulbs she was selling, they would last 5 years, which regular bulbs never would. I made a quick calculation; so many rooms in my house, so many bulbs per room, I had to change out about 2 bulbs a year, so on average my bulbs are lasting 10 years. I told her I thought my light bulbs were lasting 10 years on average. She started screaming at me, “NO THEY DON’T!!”…Actually a bulb can be designed to last as long as you want. It’s an engineering selection of parameters: filament thickness and composition, resistance to shock and vibe, electrical resistance, temperature, voltage, current, light output. You choose the operating point you want (voltage is probably foreordained) and you can make it last 50 years if you want; just more expensive to manufacture, more expensive to operate, yields less light, trade-offs like that. Her bulbs might have been designed to last longer… or not

How many Horaces does it take …?… and two to get him untangled from the ladder.

Install little round sun roof sections about solar lamp cannisters!

Well, Horace, if we have robot vacuum cleaners, just make a robot that changes light bulbs, which will be used rarely.

I believe the first light bulb turned on still works.

The ones we buy are made to have a life expectancy. If you have bulbs burning out rapidly, there is likely an electrical issue.

About the cartoon. It is funny how most of us rarely have to change a light bulb, but we tend to act all put out when we have to.

I had a quicksilver light bulb outdoors above my garage’s door that lasted almost 40 years. Is that bulb in San Francisco’s (or San Diego, can’t remember) fire station still working? Aged 100 years or something?

But who wants the light on for dozing on the couch?