I’m in a nasty frame of mind right now, and this is what my 'tism brain decided to laser focus on for several hours. I’m mad that my light bulbs cost 10x more than they used to, and don’t last any longer, and my power bill is higher than ever.

Yeah yeah, I know, it’s probably just capitalism shitting it up on purpose for profit. And bulb science is probably solid, I guess. I’m just pissed off that I just barely managed to scrape through this pay period with $2.78 left in the bank before I default on my mortgage.

Anyway, any lightbulb science comrades got any info?

  • huginn@feddit.it
    2·
    10 months ago

    I’ve never replaced an led bulb and I’ve had them 10+ years.

    Dirty power can burn them out, as can bad heat dissipation

    • darth_helmet@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      10 months ago

      It would probably cost like $1 of components to make most led bulbs resilient to all but spookiest of power delivery, but why sell something once when you can make them buy it over and over again

        • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml
          0·
          10 months ago

          If you were to lower the voltage would it still cause extra wear? Like is it the fluctuation itself that causes the wear or is the the ‘higher than expected voltage’ during peaks of the fluctuating?

      • imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee
        0·
        10 months ago

        Let me copy and paste the top search result from Google:

        “Dirty power” is a term used to describe electricity that deviates from this standard due to spikes, surges, and dips. The term also applies to electricity that’s been tainted by an outside influence, such as a stray wireless signal. Feb 13, 2023