On March 25, 2017 at 22:16, BradKas said...
It's not necessarily the lamp that will fail. The socket the lamp plugs into will get corroded and the internal contacts will fail. I have replaced many over the years and intend not to do another.
We use a corrosion inhibitor (Noalox) on the pins when we install them. Haven't been doing LED's long enough to know how well it works in the long term, but so far, so good.
Another big problem with LED lamps in standard fixtures is the lack of heat generated. In the past halogens were so damn hot they evaporated a lot of the moisture. Water will build up in LED fixtures until the lamp is completely submerged.
And they don't melt snow. That is the biggest complaint I get about LED's. The fixtures we use will drain water so that is not an issue.
