From: mike 


Traffic lights around here are LED.  Quite a few LEDs burn out.

However, the burn-out is so quick, I'd almost wonder if they had a
manufacturing defect.

 /m

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:57:53 -0400, "Geo."  wrote:

>They say something about it lasting 50 times longer than a regular
>lightbulb. Has anyone here ever had an LED burn out?
>
>Geo.
>
>"John Beamish"  wrote in message
>news:op.tpaeqfnfm6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>> There was a thread (here? or in a different homeless newsgroup?) about the
>> move from incandescents to compact fluorescents.  Some comments mentioned
>> LEDs and their colour.
>>
>> Found this today.  It "sort of" adds to that dialog.
>>
>> http://www.physorg.com/news93198212.html
>>
>> Powerful Little Light: LED With 1,000 Lumens

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