The light is rated for 17000 hours, but does that take into account power cycling (day to night)? Also, won't the LEDs begin to fade before that?
1127646
Mine has been for 3 years,10 hours daily, and looks as bright as the first day.
1127647
I keep my light on 24 hours a day and cycle day/night. I have only had mine light for a little over a year, but it has shown not decrease in brightness and is still working extremely well.
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It's an LED on a circuit board, thus not practical for replacement by the average person, even though its accessible. I'm presuming the life of the unit would be something like 20000 hours (2.25 years continuous), based on other LED bulbs, but that's just an educated guess.
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I work ten hour shifts and have yet to have had a need to run the light for longer than 15minutes. Additionally, I will toggle with the buttons and switch from one setting to the next and so on. I even play around with the strobe light function. I have not used it for longer than 15minutes at any single given time. Just to be on the safe side I always have the second battery in my cruiser. And I charge the battery every night when I go home. Hopefully this helps!
630389
They would have to have some type of ballast system to power the light. I would just replace the entire unit. There cheap. Mine seem to last about 3 years but i only run it on the weekends. I want to update to an LED in the future. Good Luck.
1244116
not sureThe light works I keep on 24 hours a day since the amount of electricity is uses is so low that not worth switching offfor things under$20, I do not worry about the warranty
520277
Hey tuna, I placed a new set of batteries in, placed it on bright setting and left it on...I had to leave 2.5 hours later and I did not detect any significant degrading in light quality. I've used it at 2 hour gigs with the same results. Hope this helps.
1090330
Normally, about 100-200 hoursAll led light strips are about the same quality. For me all I had to do was resolder (spell check)The hot and ground connections they were a bit flimsey
669451
Sure, it's like leaving any light on. Don't think about it much. I've had no problems at 18 hours a day for months at a time. It's a nice little unit.
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Seems like it will last all night if you have it in full sunlight during the day. Mine gets less than 6 hours during the day and is still on, though it be dim at 4am.
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This is more a question about how long an LED bulb will last, which varies by manufacturer. Philips rates their HUE bulbs at about 15,000 hours whereas others claim over 25,000 hours. Suffice it to say that these will last you at least 5 years or longer compared to *maybe* a year with incandescents. That said, you might get more life out of the bulb itself because that 15,000 hour rating is the projected time at which the light will begin to dim and fade at about 70% of its original brightness. Finally the caveat here is that these bulbs also have WiFi connectivity albeit dedicated to their proprietary bridge, and the issue with embedded electronics is that, like your cell phone or computer, they will eventually start to slow down and even die. That is just a potential issue with having embedded electronics on the LED bulb itself.
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I believe the instruction say the light should not be operating during the charging cycle (USB cable plugged in). I remove the light from the mounting bracket when I get home and charge it in my house during the evening, that way it is fresh for the next day. I use the light on my commute about 30 minutes a day on the way home at night. I usually charge it up after 3 uses, but I suspect I could go longer.
2197123
Honestly I do not know....these are LED which are rated for gazillion hours so I am not concerned with them burning out ;-)
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that's a good question - I don't know the answer but Contour says the life of the bulb is around 20 years but even then it has a lifetime warranty - I think the bulb will out last me :o} - I see LED light bulbs rated at 10,000 to 100,000 hours -- I really like mine and seems very well engineered
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According to UCI (I called them). It will shine/burn for 2 hours @150 Lumens, then it will start to dim and go into power saving mode.
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I can't say how long the LEDs would last if burned constantly. Mine is turned on for about fifteen hours a day and it is still working fine after several months.
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They say it's rated for 6000 hours. Can't confirm as I am no where near that amount of hours on new bulb. The housing is plastic.
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G7 gives a 5 year warranty on the lamp but I found no rating for the average hours. Led's work on a different principle than incandescent lamp. They use a light emitting diode which lasts a very long time under normal use. I am not sure how then convert the 115V down to a usable power for the leds, which use roughly .7V each but that might be the deciding factor on longevity. I have had these installed for several months of continuous usage and they are still going strong.