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by sbcd 1598 days ago
This is just anecdote versus anecdote, but I've never had to replace a LED because of them blowing out. Just recently, I replaced a LED that has been turned on for 24 hours a day every day for a whole 5 years, and it was still working. You may ask, why replace it then? well, high quality LED bulbs might not blow up, but they lose brightness over time. Still, I'd say 5 years of mileage for a light has is never turned off is a solid return on investment, particularly when considering how little energy they consume compared to previous light bulb technologies.

The same thing also happens with the LED strips within monitors, monitors get replaced when they become too dark.

I would be suspicious about the quality of the electricity in the place you live or work at when you see this stuff break at too high of a frequency. Not directly related to LEDs, but somehow I had electronics like computers or just plain old regular incandescent light bulbs break far more often in a house I used to live in, and I used to blame bad luck with the devices I bought, until I moved into another apartment and things actually started to have acceptable life expectancy.