[Elecraft] totally OT, except to the extent that it's QRP: LED lamps

[Alan Bloom]

On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 13:59 -0700, wayne burdick wrote:
> I just replaced four gas-guzzling incandescent lamps in my dining room 
> chandelier with four LED lamps that screw into the same bases. Went 
> from 240 watts to 6 watts, total.
> 
> The usual complaint about LED lamps is the cost. But prices are coming 
> down fast: these were only about $4 each at Costco. Each contains 21 
> white LEDs, and they basically last forever, which means I won't 
> constantly be replacing lamps in this fixture.
> 
> If the world converts to LED lighting, we won't need to build any more 
> power plants, and we can all use KW amps guilt-free :)
> 
> Wayne
> N6KR

Do they really last forever?  I have had bad luck with LED night lights
gradually getting dimmer over a period of a few months.  Do the
incandescent replacements have any specs on that?

Al N1AL