after getting home from Costco and climbing ladder to replace the bulbs in the shed,the original ones came out easily but couldn't get new ones to attach. I've replaced bulbs many times and never had this problem before.

The new ones appear identical. Finally gave up and will try again tomorrow. In meantime any advice appreciated!

Interested in the results (if you get them in! ). Can you take some photos?

I've been considering changing out the ones in my garage for LED.

Are these bulbs with a threaded base, or tubes?

not to be a party pooper, but I found so many of my LED bulbs go bad after about 6 months that I gave up on LED.

But, Maybe I should buy something other than those Cree things and the Lowes specials. Awful.

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Originally posted by radioman:
not to be a party pooper, but I found so many of my LED bulbs go bad after about 6 months that I gave up on LED.

But, Maybe I should buy something other than those Cree things and the Lowes specials. Awful.

I've been using the FEIT brand from Costco for years, and none have burned out. You might want to get something other than the Cree bulbs.

Some are good quality. Avoid the lowest price and go for major brand. On the brightest bulbs you can do well with CFL's..led are still real pricey on high lumen models. Pick the right color too

I have put the GE LED Bright Sticks in nearly all our fixtures. Working great so far.

i work with vending machines and the new machines coming out are led the power supplies are dying out made in china

I've had great luck with the Cree LEDs. I have one in the light next to my bed that is on about 16 hours a day and it's at least 4 years old. I had one of the CFLs on my porch and it finally died after about 5 years and it was replaced with a Cree before last winter and it runs 24/7(I don't know why, but porch bulbs last a long long time, no matter what kind they are, as long as I don't turn them on or off).

Rog, I'll stop by later this afternoon if you want and put them in for you when I get back from Quantico.

Check the sockets they my have little plastic inserts where the pins go in that are not aligned right. Use a flat head to twist until you see a opening appear allowing you to insert pins.

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Jesse, that would be great. Going out soon to give it another try, if successful I'll post to save you a trip.

Have fun at Quantico!

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Originally posted by radioman:
not to be a party pooper, but I found so many of my LED bulbs go bad after about 6 months that I gave up on LED.

But, Maybe I should buy something other than those Cree things and the Lowes specials. Awful.

Some other piece of the puzzle is afoot, besides cheap bulbs if you're only getting 6 months. I've got a variety of different types in my house, and we put them in for clients all the time.

The locations that have failed, what are the conditions?

The biggest problem these days we have, is that the dimmable LEDs don't play nice with every dimmer, and many require an electronic, not resistance dimmer.

Be sure to remove the ballast unless you bought the LEDs made to work with them.

We replaced all of the old style fluorescents with led's in out indoor range. They were done almost a year ago. The shots killed the old style quickly but the LED's are holding up well and created a lot more light for a lot less money.

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Originally posted by arcwelder76:

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Originally posted by radioman:
not to be a party pooper, but I found so many of my LED bulbs go bad after about 6 months that I gave up on LED.

But, Maybe I should buy something other than those Cree things and the Lowes specials. Awful.

Some other piece of the puzzle is afoot, besides cheap bulbs if you're only getting 6 months. I've got a variety of different types in my house, and we put them in for clients all the time.

The locations that have failed, what are the conditions?

The biggest problem these days we have, is that the dimmable LEDs don't play nice with every dimmer, and many require an electronic, not resistance dimmer.

Cree is not cheap, they make good products that are made in USA. They did have some bad runs a few years back though.

Most failures are due to operator error. If it says not for use in totally enclosed fixtures, don't use in totally enclosed fixtures. If it says not for use in damp locations, don't put in bath or outdoors. If it says not for use with dimmers, don't do it.

All manufactures have suggested/tested dimmers, stick to the charts.

Arc, not news to you. Others don't know there are "instructions" for light bulbs nowadays.

^^^ Yes, I admit most that have failed have been in sockets where the bulb is inverted in the fixture seen in the photo below.

But, the fixture is not totally enclosed, open on the bottom, so I thought I'd be okay. I admit heat rises and gets trapped, leading to overly hot bases on these things. i can't recall if these were rated for enclosed or not. wasn't thinking about it at the time. no dimmer.

I went back to CFL on these, but if you can suggest an LED bulb for this fixture, I'll give it a go

Just flip the fixture right side up then.

Another three things to check. Arcing kills lamps (of any type). With power OFF, remove lamps look at the tab at the center base of the socket (hot), it should be sticking up about an 1/8". Sometimes it gets pressed down, if this is the case use small flat head and pry up slightly. This fixes 80%+ of "blows lamps to quickly" calls I get.

Last causes of arcing is the shape of the base hitting the globe or porcelain socket and not allowing the lamp to screw in enough. Other causes of arcing are loose connections at fixture to house wiring or bad switch/loose connections at switch.

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Arcing kills lamps (of any type). With power OFF, remove lamps look at the tab at the center base of the socket (hot), it should be sticking up about an 1/8". Sometimes it gets pressed down, if this is the case use small flat head and pry up slightly. This fixes 80%+ of "blows lamps to quickly" calls I get.

I just converted the entire house to LED last week. Only problem was one of the garage door opener bulbs wouldn't light. As Jesse mentioned above I just had to pry up the base of the socket up a little and problem solved.