Possible defective LED lamp? « on: January 24, 2020, 11:36:44 PM » Author: HPS_250
I recently installed a Feit 12W 1100 lumen enhance LED lamp in my table lamp. Today, after being on for about 2 hours while I watched a movie, I touched it while turning off the switch. The base and ballast housing were extremely hot and smelled like melting plastic. I unscrewed the bulb and am currently using a CFL in that lamp now. Should I stop using the bulb or is this normal?
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	Re: Possible defective LED lamp? « Reply #2 on: January 25, 2020, 09:54:53 AM » Author: HPS_250
I’ll probably return it. It just smelled like burning plastic if I took it out and sniffed the base.
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I’ve always been interested in all kinds of lighting, mainly incandescent and HID, and especially all kinds of sodium lamps (HPS/LPS). I’ll tolerate LED but I’m not a fan of it.
I’m not proud to say that my city has Devolved to LED.

	Re: Possible defective LED lamp? « Reply #4 on: January 26, 2020, 06:23:11 AM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
you should screw it into a 1000 watt HPS fixture to see if you can "fix" it.
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	Re: Possible defective LED lamp? « Reply #5 on: January 26, 2020, 09:44:23 AM » Author: HPS_250
I don’t have a 1000W HPS ballast, but that would be cool to see what would happen to the LED lamp! Yesterday I left it on for a few hours to see if it was still overheating, and the base gets hot, but it was actually the rubber “skirt” on the screw base that smelled, not the plastic ballast housing.
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I’ve always been interested in all kinds of lighting, mainly incandescent and HID, and especially all kinds of sodium lamps (HPS/LPS). I’ll tolerate LED but I’m not a fan of it.
I’m not proud to say that my city has Devolved to LED.

	Re: Possible defective LED lamp? « Reply #6 on: January 26, 2020, 02:38:02 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
Contact Feit , These lamps have a 2 yr warranty on them .  https://www.feit.com/contact-us/ other members have done this and received replacement lamps for free !
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	Re: Possible defective LED lamp? « Reply #7 on: January 26, 2020, 11:27:51 PM » Author: Patrick
Was this base down?  It does sound like it may have been overheating, though the neck area of LED lamps can get quite warm, and even hot if run base up in a fixture with a shade.  They typically have an aluminum heat sink under the plastic to dissipate heat from the diodes and driver.
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	Re: Possible defective LED lamp? « Reply #8 on: January 26, 2020, 11:30:37 PM » Author: HPS_250
I was using it base down. I know that the base is supposed to get warm, but this one seemed oddly hot.
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I’ve always been interested in all kinds of lighting, mainly incandescent and HID, and especially all kinds of sodium lamps (HPS/LPS). I’ll tolerate LED but I’m not a fan of it.
I’m not proud to say that my city has Devolved to LED.