Do LED's ever die? [Archive] - Halflife2.net Forums

jellydoughnut217

14-12-2005, 12:27 AM

so my case has a shitload of LED fans on it, and i got to wondering yesterday if the lights on these babys ever burn out. I asked around and recieved mixed answers, so i was hoping someone could clear this up for me.

Blackghost905

14-12-2005, 12:28 AM

They do but it takes a long long long time for them to even start to get dim

giant384

14-12-2005, 12:30 AM

yea leds can last a long long time

Ren.182

14-12-2005, 01:05 AM

We'll probably all have super-computers impanted in a microchip on our brains by the time they die out...

/sarcasm

But yeah... they last ages.

Blackghost905

14-12-2005, 01:10 AM

At my firehouse one of our trucks have all LED lights on it and they have been as bright as ever for over 2 years have not dimmed a bit just look at the pictures

Da-Muffin-Man

14-12-2005, 01:15 AM

They die, but it takes a long time, but they dont go dim like Blackghost says. They will just stop working when they die

Asus

14-12-2005, 01:26 AM

LEDs last and hold their light unless you break em. Coldcathod lights are the ones that dim and don't last as long.

jellydoughnut217

14-12-2005, 02:21 AM

awesome, thanx everyone

skarrob

14-12-2005, 02:41 AM

leds are rated at 100,000 hrs

Vegeta897

14-12-2005, 02:57 AM

I read somewhere that there are different kinds of LED lights, and certain colors die faster. I think it was in reference to that one Optimus keyboard.

WhiteZero

14-12-2005, 03:33 AM

LEDs have an extremely long life span: typically ten years, twice as long as the best fluorescent bulbs and twenty times longer than the best incandescent bulbs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led
o.O

I read somewhere that there are different kinds of LED lights, and certain colors die faster. I think it was in reference to that one Optimus keyboard.
That would be oLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oled