One of the most popular false beliefs for consumers is about the warranty period and life of energy saving light bulbs for lighting . This common error occurs because of the misleading information about the technological life, which usually leads to possible disappointment for the clients.
With this article we will try to explain about the important things you need to know in regard to the warranty of the energy saving light bulb when buying one.
One of the huge benefits of the energy saving light bulbs offered on the market is their longer exploitation period as compared to the normal incandescent light bulbs, which have a normal life of 1,000 hours.
The lifetime for most CFL energy saving light bulbs of 6,000-15,000 hours, and the new LED energy saving light bulbs have a life of 50,000-100,000 hours. In most cases, the producers give warranty information in years, but this is calculated for 2.7 hours use of the lamp daily, which is about 1,000 hours per year.
Since most CFL energy saving light bulbs have a life of about 10,000 hours, their producers claim that their products have a 10 year life. This is how some retailers try to mislead their clients by convincing them that this is the warranty period of the energy saving CFL or LED light bulbs. This is far from reality though, because if light bulbs are used for 6 hours daily, then these 10,000 hours will pass in about 5 years. If you use the light bulbs for 24 hours a day, then the period is about 1 year.
This is why you should be careful when you see an energy saving CFL light bulb for which the retailer claims to have more than 1 year warranty and for the LED energy saving bulbs of more than 5 years. This means that the retailer has given an unrealistic warranty period, longer than that given by the producer, which could possibly lead to problems with eventual claims for defective products.
Another important factor which you need to keep in mind are the warranty conditions, because often times they may make it impossible for a defective product to be returned to the shop and a claim to be made.
Stay alert for such absurd requirements like keeping the original packing or with the new energy saving light bulbs to be installed by a professional electrician for example.
