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Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S.
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My LED bulbs have hilariously short lives. I suspect the wiring in my apartment is just not that great because lights do flicker from time to time. But that didn't seem to hurt incandescent bulbs. I'm lucky if my LEDs last even one year, never mind the 10 or 20 some of them claim.
What am I supposed to do, but my overhead light fixtures on a UPS?!
You are right that local electricity might be in play. I've lived in the same house for 6 years and I've not had a single light fail. We replaced most bulbs when we moved in because they were mostly CFLs. It's been great. But I wouldn't put it past LED manufacturers, even name brand ones, from cheaping out on the bad power protections.