Are LED Light Bulbs a Fire Risk

sailorman · Feb 15, 2016

Followup Report:

Been using LED's for a little over a month in six enclosed fixtures with know apparent heat problems . Warn to touch, but with incandescent I would burn my fingers in glass fixture. So far, so good .

Gary Fowler · Feb 17, 2016

I just bought some cheap ($5 for 2) LED lights at Wallyworld to try them. They are 2700k, 800 lumens, 8.5 watt-60W equiv. I don't care for the 2700K too much but the 4000K I have are just too bright for my computer area especially early in the morning.
When I took out the 17W 1750Lumen 4000K bulb, the base was so hot it burned my fingers and I couldn't hold it at all. None of my other LED bulbs get that hot. They are all mounted in flush can fixtures. I am wondering why this one gets so darned hot. Even being out of the socket for 5 minutes it is still too hot to touch.

Mendonsy · Feb 17, 2016

Gary Fowler said:
I just bought some cheap ($5 for 2) LED lights at Wallyworld to try them. They are 2700k, 800 lumens, 8.5 watt-60W equiv. I don't care for the 2700K too much but the 4000K I have are just too bright for my computer area especially early in the morning.
When I took out the 17W 1750Lumen 4000K bulb, the base was so hot it burned my fingers and I couldn't hold it at all. None of my other LED bulbs get that hot. They are all mounted in flush can fixtures. I am wondering why this one gets so darned hot. Even being out of the socket for 5 minutes it is still too hot to touch.

That one probably came from the same Chinese company that builds the exploding hoverboards!

newbury · Feb 17, 2016

Amazon and fleabay (and even Lowes) have ton's of LED strip lights which look like they should be a good replacement for the time you want a long strip of lights. But prices have been dropping drastically so I've put off buying. This thread bugged me to buy a strip for a bathroom I'm redoing. led lights, a 16' strip for $7. I think they were like $30 a year ago.

lilranch2001 · Feb 17, 2016

newbury said:
Amazon and fleabay (and even Lowes) have ton's of LED strip lights which look like they should be a good replacement for the time you want a long strip of lights. But prices have been dropping drastically so I've put off buying. This thread bugged me to buy a strip for a bathroom I'm redoing. led lights, a 16' strip for $7. I think they were like $30 a year ago.

I am assuming you meant a 16 inch strip?