Quote Originally Posted by Melanie View Post
I must admit, the early ones (back from 2004) that have been run 24/7/365 at about 70% brightness are starting to get a bit dim...
Well, 5 years are almost half the LED life provided that LED are kept cool at room temperatures.

If the temperature is higher than 25C, then the 44.000 hours seems resonable enough.

Ioannis