Are LED light bulbs supposed to get hot?

[Spork Schivago]

Re: Are LED light bulbs supposed to get hot?

are you using a dimmer?

Nope. No dimmer.

I want to pull the switch and see if they installed the wires around the screw or if they put them in the back. Do you know what I mean?

We have a switch in the bathroom. I haven't checked to see if it's live or not yet. But wires are hooked up to it. What does it control? From what we can tell, absolutely nothing. Nothing in the attic, no lights in the bathroom, no outlets in the bathroom, not the fan in the bathroom. The faceplate is attached to the switch but the switch isn't connected to the box, so we can see the wires.

[Spork Schivago]

Re: Are LED light bulbs supposed to get hot?

Possibly. Remove the non LED bulbs amd you'll find out.
Depending on the fitting and the way they are wired its not advisable to mix types of bulbs.

I wasn't mixing the bulb types. Sorry if I was unclear.

There were two non-LED type bulbs but three sockets. One socket was empty (because it was broke, but we didn't know that at the time). Today, one of the two bulbs blew, so I removed all the bulbs and installed three LED type bulbs.

After a while, we went in there and checked the bulbs, they were nice and cool. I mean, there was a little warmth but not like before, so I'm pretty sure it was the heat from the old bulbs that warmed up the socket and the sockets heated the new LED type bulbs.

Tomorrow, I'll keep an eye on it. If it gets hot again, we'll know there's a problem somewheres.

[RJARRRPCGP]

Re: Are LED light bulbs supposed to get hot?

For LED bulbs that get hot at the base, I would make slits or at least have a tiny fan! Just like a monitor!

[stj]

Re: Are LED light bulbs supposed to get hot?

no, it is for the led's

[rhomanski]

Re: Are LED light bulbs supposed to get hot?

All the led's I have, have a metal base as a heat sink. Some even have flutes in the metal. It's not for the led but for the electronics in the base.

[keeney123]

Re: Are LED light bulbs supposed to get hot?

Before today, there weren't any LEDs in any socket. I just replaced the old school with the LED ones. Perhaps the old ones warmed up the base and the heat transferred into the LED ones? I'll keep an eye on it. I do worry about the wiring sometimes. They said updated wiring, so you know what that probably means. I know the updated gas lines were very, very wrong.

I guess I would open up those sockets and look at them and measure the resistance.

[stj]

Re: Are LED light bulbs supposed to get hot?

are you using a dimmer?

[diif]

Re: Are LED light bulbs supposed to get hot?

Possibly. Remove the non LED bulbs amd you'll find out.
Depending on the fitting and the way they are wired its not advisable to mix types of bulbs.

[Spork Schivago]

Re: Are LED light bulbs supposed to get hot?

Before today, there weren't any LEDs in any socket. I just replaced the old school with the LED ones. Perhaps the old ones warmed up the base and the heat transferred into the LED ones? I'll keep an eye on it. I do worry about the wiring sometimes. They said updated wiring, so you know what that probably means. I know the updated gas lines were very, very wrong.

[diif]

Re: Are LED light bulbs supposed to get hot?

Sounds more like arcing or corrosion causing heat buildup and failure.
My 240v LED spots get mildly warm. My 12v LED desk light gets a bit warmer bit not hot to touch.

[Spork Schivago]

Hello,

Are LED light bulbs that go in one of those mini light sockets supposed to get hot? We have the baby's bedroom with a ceiling fan and three light sockets and we replaced the failed bulb and the working bulb with three LED bulbs. One bulb was completely missing from the socket. The socket is bad. It's falling apart.

I gotta figure out how to replace that socket. But I'm wondering if there's some sort of short somewheres. Before I put the LED lights in, the other night, I went in and the two working lights flashed a couple times. Today, I go in, turn on the light and one of the two workings bulbs is dead. I didn't think LEDs were supposed to get very hot.

The metal part that gets screwed into the socket is very hot as well. So hot, you can't touch it for very long.

Thanks.