but wondering if anyone else has any bad <or good >
experience with this type of lighting ? And - buyer beware if you're outfitting your whole shop !
Less than a year ago, I installed a 4 ft. LED self-contained <plug-in> light fixture in my back-basement storage room. It was a very very decent looking item from Lee Valley made by Armacost and more than double-the-cost of the common cheapo units. It failed last weekend ... after ~ 5 hours of ON time ! if that. ... so much for the 10's-of-thousands-of-hours of LED bulb life !
I looked-it-over closely - checked the 120 volt cord & connectors - everything was A-OK ; I pulled off the end-caps to check internal wiring connectors A-OK ; pulled the ON-OFF switch ; - everything was A-OK.
Guess what ? - Lee Valley doesn't carry them any more ; Armacost says that it's discontinued and that it was probably an internal power supply failure ... gee thanks !
The polite refund from Lee Valley meant that I was not out-of-pocket - but it was little consolation - now I need to go shopping for another fixture... again looking at the cheapo's that I avoided !
Geeeze ! < thanks for listening :-) >
John T.