Rough Service bulbs

Sep 29, 2026 Last reply: 8 hours ago 4 Replies
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I had a stock of Rough Service incandescent bulbs for use in my garage drop light, but the last one died the other day, probably more of old age than heavy use. Searching the internet seems to come up with the news that LEDs are all stronger than any old rough service bulbs, so I took an LED from my stock and inserted it. The first time its cage hit anything, the bulb died, with a torn internal connection. Oh well, I have ordered some replacement old-style bulbs, while stocks last. I see Sylvania make a Rough Service LED bulb in the US, I'm still looking for one available in the UK.



CPC's website ignores the 'Rough Service' part of the description, which doesn't help.



Progress isn't always what it's cracked up to be.


I have used LEDS in my caged lamp for the last ten years more or less and they are simply fine. Better than incandescents.

LEDS however are not normally manufactured with mechanical shock in mind: You need to avoid the 'fake filament' style* and go more for corn cob** style

Or simply search for 'rough service' LED bulbs.

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I had tried doing that search, and the term 'rough service' seems to be missing from the LED lexicon, as shown in your examples. But I will take on board your suggestions re: corncorb style, that certainly matches what I experienced yesterday. Thanks for thoughts.

Actually I found many 'rough service' LED bulbs

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Well done? Different searches by different engines, it seems.

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