Do these get hot? One review says he left one on over night and it was burnt. Anyone else have that problem or was it just a defective bulb?
241916
We used them last weekend on a camping trip and all of them did a great job none of those got too hot.
241917
That has not happened to me. I left it on to test the battery life and mine were fine.
241918
I haven't had that happen to me. My regular bulbs would run so hot they were burning my covers. These bulbs can stay on for a while and the cover isn't even warm.
241919
Just did a 4 day cap out . Replaced 10 reg bulbs with these led and none of them got hot and the lighting was great. Will be buying more soon
1927306
Not really, never had problems with the little bulb, maybe that one is defective or the formula your using is causing it
718225
Might be from dust that is getting burnt from the heat of the new bulb. Try some compressed air to blow the dust out.
1527694
If I needed a light to always be on I would get one with an LED bulb. I have never noticed this light getting hot. I use a 20 watt bulb in mine, so its on the low side of energy usage, compared to incandescent bulbs.
2118088
The box says no, but I have several in a rather large enclosed outdoor fixture. Heat build up may ultimately shorten the lifespan of the bulb but they have been up and running for 4 - 5 hr per day for about 4 months without a problem. The fact it has been winter has probably helped things.
1436381
Mine are quite warm, but burning hot. My touch control always works. Can you measure the temperature on the surface of the light? You may want to complain to the seller and request a replacement if your temperature is over 66C (150F) that I measured on my functional lamp.
372866
Yes, I experienced this. I purchased dimable LED bulbs that don't burn as hot and it fixed the problem. A little pricey, but worth it if you want to use the light.
246681
Absolutely OK. They emit close to zero heat. You can grab the bulb with your bare hands even after it has been on and not get burned.
493907
Very strange. The same thing happened to me. You can get a replacement bulb pretty cheap at the big box stores. Was easy to replace. However be careful. When I first set it up, the bulbs got so hot that it burned a hole in the side of the box.
1934684
I never kept the product because mine came broke on delivery. How ever Halogen lights can get warm and go off but not every 10 minutes, something is wrong with your light to make it over heat that quickly. Did you put a higher walt bulb in it by any chance? That might account for the problem otherwise you got a defected one contact them. Hope this helped Good Luck Shari
1884376
Mine have burned 5 hours every night since I got them. Probably two months already. They are great!!!!
1761148
How long had it been running (lights running, charged)? Was it getting too hot (sitting still)? My lights usually stay charged 4 hours on medium. Cree's do get hot. That's never happened to me!Hope this may help?
1608891
Over the years I have had a few that got hot when they were plugged in constantly. I started unplugging them when not in use.I don't know what caused it, but they did better when plugged in by themselves on a separate plug.
252125
They are LEDs so you shouldn't have a problem. I didn't notice them getting all that hot. Granted, I haven't left them on for hours at a time and then tested.
263466
Where did you see they were suitable for totally enclosed luminaries? I don't see that anywhere. The heatsinks on them get too hot to touch. These are my first LED bulbs, and from what I've read some get hot and some don't. So I don't know if that is going to affect them; being on all the time, or being totally enclosed. I don't see how the plastic globe part of them doesn't melt unless it's some kind of high-temp plastic.
4164
Yes, we do have a persistent bulb failure problem on this model. There is some sort of corrosion built up in the socket connections.
1151495
I have not measured the temperature after the light being continuously on for a long time, but there is a plastic shroud over the electrical terminals. If the light gets too hot it will melt the shroud. I hope that will not happen.