Warranty on lamps

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Nothing. It's the ones that are bad right out of the box that bugs the you know what out of me.
 
well when you change 10 % of the lamps in only a few months after track lights installed (par 30) you get bit scared that you be back in few more months.Do you eat the cost of labor and material.They say 2500 hours
 
I normally don't bother unless it goes out in a few days. I have had bulbs not working on the initial install.

You will always find bad advertising (or statistics). Heck, I still haven't received 50 full loads out of my washing detergent:mad:
 
No warranty on light bulbs under ALMOST any circumstance. Occasionally we will eat the costs for a good customer and extremely premature lamp failure. The warranty letter that we send out to the customer upon job completion clearly states that lamps are not covered.
 
kkwong said:
Same with any of them that I've seen. Lamps and bulbs are one of the things that I've never seen warrantied...too many issues and possibilities.
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IF, however, I am still on the job when one goes out, and IF they have a 'service pack' included in the contract or spares otherwise readily available, and IF it is quick and easy to change, then yes, I will change it.
 
John Valdes said:
Nothing. It's the ones that are bad right out of the box that bugs the you know what out of me.
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Yep, I have gotten a lot of those lately. I complained to my distributor and they said bring them back and they will replace them, and they do. But... I still have to climb up and down that 20 foot or more ladder. I am usually replacing about 50 or so at a time, if I get 10 bad bulbs that's 20 trips!
 
I usually leave a half dozen bulbs on the top shelf of a kitchen cabinet (for residential jobs) for the home owner, this does 2 things 1) it makes them feel like I have given them something for free. 2) it keeps the wattage correct for the fixtures I have installed. Nothing like opening up an old fixture that is labeled 60watt max to find all 100watt lamps in it and the insulation on the wire is brittle and falling off. On a side note all the local garage door installers do not put bulbs in the openers when they do an install just for the reason that they don't want to warranty them.
 
acrwc10 said:
I usually leave a half dozen bulbs on the top shelf of a kitchen cabinet (for residential jobs) for the home owner, this does 2 things 1) it makes them feel like I have given them something for free. 2) it keeps the wattage correct for the fixtures I have installed. Nothing like opening up an old fixture that is labeled 60watt max to find all 100watt lamps in it and the insulation on the wire is brittle and falling off. On a side note all the local garage door installers do not put bulbs in the openers when they do an install just for the reason that they don't want to warranty them.
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I have seen what a 100w bulb will do to a 60w rated lamp. i once pulled out a 150w bulb out of a 60w rated lamp. i made good money that day.
 
480sparky said:
IF, however, I am still on the job when one goes out, and IF they have a 'service pack' included in the contract or spares otherwise readily available, and IF it is quick and easy to change, then yes, I will change it.
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Yes...the whole IF game...I would do the same...or if I had a helper handy and he could do it...
 
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