View Full Version : how long will that little red light on your NES last
brainerdrainer
03-25-2013, 11:24 AM
I was just thinking about it the other day. How long do you think the little red light on the NES will last? Light bulbs burn out right? So eventually the red light might too?
Xander
03-25-2013, 11:36 AM
I'm sure someone will reply with a more accurate answer but: between 50 000 and 100 000 hours. Also it's a LED not a light bulb so it grows dimmer over time, it does not burn out.
Source: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_can_a_led_lights_last
brainerdrainer
03-25-2013, 03:17 PM
That's pretty crazy. Guess it'll be around for my whole life time haha
Rickstilwell1
03-25-2013, 04:19 PM
I've actually encountered Genesis 2's with red lights that no longer worked. They must have used cheaper bulbs, or those people just played Genesis a lot more than most people played their NES systems (or left those few particular systems on when they had to pause their game and leave to go to school or work)
Pr3tty F1y
03-25-2013, 04:23 PM
I've actually encountered Genesis 2's with red lights that no longer worked. They must have used cheaper bulbs, or those people just played Genesis a lot more than most people played their NES systems (or left those few particular systems on when they had to pause their game and leave to go to school or work)
Most likely the electronics that powered the LED have failed rather than the LED itself. In my experience, that has been the cause of most LED "failures".
MachineGex
03-25-2013, 08:32 PM
Red? My NES has a green light....
wiggyx
03-25-2013, 09:12 PM
Not only do LEDs last a long, LONG time, but red ones are actually the absolute most durable. Hard to kill em, and they draw almost no power at all (part of why they last so long).
BlastProcessing402
03-27-2013, 07:42 PM
Not only do LEDs last a long, LONG time, but red ones are actually the absolute most durable. Hard to kill em, and they draw almost no power at all (part of why they last so long).
Heh, the one on my TV draws so little power it stays on for like 5 mins after completely unplugging the TV. (I'm sure it's drawing on some residual power from a cap or something, but just thought of it on reading your post).
Ed Oscuro
03-27-2013, 08:13 PM
lol at that Answers article: "They don't have any filaments, which mean they don't get hot."
Well then er what are those gigantic heatsinks on LED bulbs and the "do not use in enclosed fixtures" warnings for? Same technology, just in a more power-hungry mode (despite being built with newer technology than a '80s or early '90s-vintage LED).