The white leds can only be made 1 of 2 ways though, either you use one that emitts a red yellow and blue and mix them or you use a blue with phosphor material to convert the wave. So with that respect I understand why you would change the white ones. But I dont believe that the drivers from china would really be that much worse I mean they are all probably made in China to start with.
Only reason I say that is I installed a sign about 6 or 7 years ago now with over 500 red LED's in it, it has a step down transformer on it and regulates the voltage and current passing through the strips of LED's and those have not faded or needed any upkeep since we put the sign up. All the parts on them said "made in china" and most of it came from a local electrical wholesaler.
So to me having seen long term how those LED reacts im just wondering if the "fade" will really be that noticeable when your only running them for 10-12 hours a day.
That being said though these were LED strips with 2-5 LED's per strip not singles. Maybe time will truly tell us...
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