Pissed at Panasonic

[Auggie]

Lesson learned: when buying a bathroom fan with lights, be sure they're replaceable.

Lights burned out in our bathroom fan fixture after 8-10 years. They're special manufacture with a tapered base that fits into a tapered slot that were apparently made by or for Panasonic exclusively. Can't find them anywhere (Amazon, Google, specialty lighting).

Perfectly planned obsolescence by Panasonic.

[Luciferous]

1. A lot of the new LED light fixtures have integrated lights so when they burn

out you have to replace the whole thing.

[FBaggins]

2. Mini fluorescents with little prongs instead of a threaded base?

If so… they exist, but it’s cheaper to replace the whole fixture with one of the new ones with LEDs that will last far longer

[Auggie]

4. Not minis. Size of a standard 60w bulb and with prongs.

Push and twist. The problem is the tapered base. A nin-tapered base won’t fit.

[SheltieLover]

3. Always wise to make sure parts aren't proprietary.

[Auggie]

5. Yep