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I have an LED light bulb: Philips 60W incandescent equivalent

I've owned it for about a year and have been very happy with it. This morning when I turned it on, it started blinking. Not flickering, but a very deliberate one second on, one second off, one second on, one second off. This continued until I fiddled with the bulb at which point it came on and stayed on.

Its never done this before. I unscrewed the bulb and it rattles. Something in it may be broken, but it still seems to work. I couldn't find anything on the Philips website about this type of behavior. Does anybody know what it means?

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All I can find is that it's still under warranty. I found a reference to a 3yr and 6yr depending on when exactly you purchased it so it should still be covered either way. – Monso Mar 20 at 16:49
I called Philips and they are sending me a check for the current price of the bulb (I no longer have my receipt) and are asking me to send the bulb back for them to examine it. – Stephen Ostermiller Mar 21 at 14:45

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