Actually, I"m in the theatre/entertainment industry and have quite a bit of experience with LED's - and yea, I've seen bulbs go out that are way under their life expectancy. Don't get me wrong - I love what they can do!
Believe me - I am on the LED bandwagon at work and in the industry as there are too many problems that they solve - don't have to use dimmers to control them, can colour blend with a control board, little heat generation and huge power savings.. (I sell them as part of my job..lol).
Actually.. it wasn't the wire that was melting - it was the end of the light where it pluged in. The hard plastic was melting there.
I appreciate your concern. I have a high tech power surge suppressor which is connected to my entertainment system (being in the industry.. it's pretty nice..lol). None of it's indicators were signalling a surge. Also, on that same outlet I have the internet router plugged in as well. (that's all though, the aquarium and the router... not overloading. lol).
Unfortunately, I didn't have the time to contact them - that was the first thing I thought of, but being after customer service closed on a Friday, and needing to replace the light immediately... my LFS was my only thought.
You're right though, I do need to contact them and share my story with them, but at the same time -they're going to get the story and figure ouf what happened when they get the light back from my LFS - and of course, it doesn't seem like as big a priority as it did then.
Thanks Convict... you too.