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gab

10-31-2005 16:10:16

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Anybody got these automatic dusk to dawn lights figured out? My last one lasted three or four years and and then started flashing most of the time, tried a new bulb and the eye on top and did,nt change a thing. I put a new one up seventeen months ago and this one flashed on and off for the last week and last night it finally died. I just tried my extra bulb and sensor tonight and it"s still dark out there. Thanks, Jim

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huntingreen

11-01-2005 17:29:56

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Re: security light/yard light in reply to gab, 10-31-2005 16:10:16

I have a 400 watt metal halide that has been up for 11 years. On every night. Never replaced the bulb. Replace the photo cell a couple times. I have it down low enough I can do that standing on the ground. Lots of light with the 400 watt.

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JerryU

11-01-2005 05:13:00

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Re: security light/yard light in reply to gab, 10-31-2005 16:10:16

Been through a bunch of different ones. HPS will cycle on and off when the bulb goes bad. Mercury will just get dimmer and dimmer and dimmer.

I settled on the attached flourescent from Lights of America--$35 bucks for a fixture, bulb, and photocell. 65 watts, nice white light. I use them on the interior of my barn as well for general lighting. They also make them in flood lights. Pretty inexensive to both buy and operate. Fixtures are cheap plastic, but work okay.

Yardlight

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Slowpoke

11-04-2005 23:56:53

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Re: security light/yard light in reply to JerryU, 11-01-2005 05:13:00

JU, You said your light came complete with a bulb, photocell, etc. But the info on the site says not recommended for use with a photo cell or timer. Does the light come on at dark and go off at dawn automatically? Is it switched? How long does it take to come up to full brightness?

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paul

11-01-2005 07:18:45

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Re: security light/yard light in reply to JerryU, 11-01-2005 05:13:00

They make no mention of operating temp - does it work at minus 20 degrees, that is often the problem with flouresents around here - worthless 6 months of the year for outdoors? Looks good if it actually works outdoors.

Oops, way, way down at the bottom in the fine print I see it -works to minus 28. Does it really, and can it be switched?

--->Paul

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deanop

11-01-2005 09:03:36

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Re: security light/yard light in reply to paul, 11-01-2005 07:18:45

seems to me if you live in mn/dakotas/or wis, the time you'd need the light the most, are when temps get way down...thats when stuff always seems to break...i'm not crazy about all night long lights, seems like to many in my area..wrecks those night views...i've set up halogens on all my sheds, and house...i can light up the place like a football field when i need to..like for snowblowin...all of them are on switches...some i have are on switchable motion sensors so i have the option...guess if yoou have real security concerns a yard light is nice....

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JerryU

11-02-2005 04:13:12

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Re: security light/yard light in reply to deanop, 11-01-2005 09:03:36

They do operate at any temp we have in SE Michigan. They can be switched. I have a night light because we have had several occaisions of break in"s of parked vehicles and out buildings. Motion detectors will drive you nuts around here with stray dogs and critters. That"s why I went to the 60 watt flourescent rather than a 300 or 500w halogen or 250 watt merc.

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paul

11-01-2005 20:03:13

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Re: security light/yard light in reply to deanop, 11-01-2005 09:03:36

I'm actually like you - I hate the all night lights, while rewiring the place I think I just added $120 to the bill to put in a regular, 3 way switched, yard light. Probably coulda got a free all nighter from the REA, or could have had my own put up for 1/2 the cost, but I wanted the switches.....

I know where things are on my place, I can navigate it at night. A stranger would need to carry his own light to see what he was doing - giving himself away.

I like it dark unless I need the light too. :)

--->Paul

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Mattlt

11-01-2005 05:07:20

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Re: security light/yard light in reply to gab, 10-31-2005 16:10:16

I've got one from REA. Costs a couple bucks per month. They usually come out once a year and change bulbs and check it over. If it ever doesn't work, I just call them and it's fixed quickly. Always hated having to set a ladder against a pole when it came time to change bulbs. No more.

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Don L C

10-31-2005 19:30:07

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Re: security light/yard light in reply to gab, 10-31-2005 16:10:16

gab

the new lights on the market seem to be junk.....a couple of my neiboers is having the same problem as you.....I have an old light that was here when i bought the place 27 years ago....replaced the censor one time.....I think I will contact the electric co.. I have been told you can lease lights from them....

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RayP(MI)

10-31-2005 17:05:53

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Re: security light/yard light in reply to gab, 10-31-2005 16:10:16

I"ve had trouble with lightning strikes burning out the sensors. Don"t need to strike the fixture, just in the vicinity. They have limited lifetime, anyway. After all, they"re switching on and off nightly! Flashing usually indicates that the sensor is picking up light from somewhere - maybe even itself. Is there somewhere that the sensor might be seeing reflected light from it"s own fixture? Otherwise, is the sensor seeing car lights, house lights, etc. There is usually a delay built in those things, so they don"t necessarily come back on immediately. Sensor should be placed looking toward the north sky if possible, not looking at the sun, as that will burn the photo eye. Hope some of these thoughts help.

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Farmered

11-02-2005 01:31:26

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Re: security light/yard light in reply to RayP(MI), 10-31-2005 17:05:53

I put up a light on the South side of a white metal building. I turned the "eye" to the North as directed. It would turn itself off from the reflected light. Turned the eye to the East and no more problem. Ed

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Dusty

10-31-2005 17:00:23

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Re: security light/yard light in reply to gab, 10-31-2005 16:10:16

Sounds like you have a low voltage problem.

Dusty

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