Had this two months, worked fine, now light does not turn on at dusk. Only works if I manually switch it to "On." Could the sensor be bad already?
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I really couldn't say for sure but I have had a lot of trouble with the timers I have purchased. This particular model and brand has worked for one Christmas season for me, so time will tell when the next season rolls around. The best sensor timer I have is much more expensive than this style and has lasted for several years. If I could find another one like it I would purchase it.
279456
I've had mine for 8 months -- it's been rained on, went through a winter, and now is sweltering in the heat of an Arizona summer and is still working. Perhaps you did get a bad sensor.
334126
Yes, my light doesn't turn on at all during daylight, it's set to come on only for a few minutes when it senses motion at night - but I believe it also has a setting that you can set it to turn on at dusk and off at dawn if you want it to stay on all night long (but I'm not 100% sure of that, I've never wanted a light to burn all night long which was why I bought a light with a motion sensor). Hope this helps!
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Hi , mine is working very well . I put to charge , the light is off when is charged . I'm using mine 6 months and bought more 3 . Maybe yours came with something wrong
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I have purchased two of these lights. Had problems with the first only working once in a while. The company sent me a new sensor for it, but it didn't make any difference. Was just going to take it down, but our local REC said they would look at it for me. They said everything checked out good, so they put one of their sensors in it, (greased the prongs of the sensor good), and it has not failed since. When I bought the second one, I also bought a sensor from them and installed it befor I put the light up. Hope this will help you. Don
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Not sure what you mean here, when it's dark the light come on so if you want to check out whether it's working, Make sure it is charged then cover the light sensor so it can't detect daylight and the light should come on. If it doesn't check to make sure the switch is on, the light doesn't charge ot come on when the switch is off
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My light is reluctant to turn off on overcast days and stays on a lot longer in the winter than in the summer. That said, if your lamp NEVER turns off, I would try:1. Do NOT use the tubes that can be installed over the sensor; they limit the light the sensor can "see", and2. Rotate the fixture so the light sensor is pointed toward an area that gets more light. If it is pointed at a wall (as it might be in installations like the lamp over my front door), it may not get enough light to trigger the sensor.
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Is it working at all? Set it to most sensitive and quickly look at a bright light, start adjusting from thereI set mine about quarter sensitivity and between 9-10 on darknessany problems let us know
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I tried that also but the true test is when it got dark and the light did come on and wentoff in the morning. My bulb did stop working however after a few weeks so I used the return service at Amazon. They replaced it and the new bulb has been working great!
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First, ensure that the room in which you placed it is dark. Second, check the sensor switch's setting.
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The light sensors are no good. Open it up and bypass the light sensor by re-wiring it (not that hard) and it will work but the light will only operate from the light switch and not day or night sensor.
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I have had four for 3 years. I had to replace one lately. They stay on for about ten (10) minutes, with no activity, and go off. Look around for something moving, another light source, move the sensor and try again. No problem for me, sorry you had it. JCT
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Im sorry... No suggestions... That sadly is exactly what happened with me. I just threw it away after about a week of it not turning on showing any motion with the lights. Maybe flip the black switch on the bottom and it may work.
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Are you sure that you are replacing the broken sensor? I had to trial and error until I got the right one and the light reset.
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Mine did that at first. Best solution I've found is at night turn out all the lights, flash the sensor with a flash light and unplug the controls power. Plug the power back in, then turn the flash light off. That pretty much reset mine and works fine now.
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Just got it and the light bulb I'm using is suppose to last about 7 years...so if the sensor goes out when the bulb goes out... I'm just replace it...Hope that helps...
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I'm sure the light sensor would not work well. Ours triggered on very cloudy dark days. You could use it as a standard light though.
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Try the dusk to dawn sensor! Cover it with a piece of duct tape and see if the light stays on and does not strobe. The reason is there may be an ambient light source near or close by affecting the sensors ability to work properly. I had this problem when I hung icicle lights up for the kids.