Does the motion sensor only turn it on when it's dark out, or will it go on when it's light too?
469780
Only when it's dark. It's been well over a year and I have just recently changed the batteries for the first time. I have them all (4) mounted outside at strategic positions around my house. Excellent product.
469781
Looks like it depends on the level of light. I have 3 of these lights: One in my kitchen -when an overhead white fluorescent is on, the light does not go on. In a bedroom with an overhead warm fluorescent, the light does still go on. In my basement crawlspace, it is near a doorway which doesn't get direct sunlight during the day, and does not turn on even though it's set to automatic.
929506
This is a daylight off, dark on, light controlled device. It only reacts to light and dark, motion has no bearing on its operation. You might want to purchase a motion controlled light that is also sensitive to light and dark. It will turn on at night if there is motion in its range of detection. It will not come on in daylight even if there is motion in its range of detection.
1719858
no, it is not a motion detector. it comes on when it is a certain level of darkness and goes off with a certain level of light.
1737022
Yes, with constant power the motion sensor (which is adjustable for sensitivity) will turn the light on. The timer which is also adjustable for duration will turn the light off.
783637
When you turn it on, then it will stay on until the time on the timer expires, which it then turns off. Then it will come back on after the motion sensor is invoked or if you turn off and turn on the switch.
1264705
I mounted my sensor on the North side of the house where there are several shade trees. I pointed it up and it works fine. It only comes on when the sun sets. It is always off on dark or cloudy days. Remember not to over-tighten the threaded part.
162795
Remember this is dusk to dawn light.. the light will not trigger ON during the day but Its on nite time if the sensor is triggered.. Hook it up to ON and OFF switch, turn on the switch and leave it ON..
2052709
Yes. It has both a light sensor AND motion sensor. It must be a bit dark AND some motion for it to light up.
1719857
No it does not work like a motion sensor. It does have a light sensor so if the lights in the room are on the nightlight will turn off. The nightlight will also go off if the sensor is blocked by people walking by it. I would really like to find a nightlight that would only come on when you are near it.
1494216
It has a light sensor that requires it to be relatively dark before it will light up when a motion is detected. Mine will not light up in broad daylight, but I am not sure how dark it needs to be to light up . Hope this helps.
1162974
A. No, light sensor leaves light off during day even when motion detected. B. If light switch is off, lights are off and sensor has no control.
1851046
If the room is dark it will turn on anytime. It has to have movement & dark. I love mine!
1818332
Yes, manual ON (with switch). Sensor will turn lights OFF after no motion time out (adjustable).
716359
When dark the light is on all the time at a LOW level. When motion is detected the light is ON much BRIGHTER for about 10 seconds and then goes back to the LOW level once the motion is gone. Very important to have the unit mounted so it gets lots of SUN light during the day to recharge the batteries!
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!
1131059
No, this is a motion sensing light meaning it turns on whenever it senses motion. It does not have any sensor related to if it is night or not. If you put it in a fixture that control whether it turned on if it was night or not it would likely work but the bulb itself is only motion sensor meaning it turns on with motion and turns off after around 60 seconds without motion.
1817856
It depends what setting you have it on. We have ours set so the light only comes on at night, but it records all the time.