Recent content by swatman

As an update- the Philips bulb with the built-in sensor is only available at Home Depot and is not a 'stocked' item. I had to order it from them on-line and it arrived in about 3 days. I installed it yesterday and lo and behold - IT WORKS!! This put an end to a lot of frustration with other...

I'm not sure how to use this one in a lamp post application. it looks like it has to be hardwired into an outlet possibly??

No, I threw out the original one. Also, I brought in one of the replacement sensors that I had bought and didn't work on the lamp post and screwed it into a table lamp that I have and shone a flashlight directly on the sensor and it still wouldn't shut off. This seems to indicate that the...

No, I haven't seen these but they look interesting and might do the trick. Have you used them and found them to work well?

I've had a lamp post in front of my house for many years that I have utilized a screw in light sensor that activates the bulb at dusk and turns it off when the sun comes up in the morning. It worked fine for many years but several months ago stopped working. I have purchased several...