night lights

gregtwojeeps · Nov 4, 2014

The little ones that plug in the wall outlets so a person can see how to get to the bathroom in the middle of the night. I think they use a C7 lamp mini candelabra base ? ...

They give us fits as they don't last long and the sockets crack. Anyone making a plug in LED night light that lasts over a month ?

panknuckshovel · Nov 4, 2014

Ok i cant get you a pic at the moment but wal-mart has some that are just a ball like shape and rotates so you can shine it up or down. LED and $3 a pair. The ones we have have been on for almost two years.

chris142 · Nov 4, 2014

I can't slep with any lights on.I keep a flash light or 10 in my night stand

thewatusi · Nov 4, 2014

http://www.legrand.us/categories/electricaloutlets/nightlight/combination.aspx

Charles (in GA) · Nov 4, 2014

gregtwojeeps said:
The little ones that plug in the wall outlets so a person can see how to get to the bathroom in the middle of the night. I think they use a C7 lamp mini candelabra base ? ...

They give us fits as they don't last long and the sockets crack. Anyone making a plug in LED night light that lasts over a month ?

I have good luck with the bulbs and night lights. If you are letting them run 24/7 you might consider a plug in medium base socket, and a 7 watt medium base bulb.

The bulb is much larger and runs alot cooler, and last longer. I have one next to the cat box and get 6 mos or more from it.

incandescent bulbs are getting expensive.

Charles

thejunkmanadv · Nov 4, 2014

Would this kind work? They are like $8 for a two pack. Last for years.

Mustang51js · Nov 4, 2014

I bought a gfi outlet with a built in led for bathroom and a regular outlet with built in led in the hallway for the kids, they are like a 5 watt light, just enough to see where your at

fourjeepin · Nov 4, 2014

I like these. Three LEDs in the bottom and have a photo cell so it is only on when needed.

James-W · Nov 4, 2014

gregtwojeeps said:
The little ones that plug in the wall outlets so a person can see how to get to the bathroom in the middle of the night. I think they use a C7 lamp mini candelabra base ? ...

They give us fits as they don't last long and the sockets crack. Anyone making a plug in LED night light that lasts over a month ?

That's weird. We have a couple of them and each of them has been working for well over a year. I don't understand why the ones you have don't last very long.

stupid name · Nov 4, 2014

What do you do to them? We've had ours for nearly 11 years. Just cheap plastic Wal-marts.

southalabama · Nov 5, 2014

The best one I've got came as a freebie from the local power company.

It looks like a mini compact fluorescent bulb. It has their logo on it.

The guy demonstrating electricity had to talk me into taking it. Now I wish I had a couple more.

Lippyp · Nov 5, 2014

We just leave a lamp on the landing switched on, i has an led bulb in it so draws I think about 2W.

chicken12 · Nov 5, 2014

Our young kids kept unplugging our night lights and I did not want to risk them getting shocked so I replaced all of ours around the house with these cooper outlet ones. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007UNHHKG/?tag=atomicindus08-20
Going on a few years now and they work great. Nice thing is you can adjust their dimming level if they are to bright. Had to do that in our oldest sons room.

Arisshill · Nov 5, 2014

http://www.snappower.com/

Got these off a kickstarter -works like a charm and took about 20 seconds to install.

Have 5 scattered through the house.

Leaves all the outlet plugs open as well.

Scott

gregtwojeeps · Nov 5, 2014

stupid name said:
What do you do to them? We've had ours for nearly 11 years. Just cheap plastic Wal-marts.

My wife has elected to have three "in house" cats now. Long story, another day...

They play like maniacs at night while knocking over books, get behind the office desk and even unplug cables out of the equipment at times, etc.....

THinking on the short life issue, maybe the cats are banging these little "plug in" night lights with their bodies/tails, while playing and shortening their lamp filament life and socket life. I don't know as I am asleep during the "catathons".

And no, getting rid of the cats is not an option at this point.

Lots of good leads here, I'll check them out. thanks.

dlcwent · Nov 5, 2014

Greg.. those led candles make great night lights. Give off just enough light to see where you're going. Lasts a long time and are very inexpensive. And won't harm the cats if they're played with.

sourdough · Nov 5, 2014

Arisshill said:
http://www.snappower.com/ Got these off a kickstarter -works like a charm and took about 20 seconds to install.

Have 5 scattered through the house.

Leaves all the outlet plugs open as well.

Scott

That is one of the neatest things I have seen lately.

Kinda spendy at $15 a pop singly (less when purchased in multiples). Showed it to my wife and she is good to go with it. We have WalMart photo-sensor units in both bathrooms and switched ones in our kitchen and each takes up one half of the receptacle.

If Mama ain't happy, no one is happy.

Thanks for the link.

Jim

dips hit · Nov 5, 2014

I really like the ones junkman posted. We have green ones and blue ones. I prefer the green because they are just bright enough to see where you are going.

I think I could weld with the blue ones.

Steelhorse27 · Nov 5, 2014

thejunkmanadv said:
Would this kind work? They are like $8 for a two pack. Last for years.

^ these are great.... I have used them with both my kids 10 and 4 and the original ones still work pretty good although you can see they have dimmed a little

Paul1956 · Nov 6, 2014

Arisshill said:
http://www.snappower.com/

Got these off a kickstarter -works like a charm and took about 20 seconds to install.

Have 5 scattered through the house.

Leaves all the outlet plugs open as well.

Scott

Now this is slick... thanks for sharing!

-Brent- · Nov 6, 2014

I really like those Snap lights. We have a few of these

but I may have to add a couple of the Snaps in convenient areas.

ssbtech · Nov 6, 2014

Ok, I have to ask...

Are those snaplights safe? I don't see any UL listing notes on their website. How is the electrical connection made? I see something that looks like it wraps around to make contact with the screws on the sides of the outlets.

p_mori7 · Nov 6, 2014

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p_mori7 · Nov 6, 2014

thejunkmanadv said:
Would this kind work? They are like $8 for a two pack. Last for years.

I have those exact ones in the bathrooms and the hallways. They have been plugged in for at least 6-7 years now...they work perfectly...they don't throw off much light...which is what I like.

Arisshill · Nov 7, 2014

ssbtech said:
Ok, I have to ask...

Are those snaplights safe? I don't see any UL listing notes on their website. How is the electrical connection made? I see something that looks like it wraps around to make contact with the screws on the sides of the outlets.

Both UL & ULC (Canada) approved - they are pretty slick, that said I paid $40 for 5 of them delivered through the kickstarter.

Syberia · Nov 7, 2014

We use the cheap ones like this from Wal-Mart. $3 for a 2-pack sounds about right.

We use them everywhere from our hallway to our garage to our chicken coop to our litter box (wife wanted a covered litter box but the cats refused to use it until we gave them a light...) and they've worked well. They are LED so I wouldn't expect them to have issues burning out like an incandescent might.

Compy222 · Nov 9, 2014

-Brent- said:
I really like those Snap lights. We have a few of these

but I may have to add a couple of the Snaps in convenient areas.

I've got something similar to this. Its a decora sized 1w LED panel that goes in a box. I've got mine in a three gang near my garage door. 1 LED panel, light switch and double plug. At night its jist enough light to keep you from tripping over yourself. It even has a small photosensor.

Vegaman_Dan · Nov 10, 2014

LED nightlights are cheap, plentiful and helpful to have for just tucking in the corners of rooms. I put them in unused outlets in a shed. Very handy.

You can get LED bulbs to put into existing standard small socket nightlights as well inexpensively if you have a favorite you want to keep around.

I took the incandescent light for the in door ice/water dispenser and replaced it with a blue LED version. Lights up the space nicely at night and looks pretty darn cool and high tech. $4.

Jere · Nov 12, 2014

There are some of the led nightlights that have a photo eye and turn off when there is another light on. That is what we use, they work well, I think they came from the dollar store and use less than 1watt.

Look like this http:// http://www.conservationconversations.com/cmswp/wp-content/uploads/LT-LED001S_large.jpg

scoob8000 · Nov 13, 2014

I have various brands of these around the house:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IXWYR42/?tag=atomicindus08-20

They're actually almost too bright for a nightlight.

I also replaced the gfci in our bathroom with one of these:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Pass-Sey...ptacle-and-Nightlight-1595NTLTRWCC4/202039717

It's bright enough to use the bathroom (#1 anyway) at night without turning on any lights.

pcpro15 · Nov 13, 2014

-Brent- said:
I really like those Snap lights. We have a few of these

but I may have to add a couple of the Snaps in convenient areas.

I have two of these that have been in for years (6+). One doesn't always get enough light during the day, so it does run almost 24/7. Couldn't be happier with them

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