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To: TexasGator

“LEDs are now available with their own dusk to dawn light sensors.”

Don’t use ‘em. My front porch lite has been on 24/7/365 for over a decade. Turning any lite bulb off and on repeatedly shortens its life.


68 posted on 07/31/2023 9:48:17 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Wuli

“Turning any lite bulb off and on repeatedly shortens its life.”

We have a utility room from the garage to the kitchen/hall/dining room. We replaced the long fluorescent bulbs with LEDs and replaced one of the 2-way switches with a motion sensor switch.

Any movement in the hall or kitchen also sets it off. Going on 3 years of activating 15-20 times a day and still going strong.

Hung a long-array LED garage light with motion sensor. Turns on/of many times a day. Still strong after years.


76 posted on 07/31/2023 10:04:59 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Wuli

” Turning any lite bulb off and on repeatedly shortens its life.”

We have two strings of low-wattage landscape LED flood lights that turn on/off each day. No failures.


77 posted on 07/31/2023 10:08:48 AM PDT by TexasGator
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