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Posted by aemeijers on October 9, 2007, 10:20 pm
barbarow wrote:
> Have you ever fixed things that were not really broken ?
>
> Have you ever replaced lamp sockets and light sensors that were really good
> ?
>
> My lamp post at the street was turning on and off ant irregular intervals so
> I did the following .
>
> Replaced the bulb thinking it could be a loose filament.
>
> Replaced the light sensor that turns the lamp on at dusk and off in the
> morning.
>
> Replaced the socket thinking that perhaps the rivets had corroded and were
> making and breaking the circuit.
>
> Each time I made the replacement, I took our Halloween Decoration ( a large
> pumpkin that fits over the entire light housing.
>
> Tonight I had replaced the socket and I left the pumpkin off and the light
> came on and continued to shine.
>
> I decided it was fixed; so, I put the three foot tall plastic pumpkin over
> it and in a little while the lamp went off .
>
> What the real problem turned out to be was that the large pumpkin comes down
> over the sensor; the light is reflected inside the
> pumpkin and the sensor thinks it is morning so the light goes out.
>
> Once the light goes out, the sensor knows it should turn the light ON so it
> does.
>
> This cycle repeats as long as the ornamental pumpkin is covering the sensor.
>
> For some reason, that same pumpkin on the same lamp stayed lit all night.
>
> The good news is that I can take that lamp apart and put it back together
> in a jiffy !
>
Check for an itty-bitty slider switch on the lamp somewhere. My
automagic outside lights have a switch with run, test, and 'always on'
positions.
aem sends...
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