The packaging reports that the "night" light has a sensor and turns off. Does anyone have one that actually works as a night light or on all the time
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The night light sensor does work. It turns off there is light around it. However the night light is really bright!
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I have this particular air purifier in my half bath. The light does turn off when there is light in the room and it is strong enough to be a night light then the room is dark.
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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.
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The one I received stays off until it is activated by motion after dusk. It comes on and stays on for a short time then goes back off.
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I am not sure what the purpose is of using a switch to turn on/off the lights. the idea of the sensor is to have the lights on when it starts getting dark and off when it is light enough so as not to need additional lighting.There are two ways to handle this:1. Just turn on/off the lights whenever you want but they will still come on/off dusk/dawn.2. Put a lid on the sensor (literally a an opaque cup or even duct tape) and now you have completely disabled the sensor functionality. You can now turn on the lights whenever you wish as well as turn them off.hope that helps. I am not sure what the purpose is of using a switch to turn on/off the lights. the idea of the sensor is to have the lights on when it starts getting dark and off when it is light enough so as not to need additional lighting.There are two ways to handle this:1. Just turn on/off the lights whenever you want but they will still come on/off dusk/dawn.2. Put a lid on the sensor (literally a an opaque cup or even duct tape) and now you have completely disabled the sensor functionality. You can now turn on the lights whenever you wish as well as turn them off.hope... » Read More I am not sure what the purpose is of using a switch to turn on/off the lights. the idea of the sensor is to have the lights on when it starts getting dark and off when it is light enough so as not to need additional lighting.There are two ways to handle this:1. Just turn on/off the lights whenever you want but they will still come on/off dusk/dawn.2. Put a lid on the sensor (literally a an opaque cup or even duct tape) and now you have completely disabled the sensor functionality. You can now turn on the lights whenever you wish as well as turn them off.hope that helps. « Show Less
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It operates as a night light as well as an emergency light when the power goes out. However, my power has not gone out since installing it so I do not know if it truly works. But it is lite when I turn my lights out at night.
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Try the dusk to dawn sensor! Cover it with a piece of duct tape and see if the light stays on and does not strobe. The reason is there may be an ambient light source near or close by affecting the sensors ability to work properly. I had this problem when I hung icicle lights up for the kids.
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Neither can I, they are very similar. One suggestion, I had to cover part of the sensor. In the middle of the night, even if I moved my arm, the light would come on for the full minute. Not a good situation.
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It is an interesting use. I had a bad experience at first but the COMPANY contacted me and offered to send a replacement. I took them up on it. Now, the sensor works quite well but if you put it there I would imagine it going off constantly. I put mine on the sink near my computer just before I went to put it where I really want it. It kept going off all the time (even when I was typing) It was funny but I finely put it where I wanted and it works well. I still have not figured out if you can adjust the length the lights stay on.
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The light is on all the time day and night even no motion detected. I changed the batteries with a new one and still the same.
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The sensors are built in, and effectively 'on' when the light is plugged in. However, without an adequate amount of direct light, I've had the same issue as you where they just stay on (as a test you could shine a flashlight at them and confirm they turn off).
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I have purchased two of these lights. Had problems with the first only working once in a while. The company sent me a new sensor for it, but it didn't make any difference. Was just going to take it down, but our local REC said they would look at it for me. They said everything checked out good, so they put one of their sensors in it, (greased the prongs of the sensor good), and it has not failed since. When I bought the second one, I also bought a sensor from them and installed it befor I put the light up. Hope this will help you. Don
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I saw this hint in comments about another light. It fixed mine. Try tapping the body of the sensor with the power off.
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You set up a time interval to turn off the lights after it last detected motion. I had mine set up so that when I entered the room between 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm, it would turn on the lights. After X number of minutes you define, the lights will go off. If you want them on again and are in the room, you just move so that the sensor picks you up. That being said, I strongly recommend against buying this product. It's great when it works, but for me, I was spending so much time configuring, resetting, and reconfiguring that the time/energy saved was pointless.
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Mine did that at first. Best solution I've found is at night turn out all the lights, flash the sensor with a flash light and unplug the controls power. Plug the power back in, then turn the flash light off. That pretty much reset mine and works fine now.
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This model does have a light sensor and turns on a dusk and off at dawn. I have been using it for years with no problems.
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It's motion sensored and In the daylight it stays off. I am using one outside and notice it turns on only at night when I walk by it.
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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.