I love the light output, but it never goes off! We've made adjustments, still stays on 24/7! Help?
1712455
Mine stays on 24/7 too. I even tried replacing it and new one was no different.
1712456
We purchased three of these and one with motion sensing. We eventually gave up trying to make the sensing features work. We now have them on a simple switched that our electrician installed
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Mine goes off once it is very bright outside. It stays on well after dawn. It stays on when it is bright enough to read a newspaper right next to the sensor, adjust sprinklers in the hard, drive a car without lights. I emailed customer service about this issue and their answer was: "There are no adjustments to the photo sensor, if the sensor is located under the eave it is possible that it's not receiving enough ambient light to turn it off. Try installing some reflective or mirrored tape close to the sensor to see if that will direct enough light to the sensor to turn it off." I am going to try the tape, but it does not work as promised, and it is an expensive unit. Not happy. Mine goes off once it is very bright outside. It stays on well after dawn. It stays on when it is bright enough to read a newspaper right next to the sensor, adjust sprinklers in the hard, drive a car without lights. I emailed customer service about this issue and their answer was: "There are no adjustments to the photo sensor, if the sensor is located under the eave it is possible that it's not receiving enough ambient light to turn it off. Try installing some reflective or mirrored tape close to the sensor to see if that will direct enough light to the sensor to turn it... » Read More Mine goes off once it is very bright outside. It stays on well after dawn. It stays on when it is bright enough to read a newspaper right next to the sensor, adjust sprinklers in the hard, drive a car without lights. I emailed customer service about this issue and their answer was: "There are no adjustments to the photo sensor, if the sensor is located under the eave it is possible that it's not receiving enough ambient light to turn it off. Try installing some reflective or mirrored tape close to the sensor to see if that will direct enough light to the sensor to turn it off." I am going to try the tape, but it does not work as promised, and it is an expensive unit. Not happy. « Show Less
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The sensor should cause the light to go on at dark and off in the am. I can only guess that there is a problem with the sensor.
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ours only go on at night, go off at daybreak, i thought it was automatic bit maybe there is a switch, on the solar unit? ours stay lite all night.
1086959
I don't seem to have this problem. I've not timed it, but I'm pretty sure mine stays on for well over a minute. Perhaps playing with the settings?
348392
So far we haven't had any issues with lights going out. I would encourage you to contact the manufacturer and enforce the warranty.
2059452
you have to search out adaptive brightness, there is an area where you can turn off the adaptive brightness, so it stays bright always.
2009407
try clicking on the dimmer switch in front....each click further dims until the lighted time goes off completely ...click again and it should go full on...
1395312
mine stays on all night and all day !! i'd like to know if it can be adjusted too !!!
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glad i came here! i was wondering how to turn off the light for 3 months! haha thats what happens when you don't read the instructions....and lose it:(
2083256
Nope stays on all the time. It comes with a sticker that is supposed to dampen how bright the light is.... The sticker does nothing to stop it.
1484524
Funny you should ask about "always on". I bought and installed two of these. One is on all the time dawn to dusk no matter how I have it set. The works sometimes and others it is also on dawn to dusk. I do NOT recommend these lights.
1484525
I raelly don't have the answer to that but I can tell you that there is a setting where you turn on the light that stays on till turned off,,,
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impossible is the answer. I followed the directions over and over and the light stays on. Oreck won't back the product. Maybe that is why the are bankrupt.
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Unfortunately, the lights do not shut completely off. You can choose one of the colors and keep it there (by hitting the on/off button several times as stated in the directions) , or you can do what some say is to "turn off the light", which actually still keeps a soft glow.
635402
Sounds like yours is either faulty or doesn't have the right bulb installed. Mine is super sensitive and I barely have to brush it for it to change levels and turn on and off.
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I'm not sure what gives, mine is still going strong since August at 16 hours a day....make sure that you can dissipate the heat from the bulb; ie: are you using a shroud around it? That would make it overheat maybe....or make sure your connections in your receptacle are set up right, ....or check to see if it being screwed in too tightly....also, keep your fingers off the bulb....oil from your hands can make it blow sooner than you would want it to. Hope that's a help.
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Aside from maybe putting black tape over the light, it seems there is no real solution to this problem which it equally annoying for me as well. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
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Do you actually own one and had the light go out? My first one I had for about 2 years. I live about a mile from the everglades in South Florida so I run mine 24x7 except for when it is too cold for mosquitoes which means I run it nearly all year and I never had the bulb go out. Its an led and it does not appear that it is replaceable. My guess is that the fan would die first. Mine just got knocked on the floor one too many times.