How dark does the room have to be? Will outside street lights affect this? Can this be set up to a timer? Thanks.
1120874
Not sure about any off these questions. Mine works with "thin" bedroom curtains, and the light pointed toward the window giving the appearance of the tv on. The unit has a built in timer with several options. I don't think street lights would be an issue. I really like it.
1120875
The unit works best with the rest of the room completely dark and, unless you have a really bright street light shining directly into your window, you should be fine. The unit already has two timed settings but yes, you can plug it in to one of those little $5 timers that you would use with a regular lamp.
1120876
Hello, please excuse my delay in responding. I have all three of them in different light settings, two of them (one in the rear bedroom and one in the front bedroom) is completely dark and it really makes it look like there is someone inside watching TV. The other one is in a half lit living room, since there is only a lamp turned on, but it also makes anyone believe from outside that there is someone watching TV in the living room. No... Outside street lights do not affect it too much. As a matter of fact, I have a public city light directly across the street from my home where one of these units is sitting in the front bedroom. I would say the post where the city light is about 50 feet away from the window. I do not know if it can be set up with a timer, since I have not tried it, primarily because I have it set in automatic, where it turns on by itself right after dark which is when I need it and turns off at first light in the morning, just like I want it to. I hope this helps!
1120877
The room has to be very dark. No lights outside lights should be no problem if you use a translucent curtain or shade. The light needs to be facing the shade so it can iliuminate the shade. Timer is ok if you leave the switch in the always in position.
401733
I put it up high on the end of my house where the street light did not hit. Probably 18 to 20 feet up. You can set the sensor for the direction you want. Not as bright as an electric light but plenty of light so see to get up the sidewalk without stumbling over something. Considering another for the back of my house.
1843274
You control how long it stays on. Mine is set at about 60 sec after being tripped. It's surprisingly bright. Electric will be brighter but this is plenty to light up my yard and the patio door it covers.
1303364
There are settings for motion and for darkness I know both on high keeps light on all the time but I have set mine to the distance I want and 5 to 10 minutes goes off Hope this helps
517273
It has to be switched on manually. Only one button that can be set to off/day/night.It cannot be set on timer mode to change the type of lighting.
48931
No this timer will not work for your needs. You need a cycle timer. I don't know of one that will work on night time setting..
1068534
My problem with it is it doesn't have a timer for night mode. It's just an on at x time off at x time with an option to fade in and out 15 mins before and after. I'd like to be able to have daylight for 10-12 hrs and atleast 2 hrs of blue light before and after. The timer only controls power to the light. You have to use the remote that came with the light every time you want a change.
2140662
It is a standard dual light fixture that may be run off of a switch is you desire that kind of control. It has a third hole (plugged by default) between the two lights where a light sensor can be wired in, and then it stays on when it is dark outside. The same third hole could also accommodate a motion detector, and then whatever kind of motion detector you select would control the lights.
2133596
Yes, I have mine hooked up to a timer, so it turns on and off at specific times. You won't be able to use the moonglow function this way though. There is one switch that governs day, night, and moonglow. If you want a light that will move from day to night to moonglow automatically you'll need a light with an internal timer which is considerably more expensive. I've had this light for about a year though and I love it.
850413
I dont see why it wouldnt work outside BUT not what it is made for. Light is extremely bright so might effect neighbors and I would worry about it being damaged or stolen. Great light tho!
502122
No this light fixture isn't dusk to dawn but has a motion sensor which can be set 5, 10, or 15 minutes for the light. However, it's great for back porch and yard. You can buy a photo sensor to make it dusk to dawn. Any local hardware store should have them and they're inexpensive.
1598292
Hi there,It can be set up to light up all night. And if you can make sure it got at least 4 hours direct sunlight then it should be able to last at least 40 hours.Thanks,EESGI
676371
Yes you can use outdoor, but depend which person you buy from. I had two of these, one working great in dark and another one is useless. Make sure you can return this product is not working.
1981619
It can't be used at night. It requires natural light and its settings are based on daylight. It comes with a mounting stick and mini bungee cords. I push the stick into the ground next to a tree and wrap the bungee around the tree and stick. Never had any issues.
1512249
I have mine in my backyard, it works fine when it is dark, not sure how good it would work during the day in the sunlight.
543
It has to be dark to trigger or dusk, you can turn on manually to test with time length button at the base of the lenses. This motion light is very durable and very motion sensitive, I keep three, just for backups, I have tried many motion lights that are blind and a waste of money, You can mount these anywhere with two sheet rock screws. I mount these outside where the rain hits them, I drill holes at base of bulb for drainage. Hope this helps?
1347113
The timer sets the off time (1-9hrs) after the photocell turn it on. My two work just fine with a start time seemingly after it gets fairly dark, not just dusk. If you have a night lighting issue you could consider putting a small shield on the door where the photocell is located so it will only see daylight. I have one located about 4 ft below a light and it does not bother the unit when the light is turned on, no mod necessary. Good product at a good price.