It doesn't seem that it would work in a room that has a lamp on a timer due to the light sensor. Any thoughts?
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I used my time on lights in the same room the Fake-TV was in with no problems. Just set the Fake-TV on a separate outlet away from a timer and leave it on 24hours a day.
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I don't know why someone would want a lamp on burning more electricity if they are not at home when the Fake TV is far more effective in protecting one's home than a light. I feel so much safer with my Fake TV and I have only had it a week. I was always running a real television when I was gone. Now I don't worry as I drive away at night watching the TV lights playing in the windows. Decide which device makes you feel safer and pick just one. I was attacked in my home and I have learned all the best ways to protect myself. Fake TV is just one of them and is a very affordable space saving device. I don't know why someone would want a lamp on burning more electricity if they are not at home when the Fake TV is far more effective in protecting one's home than a light. I feel so much safer with my Fake TV and I have only had it a week. I was always running a real television when I was gone. Now I don't worry as I drive away at night watching the TV lights playing in the windows. Decide which device makes you feel safer and pick just one. I was attacked in my home and I have learned all the best ways to protect myself. Fake TV is just one of them and is a very affordable space saving... » Read More I don't know why someone would want a lamp on burning more electricity if they are not at home when the Fake TV is far more effective in protecting one's home than a light. I feel so much safer with my Fake TV and I have only had it a week. I was always running a real television when I was gone. Now I don't worry as I drive away at night watching the TV lights playing in the windows. Decide which device makes you feel safer and pick just one. I was attacked in my home and I have learned all the best ways to protect myself. Fake TV is just one of them and is a very affordable space saving device. « Show Less
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Could arrange the device so that it doesn't get too much light from the lamp but it's effective when the room is dark -- we simply moved the lamp timer to a different room.
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While on vacation recently I used the device (on a timer) in a room with a lamp (also on a timer). The lamp was at the back of the room, Fake TV at the front. The Fake TV still looked good from outside. Other reviewers say that the room must be completely dark if you wish to use the "timer" on the device. I found it more useful to put the Fake TV on a regular timer so that I could adjust the on-off times and also have a lamp in the background. This option seemed more realistic to me.
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If the light is not too bright and not too close to the FTV it will still work with the photo sensor. We still leave it in the "on" position and use an appliance timer to be sure it remains on for the amount of time we want.
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No it would not be the best place for it. It will work best in darkness. I put it in a spare bedroom, leaving it on the 4 hr setting and shut the door. I only remember it is on when I see the TV flickering from under the door. Again coming home from visiting someone the other night, I forgot I had Fake TV on and as we came down the road, I thought who is in there watching TV? Gets me every time. We love ours!
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The device works best in a dark room. I plug in a radio and the fake tv into one timer. I set the radio to a talk show so I have tv light and sound going together, my timer has multiple on/off settings. I set a separate timer on a lamp that comes on when the fake tv & radio have turned off.
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If the device was next to the lamp or the lamp was extremely bright, then maybe there would be an issue, but we have a corner lamp on in the same room and it does not impair the FakeTV's dusk sensor.
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The Fake TV switch has four positions: Off, On, Dusk + 4 hrs, Dusk + 7 hrs. If you plug it into a separate timer and turn it On then it will work even though a lamp is also on. On the other hand, a bright lamp would make the Fake TV flashing lights somewhat less noticeable.
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We use lights on timers and the Fake TV still works. I think the light would have to be directly in front of the unit or very, very bright before it would be affected. Our lamps are off to the side of the Fake TV. You'd really have to test it out to see. We place the Fake TV units right in front of our TV screen. From outside the house you would swear there was a tv on inside.
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I don't use the timer as it was slow to set. I use the light sensor and have the lights come on at dusk and go off 6 hours later
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I was sure it would work ...But there is always the possibility that I do not know-it-all.So, I plugged a table lamp with a compact fluorescent bulb into the SensorPlug.It came right on.I looked at e-mail for two minutes.Sure enough - it turned off.
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I have mine connected to a motion sensor and it works fine. However, there is a noticeable delay in the turn on time
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I have my sensor installed on a 3-way lamp, low, med and high bulb settings. Therefore I have to touch the lamp base (or any portion of the lamp metal) 4 times to turn it on and then off. I presume with a lamp set for just on/off it would do just that, on and off.
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Dear jenny paul - I have read the other reviewer, but to be honest - our sensor went off after 5 feet. I guess it depends on were you place the lamp, but still in all, it is bright and working great for us. Hope this helps!
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Be happy that the motion sensing works for u. In mine it did not. Without a separate light sensor you cannot do what you want
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I have two in my small room and when both are on the room is fairly well lit up. There is no timer or easy to see way to add a timer unless you have the outlet ones.
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There is not a traditional timer outside the light sensor system. Since I decided to mount my unit inside, I ended up just pluging it in a standard $10 lamp timer which I can set how I want. I just keep the unit pack in the on position.
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The "ON" time is adjustable. I'm moving light into a barn because rain got inside the motion-sensor housing with water condensation on the translucent surface. After that, the light only occasionally responded to motion.
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I don't think so. My guess is that if the sensor is blocked by the fixture, the light would always be on; if it is NOT blocked, the fixture's reflector may reflect light back on to the sensor, thus turning it off and on repeatedly at night. The bulb is designed to operate with a relatively unobstructed outside view. They work great for me in light post and wall mount carriage house-type glass and metal fixtures.
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I think what you are trying to do will work. The sensor and the lamps are adjustable in multi direction. You just need to be sure to shield the sensor from the lights and you will be ok.
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I don't see why it wouldn't work. The bulb is just a bulb. For the motion-sensing, that depends on the fixture. The fixture tells the bulb to turn off/on. So, with a timer, it would be the same. The fixture would te the bulb to turn off/on.
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Yes from the first one I got it seem there is an option for "L" switch for Light fixture Outlet usage and "O" for not light usage. "L" switch will sense ambient light and not turn on while "O" will turn on the outlet when it detect motion. My seem bad I order a replacement as it not sensitive on my garage. There is a timer to set from 2 minutes to up at max at 6 minutes.
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I use it with a lamp with an 8 watt led bulb in my daughter's room. I have it linked to a motion sensor that brings it up to 15% when motion is detected and then fades out over 3 minutes once the motion sensor detects no motion for 2 minutes. It works great for this application. As I use an 8 watt led at 15% I think it would be safe to assume a 6 watt bulb would work. Hope this helps! For reference this is the link to the bulb I use: http://www.amazon.com/Philips-433201-Equivalent-SlimStyle-Dimmable/dp/B00JM72W58/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1425092049&sr=8-8&keywords=40+watt+led+light+bulb
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Sorta, personally I don't use it because if the light sensor is on and there's no light in the room on it goes to night mode even though my led light is still on for another 2 hours. I have to play with it more but yeah it seems that even on night mode at the lowest power on mine it's blowing pretty hard considering it's only supposed to be 110gph
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I think you mean lamp timers. If so, yes I use a timer with my lamp and it works perfectly.