[Shop-talk] LED motion lights

[Jeff Scarbrough]

My experience with motion detecting fixtures is that the electronic
board fails before the lamps do.  I suspect lightning or surges - I
don't know if a whole-house surge protector would help.

On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 9:37 AM David Scheidt <dmscheidt at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Jun 28, 2023, at 06:59, eric at megageek.com wrote:
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> Ob Shop Content, I need these all around my shop!  8>)
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> braintrust...
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> I have been in a constant battle to find an LED outdoor motion light that will work for more than a year or two.
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> I've tried cheap ones, expensive ones, and nearly everything in between.
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> Can someone recommend a brand/model that they have had good success with?  I am looking for hardwired ones only, not the solar
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> Are you using integrated led lights?  If so, my experience is anything sold at box stores are garbage, no one is willing to pay for something that’s not. Get a fixture that takes bulbs, put led par bulbs in them. At least it’s possible to replace failed bulbs.
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