Discount Designers Edge L99BR Replacement Motion Activated Sensor, Black

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Perfect replacement for my entrance and driveway. Worked like a charm and very little fine tuning needed. Would purchase again!

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I installed new lamp posts in our yard. We loved the way they looked but they did not have a photocell nor motion sensor, so I decided to try my luck at adding some functionality to these.

I tried a few different products & ultimately went with these. There was a ton of functionality here for the money.

The biggest problem that I had was that the lamp posts were black but there were no black motion sensors. It took some masking tape, exacto knife, and a can of spray paint to fix that problem.

Installation was simple. I drilled a 7/8" hole in the light post with a hole saw, pulled the wires through & affixed the lock nut on the inside.

There were three wires... hooked the white up to the neutrals in the post, the black went to the power, and the red out to the lights themselves.

Once it was installed, it offered a lot of setup options... photocell off/on, motion off/on, dusk-to-dawn, etc. You can also adjust the amount of time that the light stays on once it is triggered.

In my case, the unit is setup to come only:

* When it is dark out

* When it detects motion

There is also a sensitivity switch which you can tweak to control how fussy it is.

It was advertised as having a 180 degree field of vision. I don't think I'm quite getting that much, but its vision is overall sufficient for what I want it to do.

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I must have gotten the rotten apple in the basket. Mine works so infrequently, I can't even trouble shoot it. It worked tonight when I drove my truck up the drive, but won't work when I want it to no matter what I do; if I walk right in front of it or anywhere in my yard, driveway or sidewalk. When I make adjustments, it still only works randomly. It works about once a month since I installed it 5 months ago.

UPDATE*****: I really over estimated its field of view (left to right) and a little over estimated its reach (distance straight in front of it that it can sense). I tried again to adjust it and when I pointed it almost straight down, it finally worked. So, I seem to have learned that I have mounted it too high, and at that height I had to point it down where the center of the sensing range was able to sense my presence. I have it mounted at about 20 feet and that seems to be a little on the edge of what it was designed for. So therefore, I have revised from 2 to 4 stars.