Installed some dusk to dawn LED lights last week.

Sun goes down. One light opops on as it shoould. The other one turns into a strobe light. Only thing missing was a disco ball. I fixed that by placing duct tape on the sensor. Light worked d but that meant I had to manually turn it off in the morning.

So..... I take it back to Lowes and exchange it yesterday. Replace it. Strobe light again. What the hell?

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Posted by tide06

Member since Oct 2011

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Posted on 5/7/21 at 3:23 pm to prplhze2000

No chance anything is in front of the sensor that could be triggering it to flicker?

I’ve had leaves in the fall impact the sensor turning off, but if it’s continual it’s probably a systemic issue with the brand at Lowe’s.

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Posted by bee Rye

New orleans

Member since Jan 2006

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Posted on 5/7/21 at 3:40 pm to prplhze2000

Did the box for the photocell say if they were LED compatible?

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Posted by Clames

Member since Oct 2010

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Posted on 5/7/21 at 5:00 pm to prplhze2000

What else is on the circuit? Certain devices play hell with some LED driver circuits and will cause them to flicker or strobe.

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Posted by choppadocta

Louisiana

Member since May 2014

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Posted on 5/8/21 at 4:22 pm to Clames

Can you put the non strobing light in the position of the strober and see if it is possibly a bad bulb again or something else going on with the sensor or power input.

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Posted by urtoosmall

Baton Rouge

Member since Sep 2009

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Posted on 5/9/21 at 12:32 am to prplhze2000

Some string lights have that as a setting that can be adjusted. Look for a small button on the solar panel.

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Posted by prplhze2000

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