Dusk to dawn bulb flashes on and off

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I bought one of https://www.eew.ie/products/7w-led-e27-gls-dusk-till-dawn-lamp-inl-21524.html?filter_set[]=16,34,248 for my aunt as she is nervous out when house is in darkness. But it goes off and on every 30 seconds. It is a screwcap and the house fiting is bayonet cap so it has a adapter like this


Any ideas?

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Most likely the lamp is faulty. It is not possible to repair a unit such as this. The only option is to replace it.

autumnalcore

Adapter or enclosure could be interfering with the light sensor e.g. covering it or reflecting light from the bulb into it so its detecting its own light.

Then again it looks like a nobrand chinese job so could just be faulty.

€18.95 is bonkers for a no brand piece of chinese junk, to put it in perspective you'd have to leave it on for more than 2 years to save that much electricity and being chinese it mightn't last that long. I'd return it if you can.

You can get a "used like new" (usually new with damaged box) philips one from amazon warehouse for about €12:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B073FNKLF2/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all

Or just leave a normal 9w LED bulb on 24/7 and give her a tenner in a card at christmas :-p

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autumnalcore wrote: »

Adapter or enclosure could be interfering with the light sensor e.g. covering it or reflecting light from the bulb into it so its detecting its own light.

Then again it looks like a nobrand chinese job so could just be faulty.

€18.95 is bonkers for a no brand piece of chinese junk, to put it in perspective you'd have to leave it on for more than 2 years to save that much electricity and being chinese it mightn't last that long. I'd return it if you can.

You can get a "used like new" (usually new with damaged box) philips one from amazon warehouse for about €12:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B073FNKLF2/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all

Or just leave a normal 9w LED bulb on 24/7 and give her a tenner in a card at christmas :-p

Thanks The adapter is not covering the sensor but the shade may be. I will try it tomorrow. I don't think it is chinese It says Inlight Gorse Mill Gorse street . google goes to https://forumlightingsolutions.com/inlight-5-c.asp or are they just sellers?

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I found a lamp that takes screw in bulbs direct no adapter and it works fine in that. Thanks everybody:)