zxcvbob wrote:
John Grabowski wrote:

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I have an outdoor floodlight fixture with a photo-cell to turn it on
at dusk and off at dawn. I can buy a screw-in photo-cell that works
with CFLs for only $8. If I cover the regular eye so it thinks it's
always dark and therefore will always be on, will the CFL work? It
would be cheaper than buying a new fixture.


*Put a CFL in the fixture and see if it works before you spend money
on an accessory. If the existing photocell worked with a regular bulb
it should work with a CFL.


It will work, sort of. Then the CFL will die in just a few weeks. They
don't like that transition when the photocell is just turning on for 5
minutes or so. BTDT.

Bob

For a heavily cycled, but short run-time light like that, CFL doesn't
make much sense. And in cold weather, lag time on startup will be annoying.

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