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My house has a house number sign on the wall next to the garage. I
never knew it can light up at night until I recently opened it up and
saw 2 bulb holders with 2 bulbs, and 2 wire nuts. The 2 bulbs are not
working at this time but I am not sure if they are both bad or I need
to connect the 2 wire nuts to some light sensor devices to enable the
bulbs to light up at dusk. Can someone take a look and advise? The
bulbs are 18V and 6W. I tried to look for them everywhere but they are
really hard to find. Can I use a 110V, 6W bulb instead?
The wire nuts have a black, a white, and 2 small low voltage cables
connected to them. What are these for?

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Thanks
Dennis

A low voltage is sourced from a transformer somewhere, possibly your door
bell.

Use a volt meter to check the voltage If you have something around 18 volts
then all you need is new bulbs.

110 volt bulbs are not a replacement option, find the right bulbs. Look in
the yellow pages under lighting or go to a real hardware store and have them
get them for you. You can also google { bulb 18v 6w ) and find lots of
place to buy, but local is probably better. These small bulbs then to last
for many years even when run 24 hours a day. If you have 10 cent per kWh
electricity running them 24/7 will run you about 44 cents a month.

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Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.