Dusk to dawn light

[ldj]

I bought a Harbor Breeze 110v dusk to dawn outside light for my flag that had a Feit Halogen bulb in it. Those bulbs only lasted a couple months except the last one I bought which only lasted a couple weeks. I have tried solar lights and they aren't bright enough and they won't stay on all night Except short winter month and then they are really dim, forget about long summer nights. Is there any other bub I can use? that Halogen gets really hot and I think it just burns it's self up. Those bulbs are expensive. What are some of you using?

 

[Tom from Buckeye Lake]

Two years and counting in central Ohio

 

[TerryfromSWIowa]

Where are you that your winter nights are short our winter nights are long.

 

[Janicholson]

Two years and counting in central Ohio

They make LED bulbs to fit the fixture (requiring removal of the ballast. .1 the operating cost, and last 20,000 hours. Jim

 

[wp6529]

https://darksky.org/

 

[Russ from MN]

Where are you that your winter nights are short our winter nights are long.

That's what I was wondering? Australia? But I think they call it winter when we are having summer. Seems to be a lot of confusion, about a lot of things!

 

[Geo-TH,In]

I bought a Harbor Breeze 110v dusk to dawn outside light for my flag that had a Feit Halogen bulb in it. Those bulbs only lasted a couple months except the last one I bought which only lasted a couple weeks. I have tried solar lights and they aren't bright enough and they won't stay on all night Except short winter month and then they are really dim, forget about long summer nights. Is there any other bub I can use? that Halogen gets really hot and I think it just burns it's self up. Those bulbs are expensive. What are some of you using?

I took apart many mercury dusk to dawn lights. Used just the light sensor. Removed the ballast . Install a smaller bulb base so I could use a LED Cob light or even a 60 watt LED equivalent .
The bulbs seems to last a very long time.
Uses less electricity.