I got one of these for my basement. I was actually using it to start some seedlings last winter. After a few weeks the switch started behaving erratically and soon after that the light stopped working completely. I complained and a replacement light was duly shipped to me. After a couple of months the new one stopped working. Pressure of work and a new baby prevented me from complaining about it again so I never returned the second one. It is still gathering dust in my basement. I thought that there wasn't much that could go wrong with a fixture like this so I got a cheap one. My mistake. Don't bother with this item.