How often is the LED on? When there's a change in state? Just during enrollment? When there's a problem? Or constantly?
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The LED only pops on when there is a change of state (and when you're doing the one-time enrollment). There may be other circumstances such as the tamper alert state - I'm not sure about that one. It certainly doesn't stay on constantly.
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The LED flashes very briefly when the door is opened or closed. The LED will also come on if the cover is opened (tamper switch). Also, the LED will flash in response to initial pairing with your Z-wave controller (I have Vera Lite).
1792040
The LED briefly flashes on when the door is opened or closed during normal operation. It does also turn on during initial enrollment.
724872
Ours has needed to be reset maybe 2 times in the time we've had it - so I would not describe it as constant, nor as preventing us from being happy with the purchase, especially for the price.Even when we have had to reset it, it's only been when switching inputs, and has only happened just a couple of times - never in the middle of a show, nor often.
2070204
Not too many when my DVR worked. I recall about 1-2 false positives per day. Not bugs, but any major lighting changes triggers it.
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I've been testing mine since this question came in, 4 hours continuous use of the 3 LEDs since I turned it on (i.e. unplugged it from power) earlier today to do a test. It's still "on" and still quite bright after that time. I rely on these (I have 2 of them in the house) to come on automatically in an outage, and help me find my way to my stash of brighter flashlights and other emergency supplies. They do cast plenty of light for that and other basic purposes. If you REALLY don't want to be in the dark though, consider having additional sources of battery-powered light in your emergency kit. As we've all learned recently, it may be days rather than hours that you'll want some light. I've been testing mine since this question came in, 4 hours continuous use of the 3 LEDs since I turned it on (i.e. unplugged it from power) earlier today to do a test. It's still "on" and still quite bright after that time. I rely on these (I have 2 of them in the house) to come on automatically in an outage, and help me find my way to my stash of brighter flashlights and other emergency supplies. They do cast plenty of light for that and other basic purposes. If you REALLY don't want to be in the dark though, consider having additional sources of battery-powered light in your... » Read More I've been testing mine since this question came in, 4 hours continuous use of the 3 LEDs since I turned it on (i.e. unplugged it from power) earlier today to do a test. It's still "on" and still quite bright after that time. I rely on these (I have 2 of them in the house) to come on automatically in an outage, and help me find my way to my stash of brighter flashlights and other emergency supplies. They do cast plenty of light for that and other basic purposes. If you REALLY don't want to be in the dark though, consider having additional sources of battery-powered light in your emergency kit. As we've all learned recently, it may be days rather than hours that you'll want some light. « Show Less
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I haven't really used them recently. The two that I bought Have various problems. One of the units will no longer turnOn, and the other is basically erratic when I use the remote, it Basically does whatever.In the short time that they actually worked; the LED's usuallyDefaulted to the last color they were on when last used.
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My first battery change was about two months in, and that's with heavy use and the screen/button illumination always on. I turned off the auto-on settings and stretched it out a couple more months. Of course, I use it constantly throughout the day and evening.
772283
This Illuminator has around 200 LED's. If you have never replaced an LED you need equipment, like tiny soldering tip, tiny tools, and the ability to work in small areas. I have one of these illuminators. If all LED's were blown by something like lightning or power problems, I would not attempt a rebuild. If just half a dozen have blown, you will not notice the difference in lighting, so would not work on them. I frequently change out the colored LED in computer fans ( most lit ones use 4 LEDs ). I buy the colored ones from Amazon, but do not remember the cost, which means I did not scream about the high price, which I often do. They are fairly cheap, as I remember. Never have worked with Infrared LED, just visible light models. This illuminator requires 850 nanometer, which I have no idea of cost. Just check Amazon. They have a 10-pack of 850 nm units for $ 2.56. Be sure to read the customer comment. My engineering experience with LED's occurred when the LED just came to market. Not much has changed except a very large price drop in the last 50 years. Not all LEDs are the same circular size. I have to watch that when changing colors on computer equipment, like the colored fans. Oh, when working with soldered-in like these, you do need a motor operated vaccuum pump to quickly 'suck' the solder out just as it goes liquid. Those hand operated units, like the "solder sucker" are too cumbersome to get into that circuit board. I built my solder sucker about 30 years ago, for I do a lot of unsoldering on really small parts. Must admit I have never taken my illuminator apart to see how it is put together. If I had around 25 or so of the LED's shot, would probably order a new one, take the faulty unit apart to study the construction, then save all the LED's for the next time. The LEDs I have used from Amazon have been quite hearty, ie never broke one, nor melted one. I should tell you to forget fixing the unit, HOWEVER if it were mine, I gotta fix it. Good Luck
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Don't know about the LED lifetimes, specs say they last a looooong time. However, this unit was defective as it came out of the box. I.E. the "Mode Switch" did not work to switch from 'AUTO' to 'OFF'. It is always in 'AUTO' mode.
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I had a similar problem but I thought it was the LED unit that I was using it with. I don't have any other equipment to test it on. I used the command line interface to issue DMX commands and found that if I sent the same one a few times it would eventually take. It was not consistent and I suspect a timing issue that could be corrected in the internal microcontroller. They are programmable so I was going to tweak the settings and try again. The LED unit I purchased is not powerful enough for my application so I never got around to it. It was an older/compatible model related to uDMX units. I got information on them here: http://www.anyma.ch/research/udmx/ I had a similar problem but I thought it was the LED unit that I was using it with. I don't have any other equipment to test it on. I used the command line interface to issue DMX commands and found that if I sent the same one a few times it would eventually take. It was not consistent and I suspect a timing issue that could be corrected in the internal microcontroller. They are programmable so I was going to tweak the settings and try again. The LED unit I purchased is not powerful enough for my application so I never got around to it. It was an older/compatible model related to uDMX units.... » Read More I had a similar problem but I thought it was the LED unit that I was using it with. I don't have any other equipment to test it on. I used the command line interface to issue DMX commands and found that if I sent the same one a few times it would eventually take. It was not consistent and I suspect a timing issue that could be corrected in the internal microcontroller. They are programmable so I was going to tweak the settings and try again. The LED unit I purchased is not powerful enough for my application so I never got around to it. It was an older/compatible model related to uDMX units. I got information on them here: http://www.anyma.ch/research/udmx/ « Show Less
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This is ere I am using it. LED light is NOT supposed to attract bugs and has MUCH lower power consumption. Hope this helps!
1252295
I've been slowly replacing all the incandescents/cfls in the house with LEDs. The first one was the garage door opener, about 2 years ago. I used to replace that light 2 times a year because of all the vibrations the garage door opener generates. The filaments in an incandescent bulb are not that durable. Outdoor patio lights (semi enclosed) have been replaced about a year ago. These lights are on all night long (average 8 hours) every day. Some of my interior lights have been replaced. The only thing I've noticed recently is that my electric bill (Southern California Edison) have been reduced by aound 20%. The only incandescents I have left in the house now are in the fridge and oven. You might want to read more about LEDs here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode
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Mine is starting to malfunction; the LED light is not responding correctly, even after I reset the SMC. When it works, though, it works great. It just seems that even the slightest motion will cause it to stop.
344768
just purchased this and have not set any daily modes for the week, but activated the vacation security mode to see how the random on and off light feature worked. I've also set the day and correct time in this unit,, so far for the last 2 nites, the unit has turned on the lamp at around 6PM but I've manually turned off the unit late at nite before I go to bed because it stays on. during the day, it stays off. I can only surmise that I have to set on and off times for each day & that the random timer works off of that,, otherwise it does not appear to do the random on and off.
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Well..I haven't had one single issue with it! I love it so much, got mine to enable kids to turn on bathroom light by themselves! Works just dandy! I'm surmising others issues may be when more walls, floors etc might be hampering operation? I have another one to install, its got a different frequency. Bought them together, they sent two different ones so not to have a problem. Hope this helps!
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I'll assume it's over the whole thing. Since judging from the number of hours of the light operation. But again it's just an assumption. BTW, mine works great, I haven't had any problems with its and was surprised at how bright it gets.
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I'm also having the same issue with 2 888LM's keeping the lights on constantly. They didn't seem to do it when first installed but nowall the time. I'm wondering if they get more sensitive during colder temperatures.I've turned the motion detection off for now unfortunately.
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sorry.i honestly don't know...i've had no problems with my light so far.i got my light in january.