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Old 12-11-2016, 09:25 AM   #7 (permalink)
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It took me far too long to find a couple of discussions we had in threads I did not start about my roommates always leaving on lights, although the landlord had fluorescent lights throughout the house before I moved in. He kept complaining about electrical usage when the summer began and I mentioned our roommate with his own AC unit each time, but replaced our most commonly-used lights with LEDs and tried to make other adjustments. Interestingly, he moved out right when I was able to open the sliding glass door without the air conditioning coming on.
I have not been able to find any sensors that work with LED\fluorescent bulbs, but mom bought me this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DA34NQA..._prd_ttl_sol_0

It has been working well enough for a few days. I would honestly like for it to be brighter, but it is more than enough to walk up, find my key, and get in the door. There are supposedly automatic lights, but the landlord periodically needs to try to fix them.

That one is 80 lumens from 4 LEDs. This one is 160 from 20: https://www.amazon.com/Etrech-Outdoo...ar+Power+Light

I do not know if there is one factory making one light and different companies are putting their own labels on it or several companies are making copies of one original, but I found several that looked good, but were only available through third-party sellers, and that got weird.

Are you guys still using the air conditioning?
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