Woods 59408WD Outdoor Hard-Wired Post Eye Light Control with Photocell Light Sensor

Working

Works great

Worked perfectly, built well!

Item was supposed to come with plastic caps to assist in connecting the wires. Each container was cracked and the caps removed. Other than that, the device worked fine and instructions were correct

I purchased two of these and found both to be defective straight out of the package. This was quite a surprise to me because I have used this brand of photoeye before without any issues. One of the two purchased here would not turn on. The other one would not turn off.I bought two so I would have a spare on hand because these things never seem to last more than a year or two. When the first one I installed would not turn on I figured well, every now and then you're going to get a brand new unit that's defective and was glad that I'd planned ahead and had purchased a backup. I wasn't too upset at that point and just went ahead and installed the other one.I was astounded when I found the second one was bad too! Now I'm more than a little upset. I mean, two purchased at the same time and both bad? That's pretty disgusting.So, I installed a Westek photosensor from the local hardware store (at 4x the cost) and it worked perfectly.In spite of my previous positive experience with Woods electrical devices (including their photosensors) this experience leads me to conclude they've gone downhill and I will do my best to avoid purchasing their products in the future. Thankfully Amazon's return policy and procedure are good so I'm not super torqued about this now but I'm sure disappointed in Woods. If you decide to buy this item, I sure hope you have better luck than I did with it.

If you have basic wiring experience you can install this sensor yourself. It works as designed. It needs to be inside of an enclosure for weather resistance. I use it to control my 50W 200 LED driveway floodlight. I bought a small electrical enclosure 3.5in x2.5inx1.5in and BARELY got the sensor and wirenuts inside. After following the instructions and screwing the enclosure shut, I tested it. When the circuit is first powered on, if its daytime the sensor will have to be covered. S tab of black electrical tape over the sensor works fine. The light will not just switch ON. It takes a few seconds for the sensor to switch from off to on. I stood under my 50W LED floodlight at sundown to see how it operated. When it got dark enough I heard the sensor click inside of its enclosure, and the LED array started to faintly glow. Some a little brighter than the others. I was only standing one foot under the thing. As the day turned to night, the LED floodlights panel array got brighter, and brighter with all the LED's the same brightness and so bright I couldn't look directly at them. The next day when I checked the light was off. The my home security LED floodlight functions off and on totally automatic now.

works great and easy to install

Woods is a name brand. Many copycats that are overpriced and fail. This installs in an electric box. As an extra protective step, I spread clear caulk thinly over the sensor including the base. They include a rubber gasket to guard that connection. But an ounce of protection is worth pound of cure. Very easy wiring. 3 wires, White to white, black to power source and red to the light being connected. All light switches interrupt the flow of electricity. Note there is a time delay when coming on and off. To prevent false starts. Smart. Test your install by placing a piece of electrical tape over the eye. Electrical tape over the end of tube of caulk works best at protecting the caulk for next use too.