YCA1030 Hard-Wired Post Eye Light Control with Photocell Light Sensor, Photocell Sensor, Outdoor Dusk to Dawn Sensor, Photocell for Outdoor Lights, UL Listed

Good product, good price! Easy to install.

Fit is great, works perfect, wiring was easy, love the protective lens over the photocell. Turned on around 830pm and turned off around 630am. Perfect!

This worked well for my dual to dawn lamp post. Easy to wire up and works well. Comes on within seconds if you cover it up and shuts off when exposed to light.

If my initial order would have gotten here I would have given this 5 stars. As of this review on 3/5/25 I’m still waiting on the first one to arrive order a month ago. I called Amazon about two weeks after the order and they were very helpful. Amazon sent me another one which arrived in two days! I installed it and it works perfectly. The instructions are somewhat vague and it took me a few minutes to figure the wiring out. The problem with the instructions are that it doesn’t state clearly which wire is the line and which is the load. The black wire is the line from the power supply and the red wire is the load going to the device you want to control. The white wire is always the neutral. I’m not an electrician but I did some research and figured it out. Otherwise it seems to be a good product so far.

Worked perfectly, easy to install

This photocell looks good, and fits the location of the old photocell on my yard post light.Installed per the old photocell, and this product's instructions. Worked as expected for 2.5 weeks, and then failed. Now, during daylight, the photocell does not turn off the yard post light.Contacted manufacturer via email per Amazon's website instructions. No response from the manufacturer.Update July 28, 2024: J.Lumi Support responded to my email one day after this not-positive review was posted, which was eight days after my email was sent to J.Lumi. J.Lumi offered to reimburse the cost of ordering a replacement photocell - Thank You. The replacement photocell was installed yesterday, and is working as expected.Update Aug. 25, 2024: the replacement photocell has worked as expected for one month. J.Lumi did as promised - reimbursed the cost of a replacement photocell. Hopefully the replacement photocell continues to work as intended. Thus, I'm revising the overall rating to 4 stars (from 3). Docking one star for the hassle of ordering and installing a replacement photocell because the first one from J.Lumi lasted only a couple weeks.Update Dec. 16, 2024: the replacement photocell failed after a bit less than 5 months of use. Revising rating to 1 star because the photocells I received fail too soon after installation.

Most photocells, Amazon, retail, and otherwise, use Cadmium-Sulfide based LDRs (light dependent resistor) which have been around for decades. These are easily identifiable but the brown/red squiggly object inside the lens. Unfortunately over time these are prone to drift, meaning their light sensitivity weakens to the point where the light stays on longer than it should and eventually fails altogether.I specifically purchased these because they use phototransistor/photodiode technology which is not only more precise, but is not subject to the drifting issues like CdS sensors. Internally these use modern electronics and relays which are more reliable to control the load as opposed to a thermal bimetal switch which is the older way of switching loads on and off.This was installed in the pole light in my front yard. The old one was a CdS and bimetal switch variant which came on way too early, so it was due for replacement. This was identical physically and wiring wise. Upon first power up, there is about a 10-11s delay with the light switched on. After this, the sensor has about a 3s delay after “dark” to turn on, and about a 5-6s delay after “light” to turn off. Long enough to prevent false triggering, and short enough to not be waiting forever.It is also UL listed so this is safe to use. Not all off brand products carry this, so I was happy to see it.

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