When we moved into our house about 4 or 5 years ago, there were several flood lights around the house. These were the kind with two screw in flood bulbs. I replaces these with Halogen motion sensor lights made by Heath Zenith. The one over my garage has already been replaced once. The little contact inside the light that touches the end of the bulb, had coroded. I replaced the whole light. The light has been acting flakey the last couple weeks. The light wouldn’t come on when triggered, but would come on maybe 30 seconds later. Then it stopped coming on at all. I got my ladder out to check the bulb, and found the end of the bulb welded the the contact, and the contact now loose from the tab that it used to be connected to. Grumble! I called the tech supposrt line, and they said that this happens when the bulb was not seated well, and it causes arcing. He suggested to rotate the bulb on it’s access to make sure it is seated well. I asked if I can replace just the tab but he said no I have to replace the whole light. The light is warranted if I can find the receipt. I think I might have it. It is annoying that I have to replace the light AGAIN! And I use that light when it snows to light my driveway when I am using my snow thrower!
I am a certified electrician in Alaska and have purchased numerous Heath Zenith lights for a customer. have gone through 9 fixtures and only 2 worked! Has anyone else had this much failure rate of these lights? I even bench check with a cord set-up so I don’t waste my time installing faulty fixtures.
Comment by David Lishman — November 24, 2009 @ 6:37 pm
i went through 4 in 2 mths im just giving up with this product. too much work for me
Comment by Tim — February 12, 2010 @ 9:00 pm
I am a licensed electrician in New Jersey. Both Home Depot and Lowes in my area sell these motion sensing fixtures exclusively. I used these for three different jobs and had problems with all three jobs. The light turns on when motion is sensed but then stays on. The customers have called me complaining that the light stays on all night. I wired these hot and was starting to wonder if I was damaging something electronic in the fixture by doing so. Do you turn the power off before tying in and still have the same problem? Regardless, I will not buy any more of these garbage fixtures.
Comment by Justin Holloway — December 19, 2010 @ 6:32 pm
The light is switched, so I had the power off when I installed it. But even if it wasn’t switched, I would have turned off the breaker. I had caution drummed into me years ago while dealing with electricity.
Comment by Rob — December 19, 2010 @ 7:22 pm
Went through 2 in 2 months – would not even consider buying another one.
Comment by Chris — January 9, 2011 @ 12:15 am