You can use either wire in either order. Just connect one to the hot wire coming from the electrical box, then the other to the power wire on the light. As for the two different switches, not really sure what you're asking, but it sounds like you are dealing with a 3-way switch. Not sure if you are trying to bypass the photo cell or if it's not working on the second switch.

Mine finally blew up too after a couple years. Switched to the ones I listed off amazon and have not had a problem.

Sounds to me like you have a three way switch where the red wire is a carrier leg. I'm no electrician, so you may want to get a pro's opinion but is the red wire hot?

Not really a candidate for a thread in photocell. I would try a wire in style like I used and see if that solves your problem. since the photocell you used switched the bulb, you would need one for each of your bulbs. My fear is that they would cast light on each other's photocell and you would get a really annoying flicker.

Well, it sounds like the same situation that I had when mine failed, but the one difference is you said lights instead of light. If you have more than one light that failed at the same time, I would suggest you have a wall mount photo cell or a timer, not light mounted photo cells like I used. Check around and see if you have any electrical plates that have a pencil eraser size cylinder protruding from the face. My guess is that you have one sensor that controls a circuit, but I'm just guessing based on the info you provided. do you know the type of lights you have?

Not really on scanning. The system I set up just works. Hardest part is finding the time to do the scanning and shredding when I fall behind.

I like your share point idea. Please keep me posted on how that works.

Tom,

You're not the first person to have made a similar comment. I installed mine in April of 2008 and it's still running strong, so maybe they had some bad quality control. Based on other's comments, I have posted several other dusk to dawn sensor options with my favorite being

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NVBS20?ie=UT...

If you need a 240 volt version, try this article for more options: http://www.watthackers.com/wp/more-options-for-in...

Thanks for the feedback.

Scott

Interesting idea, but comes with a host of issues that might be problematic. At least for me, my dryer runs on natural gas, so I'm not sure I want to pump the exhaust into the house. The second issue is all the lint that is expelled via the dryer vent. What you would need is some sort of heat exchanger to transfer the heat from the dryer air to some other clean sources that can reintroduce the heat back into the home. For those of us living in warm climates, we are trying to get the heat out of the house, so there would need to be some sort of means for diverting based on season. Sounds like a big but interesting project.

Of course the purists will tell us to go get a clothes line and stop using the dryer all together :-)

Danny,

I'm just writing to say that I will not be releasing your comment because I don't feel it provides any useful information to those trying to learn something about the topic. Furthermore, I have no first hand information as to Mike's mental state or political voting history and would be remiss in allowing unconfirmed content on the site. If you would like to rephrase in a manner that is appropriate for the site and contributes to the discussion instead of picking a fight, I would be happy to post. If you insist on a fight, please pick one with me.

What I can confirm is that I don't particularly believe in global warming either. Keep reading the site and I'm pretty open about that - it's junk science. How else do you explain the current cooling trend or ice ages? I guess it's hard for Al to give global warming speeches in snow storms, so the new marketing term is climate change. We go after CO2 emissions because evil businesses creates it, but not Al for flying a private jet all over the world to his conventions. Hell, even Obama (who is supposed to be green) sent two jumbo jets to Copenhagen to so Michelle could go a day early? Can any one tell me the pounds of CO2 that emitted? - Green is a political agenda and I must say I'm sick of it. Time to look at these people's actions and not just their words.

In fact, I think the whole climate change concept is largely unmotivating to most; it's just not tangible enough to get Joe six-pack behind. What motivates me is the brown air that lingers over our city, the polluted streams, dieing forests, the drastic reduction of sea life in certain regions, and the explosion of people with asthma. Try and explain that that's not pollution related. We have so much to fix that we can see, that I just don't see how the brilliant people behind the global warming/climate change industry missed there audience so badly. A shame really, because I for one would like to see less brown clouds; sort of like the skies after September 11th. Remember how clear everything got within a day or two. Wonder why cap in trade doesn't go after the airline industry - weird...

If you have swallowed the Global Warming Bait, good for you, but don't be a hater because not everyone has - the message sucks and those delivering it, zzzzzzzz. Our outcomes are similar, my version just doesn't have the destruction our remaining industry and the heavy taxation on consumers as part of the plan. I wonder if solar panel makers were exempted from the cap in trade bill... off to do some more research.

Scott

Really depends on the photocell that you use and how you protect the wiring. The Hampton Bay photocell would not be recommended for external use, however, there are a few more options here: http://www.watthackers.com/wp/more-options-for-in...