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We are trying to find a workable way to have our outside lights on automatic.

To turn off when it gets dark and on when it gets light. Simple, no?

No.

We bought a switch with a bunch of small slider things that once you set could run and turn the lights on and off at whatever times we wanted.

Again, no.

Disastrous.

It didn't work at all. John thought it was working because I was over riding it every night and morning when I realized it had missed the mark.

The dial went around OK but somehow it had its own idea of when and how the lights would actually function.

So, back to the drawing board.

What we are now trying is a fixture that screws into the bulb place and has its own little electric eye. You put the bulb in this gizmo and it works on off when the light does.

We do not know yet whether it will work or not.

If not, I vote to go back to the old reliable, sometimes, system of a human turning the lights on when it gets dark out and then off again when it gets light.

Not high tech. Lower failure rate than the devices used so far.

Labels: condo, electronics

Lend An Ear

I got new earphones today. The old ones lost one ear. Deaf.

I bought the moderately good Sennheiser 558 headphones.

Not to be very clear on whether these are the best or not. I just spit on my finger and held it up to the wind. Then I looked around at some websites and took a flier.

I also have owned Sennheisers and they have been fine until now.

I suppose you should buy a different brand if one went bad but I had them 4 or 5 years. How long is long? Way past warranty.

They seem a lot deeper and wider whatever that means. I just like them.

Electronic equipment is terra incognito for me. I just follow my nose and my intuition.

They sure are nice though. I can hear a great difference. Fuller, deeper.

I use earphones a lot. Movies. Tunes. A lot of websites have videos with, of course, sound.

A mild upgrade. Not extravagant but nice.

Labels: audio, electronics