Product Description

The Westinghouse Solar PIR Floodlight is motion activated with a 130 degree detection zone. Solar panel charges in the sun during the day. Easy to install, mounts almost anywhere, no electrical hook up needed. Fixture comes with 10 foot cord attached to remote solar panel.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40577 in Home Improvement
• Brand: Westinghouse

Features

• Charged by the sun.
• 130 degree detection zone.
• Easy Installation. No Electrical hook up needed.
• Comes with six 1watt Nichia LED bulbs.
• 10 foot cord with remote solar pane.

Customer Reviews

Returned the item for a full refund would like Westinghouse to read and fix.
I purchased two security lights and had different problems with both, so I returned them both. I felt it was important to review them in the hope that Westinghouse would fix the defects.

Positive, the six 1 Watt Light Emitting Diodes are a plus, this is a significant amount of light.

Cons: The first unit installed ok, yet it did not test by coming on, and the battery compartment latch would not release. I let it charge 10 hours in the sunlight and it still did not work.

The second unit never went off once it was tested; it stayed on continually until it discharged the battery, while adjusting the angle of the sensor the connection broke.

I was not aware that the battery was a lead acid gel cell type battery before I purchased it. This is general information on lead acid battery charging solar systems. The lead acid batteries have two basic problems, overcharging and complete discharging.

Therefore a lead acid solar system needs 2 specialized electronic appliances. One is a charging controller that stops the charge of the battery when it is full, and second a de sulfering circuit.

The life of lead acid battery is dependent on the percent of discharge cycle. For example a typical lead acid battery my have 100 charge cycles if the battery is allowed to stay between 90-100% charged. A lead acid battery that is completely discharged may only live for 10 charging cycles. A typical unit like this would not be on all the time, so the complete discharge cycles is probably not an issue, but the overcharging certainly would be.

General observation, the switches did not feel positive under the rubber mounts, the instruction of off and on were not conducive to reading in low light citations like under an eve. The controls like test and auto, duration of the light and sensitivity of the sensor were barely visible. If I were going to use them I was going to take some white nail polish and fill in the depressed area so there would be a black and white marking showing the + and -, Auto, Test, On, Of, timer, and sensor sensitivity.

Typical led lights use the Li Metal Hydride batteries. Without overcharging they should last approximately 1,000 cycles. This is also based on the assumption that they are not overcharged.
Here is a summary of the failures in my two group sample:
1. 1 Unit would not work in the motion detector mode
2. 1 Unit battery compartment button failed to operate.
3. 1 Unit never tested ok
4. 1 Unit the mount on the sensor broke in the adjustment of the sensor.

poor quality
Constructed of cheap plastic. The battery compartment would not stay latched closed, and the motion sensor arm broke from an accidental nudge during installation. Would recommend being extremely careful when handling this light.

Installed just fine
We purchased this from Sam's Club for $59. My husband put it up in less than 10 mins. Works great too. The sensor housing is in plastic like someone else said, so be careful.
My husband had one complaint, and it was no cable tie-downs. If you are going to use all 10ft of cable and live in a windy area(like we do), you'll need them. My husband had some from another project, so no big deal.