Magical flood light at Lowe's

Hi,

I was at Lowe's today looking for a flood light. They had, what I believe is model SH-6058-WH on display:

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It exhibited a magical feature: rather than turning instantly on and off, it faded in and faded out. I liked that feature because I found it less jarring.

But I didn't buy the light because there was nothing on the box or in the literature (had my iphone on me) that mentions this feature. A google search (flood light "fade in") reveals nothing.

Is anyone familiar with flood lights like that? Or could it have been some special light bulbs?

Many thanks in advance,

Sam

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Sam Takoy
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Just plain old bulbs. They do last longer because they never reach full brightness, thus the filaments don't burn out as fast.

I bought one a few weeks ago for my driveway. It light up when I want it to, same as the other lights I've had there. My only complaint is the motion sensors seem to die after a few years. This time I may actually save the receipt and folder from the box.

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Ed Pawlowski

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Thanks.

I just discovered that the feature is called "soft start". Here's a link. My original model number was wrong.

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Sam Takoy

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I like that feature especially with floodlights. It uses regular bulbs (works just like a light dimmer) and they last a long time because of the soft start which is less shock on the filaments.

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George

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Mine actually work that way, however, they are hooked to X10 wall switches. An X10 motion detector turns them on if it is not daytime. Otherwise, 24/7 it rings an inside chime.

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Art Todesco

Soft-start is fine for incandescent bilbs, will likely burn out fluorescent spot/flood lights.

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hrhofmann

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Just to be sure, you mean that the motion detector will ring the chime when it detects motion, whether it is daytime or not. Rather than the chime rings 24/7. I guess I just read that the wrong way at first.

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croy

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