GARAGE LIGHTING
Please take a few minutes to replace any burned out light bulbs on the outside of your garage and clean the glass on the fixtures so that the neighborhood is well lit. The illumination of the garage lights is the primary lighting for our community safety.
We have a recommendation for all residents! The bulbs recommended as a replacement for our outside Garage Lights are displayed here!
You can get the Bulbs (LED) at Home Depot and Menards. The prices have really come down, just over $3.00 a bulb that last you ten years and saves you money each day.
They key is to buy soft white.
So if you have not done so already, like many residents, replace the bulbs with LED and no need to worry about them for a long time and you are saving over $6.00 a month on your electric bill.
Savings: cost for lights running 10 Hours/Day 30 Days/Month:
4 regular bulbs about $7.30 4 LED bulbs about $0.70
After about 5 weeks the bulbs have paid for themselves and keep on saving every month!
Recommended Bulbs for outside Garage Lights (Sept. 2024)
SOFT or WARM White!
Installing New Bulbs
New bulbs may need to be sanded at the contact area (bottom) to increase the surface area to make better contact with the light housings. If you buy new bulbs check that the contact area is flat and smooth and will make contact with the light housing.
Also (important!) use a straw or small plastic pipe to blow out (clean) the area where the bulb is sitting - this may be the cause for the light not working!
Dust and dead mosquitos collect over time and when removing and screwing in a new bulb many times no contact is made and the light doesn't work.
Dusk to Dawn Light Bulbs would be an option as a last resort for non working sensors.
This is the original store and still has a catalog for ordering the outdoor Garage Light Fixture. They also repaired (rewired) a fixture for a resident 10/2020. - Jacobson Electric, 1035 Lake Cook Rd, Wheeling, IL 60090 847-808-0808 https://jacobson-electric.net/
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LAMPUSA
is one company that is selling a Coach Light like the ones installed at the Asters.
Company Link: https://www.lampsusa.com/
Link to Light: https://www.lampsusa.com/products/newbury-large-2-light-outdoor-wall-light-medici-bronze-ny8317z
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Ask the Association before replacing an Outside / Garage Light Fixture - ARC Required.
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Having problems with your lights and sensor, try replacing the plastic cones inside the fixture at the bottom where the light screws in. This plastic piping can be cut to size and is available at Warren Electric.
Warren Electric at: 33261 US-45, Grayslake, IL 60030 one place to look if you have trouble with your lights.
MENARDS
Westek Dusk to Dawn Light Control with Weatherproof Face Plate
Model Number: 758FPCTCC-4 Menards ® SKU: 3681240
Depending on the Unit residents have a single controller or one in each light socket.
For the single controller:
The Light Control Model 758FPCT is the original one used to control outside lights for the outside Garage Lights (if you have the single Light Control). It was available at Home Depot for about $15. May no longer be available. Check Online, Menards, etc.