Originally Posted by
Mac McQuinn
To brings things up to date, we had a thaw on Monday of this week so I was able to get on the roof with a fresh bulb to do some basic troubleshooting. I determined the old bulb was tight although removed it to install a new bulb since I was already up there and any new snow would keep me off the roof for a while. I then used a long piece of dowel to place a large red plastic cup over the light sensor to activate the light. After a couple minutes the light came on and as I happen to take my garage door opener remote up on the roof with me, I triggered the door opener several times with no resulting shutting off or even flickering of the light as before.
Since Monday and replacement of the bulb, the light has not been affected by using either the garage door opener or my shop vac at night. Usually a surefire method to trigger the light to shut off is by running my drill press with all my shop lights on although In running my 1/2 hp drill press press tonight, the light was unaffected, not even a flicker.
One thing I noticed, even though the new light bulb is the same specification, it's noticeably brighter than the old one.
Thanks to all for suggestions, etc
Mac