I found this thread while Googling.. see it's a few months old but thought I'd post a follow-up question anyway. There was a Carolina Jessamine that was growing along the top of a chain link fence by the driveway of the house I just moved into. It was woody & not getting much sun because of a tall oak tree but still flowering enough for me to fall in love - so I trimmed it back & killed it in the process. I bought a new one a couple of weeks ago & I'm hoping it will grow along the rail on my front porch. My question - would it benefit from a plant light or bulb? It's in the only spot in the yard that gets a very little bit of sun so it's doing ok, but soon the 2nd oak tree will take care of that, unless I trim some branches, which I'm reluctant to do. I'm just wondering if I put a little grow light in that corner of the porch if it would make a difference. Thanks in advance for any opinions or tips.

Thank you dekeoboe! Why didn't I think to call the # on the boxes. I did and here's what I found out. These LED lights cannot be set to work manually unless you do the double switching on/off twice. Then the lights stay lit for 1 minute. They then reset to auto. Anyway, too complicated for us. I tried it and the lights shut off after a minute, I was trying to get our cat back inside and the yard went black. The man I spoke with was very nice. I was surprised to find out Defiant is a Home Depot brand but I was told they would not work manually. He said with what I paid to install them, the electrician should come back and take them off. He said I should buy a standard flood fixture and buy LED bulbs to screw in. He said I should then return the Defiant fixtures/bulbs back to HD for a refund. Hubby went to HD and bought the fixtures but was told there are no screw in LED outdoor bulbs. So he bought standard outdoor bulbs. At this point, I don't care. I just hope the electrician will change out the fixtures without charging us. Thanks for your info, Gary. Using remotes wouldn't work well in this house. Half the time the TV remotes are missing. I just want to turn the outside lights on and off. Jane

I am not aware of a "standard." However, I usually place the outlets either shoulder height (I'm 5'10") or above. This is mainly because I want to see where the door handle is located. Unfortunately when most homeowners purchase outdoor lighting, they are not advised that fixtures being shown are available in a larger size or different configuration. If your husband thinks they are too small there is a trick to figuring out what he wants. Take a brown paper bag and cut it out to the size he wants. Put it next to the existing light and see how it looks. He may find that it is too large for the patio door.

Thanks Spencer and everyone here. That sounds logical to me and similar to what I thought. When the light is off during daylight hours, if the dimmer is turned down very low to dim the light when the photocell turns on the light at dark that wouldn't keep the light from coming on. You should have the light that the dimmer was set to before the photocell previously turned it off. To make it brighter once it came back on, all one would need to do is turn the dimmer knob up. The photocell would still be getting its 120 volts with the dimmer set at low dim because it would be wired to the main source. The light would come on as to where the dimmer was set for the light, either bright or dim setting. The photocell I have seen at Lowes states that it is compatiable for 120 volts and 15 amps and the dimmer switch states it is compatiable with 15 amps, single pole, and 600 watts. Thanks again!