{"id":4545,"date":"2016-08-25T15:41:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T19:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solartechnology.com\/?p=4545"},"modified":"2016-08-25T15:41:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T19:41:43","slug":"important-remember-to-clean-photo-cell-sensors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solartechnology.com\/staging\/2016\/08\/important-remember-to-clean-photo-cell-sensors\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Automatic LED Brightening and Dimming Working\u2026 Clean Photo Cell Sensor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4546 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/solartechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PhotoCell-200@72-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"PhotoCell-200@72\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>It\u2019s tiny, and it can be a bit hard to find, but the photo cell sensor plays an important part in regulating the brightness of the LEDs in your boards.<\/p>\n<p>The sensor reads the amount of brightness, and will automatically adjust the board\u2019s LEDs to accommodate dusk, nightfall, or cloudy days. When the sensor detects bright sunlight, it brightens the LEDs to counteract the sun\u2019s glare. In darkness, it dims the lamps so driving into the light won\u2019t blind motorists.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4547 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/solartechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Arrow-PhotoCellLocation-Labeled300.jpg\" alt=\"Arrow-PhotoCellLocation-Labeled300\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" \/>If the board is parked onsite in bad weather, the sensor can get clogged with mud or dust (or in one case, spiderwebs). Simply remember to occasionally check the cells and clean them (a q-tip works best) if necessary.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212; Contributed by SolarTech Support Specialist John Stout<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4548 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/solartechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MB-Closeup-PhotoCellLocation-Labeled300.jpg\" alt=\"MB-Closeup-PhotoCellLocation-Labeled300\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4549 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/solartechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MB-Location-of-Photo-Cell300.jpg\" alt=\"MB-Location of Photo Cell300\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s tiny, and it can be a bit hard to find, but the photo cell sensor plays an important part in regulating the brightness of the LEDs in your boards. The sensor reads the amount of brightness, and will automatically adjust the board\u2019s LEDs to accommodate dusk, nightfall, or cloudy days. When the sensor detects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_swt_meta_header_display":false,"_swt_meta_footer_display":false,"_swt_meta_site_title_display":false,"_swt_meta_sticky_header":false,"_swt_meta_transparent_header":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[16,62,96,30,94,95],"class_list":["post-4545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-and-hints-from-support","tag-arrow-boards","tag-john-stout","tag-leds","tag-message-boards","tag-photo-cell-sensor","tag-support"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Heidi","author_link":"https:\/\/solartechnology.com\/staging\/author\/solar-technology-2\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"It\u2019s tiny, and it can be a bit hard to find, but the photo cell sensor plays an important part in regulating the brightness of the LEDs in your boards. 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