Requesting advice on whether there is a simple way to identify and bypass the timer function on the circuit board of a laser garden light. The light has a photocell that turns it on at dark and off at daylight. But it also seems to have a timer that turns it off after a few hours. I would like it to stay on all night. Using the lights to deter woodpeckers on a house. I have two of the lights and they both turn off before daylight so I do not think it is a malfunction. Attaching a photo of the circuit board. Cerchio Star Laser Light model ML-RS151. Thank you.

 

If these are powered by solar panels and rechargeable batteries, ti could be that the batteries are running out of charge before daybreak.

ak

 

IF the problem is not the batteries running down, thenone option would be to slow the timer so that it would not switch off until morning. But looking at the picture of the PCB I don't see which is the timer. The timer change could be less effort that bypassing the timer. Or possibly not. I did not see which device on the PCB is the timer, so others will need to determine which one that is.

 

Thanks for the input. The lights do not have batteries - they have power cords. If there's not a simple way to bypass the timer that's built into the lights, I have realized that a solution would be to use a programmable outlet timer to cycle the power every couple hours to reboot the lights throughout the night.

 

My read on what I could find is once activated by darkness the system will shut down after 6.0 hours. This is done to preserve the life of the LASER lights. They mention that in one user manual I found. One of the outputs on the board powers the lights but I am unsure how this figures into the various modes the light show has? Using Google I am seeing dozens of flavors of these things and not having much luck using your part number. This is one of those starry night projection things correct?

Does your manual mention:

To ensure longevity, allow the light to cool down for 30 minutes after every 6 hours of continuous use.

Ron

 

Thanks for your research and thoughts. Yes, starry night projection things. There's no mention of a timer in the provided Instructions For Use, but I have observed that at some point in the night they are no longer on, and listings for other brands mention a timer, so that's why I'm assuming mine have a timer. Other brands are sometimes changeable to 2, 4 or 6 hours. Mine do not have that feature. But allowing the lights to cool is new important info for me - Thanks, I will allow for that. I have decided I will use an external timer to power them up for a few hours at dusk and again before dawn. With that plan I'm now thinking that modifying the circuit board is not practical. Woodpeckers are said to be asleep when it's dark but I've heard them and have holes in my house to prove they are not always. Mylar streamers seem to keep them away in the daylight so that's why I thought the laser lights would be good at night.