This won't go over well with the wife, but you are right. The fixture itself is what makes it different. There are seals to keep the water out of the outlet. You can run any bulb that fits the threads in the outlet.
This is within reason. Don't plug in a 500 watt halogen bulb, or something like that. Otherwise it takes a normal bulb. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brice Mijares To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 10:28 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] porch light The light bulb on our front porch went out. Question; being that it has some kind of censor that turns the light on once it gets dark and turns off in the morning when it gets light, is it a special light bulb? My wife thinks so, but I don't think so. I think it'll takes any light bulb providing it fits in the fixture. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]