Stem Mount Photocontrol with Glass lens?

[DaleK]

Hi everyone,
Twenty years back, the outdoor stem mount photocell switches were metal cased with a small glass pane covering the photocell. Those lasted many years. Now the only ones I can find have clear plastic covering the photocell and they get sun damaged (oxidized) in just a year or two which makes the photo-control turn on early - even stay on all day - because the sunlight can't get past the lens.

Does anyone have a mail order source for an outdoor stem mount photo-control that uses real glass over the photocell?

 

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