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I've got a light fitting in a shaded area. I need to fit one of these screw-in photo-cell adaptors to it. Does anyone have any recommendations about models to look at / avoid. In particular I need to be able to adjust the sensitivity of the unit as (as I've said) the light fitting is in a shaded area.
Cheers
Den
It's a waste of electricity to use a light sensing switch in the socket, as it leaves the light on all night. Why not get a motion detector switch, and connect it to the fixture, or just a motion detector floodlight fixture which would likely be as cheap or cheaper than the switch unit.. The good ones have light sensor adjustments as well as choices of time-on.
Roger
Ahh, but I want the light on all night ... just not when it's light!
D
"Den" wrote in news:7geId.18676$c%6.1134@trnddc03:
Walmart sells a screw in $10 unit where you can control the light sensitivity and the "light on" duration. I have not seen any others like that.
You can buy just the photocell. Install it in series with the light circuit and mount it where the sensor gets full sun.
In my case, a garage, the outside light was activated by a switch inside the garage. It was a simple matter to mount the sensor on the other side of the wall (outside) from the switch. All the wiring was right there.
On Fri 21 Jan 2005 05:36:06p, Roger called across the abyss...
Depends on the adapter. The one I bought can be adjusted to burn from 1-6 hours or all night after initially turning on.
Wayne
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