|> |Hi, |> | |> |I put one of these outside my mother's front door a while ago: |> |
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|> | |> |It has a photocell, but she's not very happy with it because it comes |> |on too early for her liking and stays on too late. I've tried |> |explaining that it only has a 16w bulb in it, so the extra time is |> |probably costing her about ten pence a year, but she still frets about |> |it. To my mind she doesn't have enough to do, but enough complaining |> |about my mother! |> | |> |The problem with the lamp is that the photocell is set to be triggered |> |when there is still a fair bit of light around, and it's not adjustable |> |(in any way that I can see). There's no easy and neat way to put a |> |switch in, so I'm now in the market for another photocell porch light |> |with an adjustable light sensor (or one that doesn't come on until you |> |can't see your hand in front of your face). Any ideas? |>
|> Put a gray filter, or a bit of translucent film/material in front of the |> photocell. | |Isn't that a bit back to front?- it's coming on too early, not too late! |What is needed is a magnifying glass in front of the lens to trick the |photocell into thinking its brighter than it is ;->
You said
|> |it comes |> |on too early
in the evening
|> |for her liking and stays on too late.
in the morning.
If so the trigger is set at too *high* a light level, therefore a filter should reduce the light getting to the photocell and improve the problem.