Security Light Stays on only after car has been.

[richard.lister]

Hi, has anyone see this? A security light works perfectly until a car parks in the sensor's range. The light then stays on all night and day and won't go off until reset. I'm thinking the bitumen gets warm from the car's engine. It only happens if the car stays awhile. Any thoughts? regards, Richard

[dennis]

Something reflecting off the car?

[ARWadworth]

Windscreen?

Adam

[Dave Liquorice]

Unless this is a different type of security light most normal PIR detectors work on a warm object moving across its field of view. A warm static object "disappears" as far as the dectector is concerned after a while, at least until it moves again.

[Emil Tiades]

Car aerial wobbling under the wind and detected by sensor? Or perhaps you have a football / rugby flag attached on the car?

[richard.lister]

thanks everyone so far but I might not have explained very well. The problem is that the "warm" car only visits. After it has gone it stays on! Weird eh? regards. R

[Emil Tiades]

These guys made a training film to sort out this kind of problem.

[dennis]

Yes... bin it.