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    Bathroom LED mirror

    Hi all. Firstly sorry if this is posted in the wrong section - I'm new so please be gentle! :) A few years ago I bought an LED bathroom mirror from the Bay of E and it's been working fine until now. It has two rows of LEDs, a heat pad and motion sensor switch. I've popped the back off and can...
    • brbrbr
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    • bathroom don't driver led mirror sensor switch terminals
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Advice on Chorus PV Meter - Import sensor fitting

    Hi, All I got great advice on here re solar pv (which is working very very well) a couple of years back and I am looking at some enhancements and things seem to have moved on in the metering dept and I was looking at the Chorus PV solar monitoring system. In particular how it works by...
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    Non metallic PIR motion sensor security light

    I live near the coast & have had 2 metallic security lights. These have each corroded to the extent that the case could not be opened when the light failed. Can anyone suggest a non metallic security light fitting? Thanks
    • johnst
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    • light metallic motion pir security sensor
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Short distance PIR, Danlers??

    Evening all, 1st fixing a job at the moment and the client is having 6x LED Aurrora sola IP65 down lights installed in the soffit at the front of the house, the road is less than 3m from the front door and soffit obviously, they want them to be triggered by a sensor, so i suggested fitting a...
    • D.A.B_SOULTIONS
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    • distance front house pir sensor short soffit switch
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. sjhall

    360 PIR 2way

    Alright Chaps, I've a long corridor in an office block that I'm fitting some 360 PIR sensors to the lighting, I need the lights to come on all at once for all locations of the corridor but there is a blind spot so I'll need to fit 2 sensors... Is there a sensor out there that you can link...
  6. HappyHippyDad

    PIR with long(ish) range?

    Hello all.. The customer wants his garden light to switch on the moment he walks into the garden, the sensor is around 12 meters away and it doesn't switch the light until he is half way up the garden. There is nowhere nearer I can locate the PIR. I realise screwfix/toolstation have PIR's...
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    Microve Sensor question

    Hiya Gents. First post so please easy does it! Has anyone ever masked part of a microwave sensor to prevent nuisance triggering? What is suitable material? Thanks Phill.
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    burglar alarm advice..

    im asking to do some work on the orthopedic clinic but im not so familiar with burglary alarm..burglary alarm its ready in use and client asking to have another extra sensor to cover some place..to run the cable from the place where hi like that sensor to burglary alarm panel its quit difficult...
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    PIR Sensor Burn Out

    Hello, Can placing a piece of cardboard over a PIR sensor for a light cause it to burn out? I have been told that the cause of the sensor failing is the piece of card that we placed over it for a while to stop it being turned on; but I simply cannot imagine that an infrared sensor would burn...
    • benfreke
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    • because cause out piece pir sensor
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    PIR Wiring in bathroom and Hall

    Hi Guys,New member here,i need to replace my present pull cord switch in my bathroom with a pir motion sensor,whats the easiest solution,i only have 3 wires in the switch Red-Black and green/yellow earth.Also I would like to put a pir motion switch to replace the my on/off switch in the...
    • verve155
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    • bathroom green motion neutral pir sensor switch wiring
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Connecting a fan to shower power

    Hi all, a newbie requiring advice. I have been asked to fit a fan within a bathroom with the following constraints: 1. fan needs to work in daylight when light is off. 2. ideally on a timer so steam can be removed after showering. 3. humidistat not to be used as past units did not work to well...
    • tirfor
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    • circuit connecting customer fan lighting power sensor shower switch
    • Replies: 210
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    motion sensor

    hi every1 wanting to replace my kitchen lite switch with a motion sensor switch my wires from back of switch plate r RED=L BLUE=N YELLOW=? and green and yellow =E. I uploaded a pic of the sensor diagram. any help is appreciated thanks.
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    light sensor

    hi there I,m new to the forum so hope Iv posted in the right sections. iv just got an infrared motion sensor to replace the light switch in my kitchen , there are 2 light switches in my kitchen 1 of them has 2 switches (1 for normal light and 1 for outside light) then there is another switch...
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    is this just a motion/occupancy sensor?

    My workplace have recently installed these devices into the ceilings of all the rooms in the building. In the past there was a case with one of my colleagues where our workplace installed hidden cameras into the digital clocks. We went on a strike and they consequently removed them. Now, i'm...
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    PIR problems

    evening all i fitted 2 lights with a pir sensor controlling each light both working fine when i left and for about a week, until 1 became faulty it comes on around just getting dark all fine but soon as it gets dark completley it wont pick anybody up. so i replaced sensor last week customer...
  16. rustynails

    High Frequency Sensor Module

    I've been down the local wholesalers tonight and wanted to buy a small light with a sensor/pir built in. Nothing spectacular, so he starts talking about a High Frequency Sensor Module to put in a Knightsbridge opal bulkhead, it uses microwaves. It was late In the day so I agreed to take it. Now...
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    Smiths motion sensor

    hi there I need some help/advice installing a smiths three wire motion sensor (brown,orange,blue/white stripe) to a flood light im not an electrician so dont know what i should connect these three wires to. any help will be very appreciated Thanks alot nick
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    Solid state relay motion sensor?

    Hi all, Have a question for you all...Does anyone know of an occupancy switch that uses a solid state relay? Cant be the standard, electronic ones (ie the ones that you hear a click on switching), as the pulse from these is reducing the longevity of the cfl ballast's installed. Cheers, ffm
    • ffm
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    • being motion relay sensor solid state switch switching
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Occupancy sensor for small room with boiler

    Hi All I'd like to convert the pull switch for the light in my downstairs toilet to an occupancy sensor but the room is very small (900mm x 900mm) and it has a boiler on the wall at high level. Am I right in thinking a PIR-based sensor isn't going to work very well because it will see the...
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    whitecroft occupancy sensor

    I've just had a callout to a disabled toilet with flashing lights, found the occupancy sensor to be damaged. Does anyone know who supply's whitecroft comra sensors? Thanks Adam

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