My first post and it's about LED lighting

[hawkeyefxr]

I have a small utility room at the end of my garage, it have a fluorescent fitting for lighting controlled by an infra-red sensor. I decided to change it because the tubes and/or starters fall over at the most inconvenient namely winter time when it is dark.

I have changed the fitting to a standard bayonet type and fitted an LED light. My problem is that it starts ok but when the sensor times out it just dims and never goes out. I have tried low energy light and that works ok but looks like a candle when it starts. As we just walk into the utility for the fridge mainly it's always dim in there.
I have tried the LED in a normal wall switched room and it works fine. I have a martindale and that shows no faults though i am not sure that will pick up lighting faults.
Could there be a neutral fault ? though i cannot see why when a not light works ok.

Any help much appreciated.

 

[Dave OCD]

Do you really need the internal utility light controlled by a PIR ? You could replace it with a switch in a convenient place without too much trouble.

 

[hawkeyefxr]

I think i will go with the TLC direct item, cheers


HandySparks
I can type 200WPM but no one can understand what i have written........that includes me lol

 

[hawkeyefxr]

Do you really need the internal utility light controlled by a PIR ? You could replace it with a switch in a convenient place without too much trouble.

We had a switch years ago and we all left the light on at one time or another, going back to a wall switch will be a step back in time.

 

[Dave OCD]

We had a switch years ago and we all left the light on at one time or another, going back to a wall switch will be a step back in time.

Fair enough.

 

[hawkeyefxr]

Well after all that i found a light bulb on Amazon that has a PIR built in to it, it is a 60 watt old rating and works fine. Guess that solves all my problems

 

[Barry White]

Thanks for getting back to us always like to hear how things pan out.Not the solution we gave but a solution never the less.

 

[hawkeyefxr]

I didnt just dismiss the suggestions, i was looking into them and came across these light bulbs. The light is instant, stays on all the time your in there and shuts off after 60 secs when you leave.
Would just like to say thanks to all the suggestions above, they were very helpful, always good to come to a forum and get answers and this is a good forum will visit from time to time to help someone.