#Motion sensor light bulb health issues manual#
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Simple switching from Auto to Momentary Off mode.

#Motion sensor light bulb health issues manual#

Automatic sensor time delay adjustment eliminates need for manual adjustment, and helps prevent false offs when time delay is too short for activity level. Push-button controls set ambient light threshold on wall-mount units LED indicates status. Sensors automatically turn lights on and off as individuals enter and leave, reducing energy costs.

Wall Switch Occupancy and Vacancy Sensors.

Includes: Shutter, To Prevent False Tripping. Watts 120V: 800 Incandescent, 1200 Fluorescent.ĭescription/Special Features, 3 Preset Time Settings. It might not cast enough light for what you're looking for, though.Īll you have to get is a PIR sensor (passive infrared sensor).

When you open the door, the magnet detaches, the circuit closes, and the lamp turns on. My roommate got some inexpensive LED lights for cabinets that are battery powered, with a magnetic sensor ( a similar concept to this item, but not the same model) - you attach the magnet to the door, and the lamp to the door frame. My suggestion would be in your case, if the restriction is on incandescent lamps specifically, that you look into LEDs. but I suspect it to be the fixture, not the bulbs, as it behaves the same way with incandescent. That one's pretty tempremental, as it worked for months, then suddenly stopped working. I've had better luck outside, with the light on my porch (that one didn't need an 'instant on' bulb, come to think of it), where the motion sensor was built into the fixture itself. In that case, the motion sensor was built into a wall switch, and the switch itself was wired for 3-way. I had the motion sensor (same one as you, I think) in my kitchen for less than a year before the bulb failed. I'd occassionally run into the same problems you had, with the flickering, but even worse is that the life of the bulb was dramatically shortened. The only ones that work are labeled as 'instant-on', and they seemed to charge a premium for them. I've only tried putting CFLs on motion sensors, and I have no idea what type of ballast they were.

#Motion sensor light bulb health issues code#

I thought about just using an incandescent light instead, but seems that code doesn't allow incandescent lights in closets. But instead of turning off it just begins to flicker very rapidly.Īny one have any ideas about what might be causing that or what I might have done wrong? Or any personal experience with fluorescent lights that will work with a motion sensor? After closing the door and waiting a minute or so the light should turn off. So, i replaced the light with one that has a a magnetic ballast, and now it comes on just fine when the door is opened. After reading the instructions I found that you have to use a light with a magnetic ballast. The first problem I ran into was trying to use a light with an electronic ballast, which didn't work at all. The idea was that when you open the closet door, the light comes on automatically (and turns off automatically when you close it). I have a couple closets in my basement that I have outfitted with a fluorescent light attached to a motion sensor ( this one).