walking in the dark
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walking in the dark
hate walking in the dark after turning out all the lights, or just passing through the garage...install a motion detector light or one of those adapters that go inbetween the socket and bulb....very handy in our garage..everyone that sees mine says they never even thought of that.
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Excellent idea! 
I have motion sensor floodlights above my garage door on the outside...they give me enough light to see my way out once I've turned off my ceiling fluorescents, but I like the idea of a motion sensor on the inside!
I have motion sensor floodlights above my garage door on the outside...they give me enough light to see my way out once I've turned off my ceiling fluorescents, but I like the idea of a motion sensor on the inside!
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Originally Posted by justinthurn
hate walking in the dark after turning out all the lights, or just passing through the garage...install a motion detector light or one of those adapters that go inbetween the socket and bulb....very handy in our garage..everyone that sees mine says they never even thought of that.
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Originally Posted by Maxium4x4
I did that in my garage, but the motion sensors never seem to last long, any good ones out there?
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Thanks, I will try those....I really like mine when they worked, plus if anyone got past the security system, they hate light.
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Franklee - I have motion detectors over 20 years old. I've installed several and never had one fail, yet. (Now that I said that they will probably all crap out at once.)
Is your system electrically noisy? Are you in an area with a lot of lightning or do you do welding near the motion detectors? That could be the cause of your failures.
Is your system electrically noisy? Are you in an area with a lot of lightning or do you do welding near the motion detectors? That could be the cause of your failures.
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It's about 120' from my workshop to the house. The lights on the back of the house are somewhat muted by the massive grape vine and arbor we have. When I leave the workshop, I turn off all the lights out there first, then walk to the house. I can manage avoiding the well pipe and whatever toys or bikes the kids leave about. The problem I have is with all the darn monsters. You would think after moving 12 times in the 40 years I've been alive, they would have grown tired of following me around and found someone else to pick on. But noooooo. Everytime I have to walk from the shop to the house, there they are, sneaking up to freak me out. It's worse if I carry a flashlight.
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They make all kinds of low wattage florecent lights on photo cells that work great. Indoors I have a couple that I let run 24/7 and never have to even use a light switch to walk across the building. I have a 15 watt in my office that runs constant, saves turning stuff on and off. They even make little bitty ones that plug into outlets, 3 1/2 watts, like night lites, they work great.
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shop to house path lighting
If the shop to house run is dark and too far to trigger the motion detetector at the other end I have two ideas. Try getting some of the solar garden lights to light the pathway. These are reasonably cheap now. They will work for evening travel but not too well for early mornings. The batteries often don't make it through the night, especially in the winter. The second idea is to get a remote radio controlled switch. There are models available that replace a light switch. Using this you can turn on yard lights from the other end of the trip without having to have wiring between the two locations.
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Just so you know, if you leave the solar lights out in the winter they will die. Batteries do not like cold, which is where the lights get the stored power from. Second, they have yet to master a solar panel small enough and cheap enough to make these worth while. The best that I have been able to find is a flourescent flood light that needs 8 hours of high noon sun to last 6 hours. Otherwise they are 1 watt lights or less, just enough to give you an idea of where the path is.
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Weymouth if you get one of those red blinking lights bike riders wear and put it on your back those monsters will leave you alone....it is kind of a universal signal to them not to mess with you!! Besides it throws them off thinking your turning all the time.
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