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Good dusk till dawn/photocell floodlight brand
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard-the-Ninth" data-source="post: 525729" data-attributes="member: 23472"><p>Hi, to connect a photocell to a Light with a PIR would be pointless, since most mains PIRs have an inbuilt photocell. The "normal" use for a photocell is to turn (some) lights on when it's dark and off when it gets light, unlike a time switch, a photocell never needs adjusting.</p><p></p><p><em>Special Location</em> is suggesting that you buy a photocell and connect it to any light of your choice. If you do that, please do not connect it to a floodlight unless you are in the middle of nowhere, reason being is it may be nice for you, but it will not be nice for your neighbours. Where I live, joining onto a neighbours back garden there is a house that used to have a PIR / floodlight and even we could see it when it comes on, it's too bright, and points too high. (I suspect the light no longer works)</p><p></p><p>You could of course, as <em>Special Location </em>also suggested, have a separate PIR and a light<em>. </em>The "problem" is nowadays there is no guarantee as to which PIR is reliable.</p><p></p><p>(<em>Sharpend</em> types faster than me)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard-the-Ninth, post: 525729, member: 23472"] Hi, to connect a photocell to a Light with a PIR would be pointless, since most mains PIRs have an inbuilt photocell. The "normal" use for a photocell is to turn (some) lights on when it's dark and off when it gets light, unlike a time switch, a photocell never needs adjusting. [I]Special Location[/I] is suggesting that you buy a photocell and connect it to any light of your choice. If you do that, please do not connect it to a floodlight unless you are in the middle of nowhere, reason being is it may be nice for you, but it will not be nice for your neighbours. Where I live, joining onto a neighbours back garden there is a house that used to have a PIR / floodlight and even we could see it when it comes on, it's too bright, and points too high. (I suspect the light no longer works) You could of course, as [I]Special Location [/I]also suggested, have a separate PIR and a light[I]. [/I]The "problem" is nowadays there is no guarantee as to which PIR is reliable. ([I]Sharpend[/I] types faster than me) [/QUOTE]
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