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Outside lights, controlled via PIR with override switch & timer?
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<blockquote data-quote="Andeh1" data-source="post: 549627" data-attributes="member: 37423"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>We have some outside lights which are successful controlled via 2 x PIR sensors. One that covers you as you step outside the front door and one around the other side of the house where you drive into the driveway. </p><p></p><p>We also have a switch by the front door for us to turn the PIRs 'on' (they then come on & turn themselves off, but are controlled now by PIR) but also over ride them 'off'. This all works fine.</p><p></p><p>We also spec'd a timer/have cabled for it, that would have the lights come on for set periods of the day, ie ambient lighting morning & evenings/enable us to have them on for a longer period of time.</p><p></p><p>Our electrician is trying to work out a way to do it, so that the whole system works OK...ie PIRs, manual switch & then also a timer to do it. </p><p></p><p>I accept I have over complicated things, so if it can't be done I may have to accept this!!</p><p></p><p>However...before I do give up on it, does anyone here have any pointers I could suggest to our electrician to enable this to work?</p><p></p><p>The ideal:</p><p></p><p><strong> Default; </strong>During winter we have the switch 'on', enaling PIRs to control the lighting. They trigger as we step out the front door and/or as we drive home.</p><p><strong>''off''</strong> via switch; we turn them off at night due to wild life triggering them/holidays [on via switch enables PIR]</p><p><strong>Timer</strong>; can over ride PIRs and Switch for eg hour in the morning/hour in evening for our commutes....also gives us a way of 'forcing them on' for long periods</p><p></p><p></p><p>Does anyone know if this would work, or whether (as per our Electrician's thoughts, timer -vs- PIR) is likely to cause problems? Just welcome anything I can suggest to Electrician to try?</p><p></p><p>Many thanks,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andeh1, post: 549627, member: 37423"] Hi, We have some outside lights which are successful controlled via 2 x PIR sensors. One that covers you as you step outside the front door and one around the other side of the house where you drive into the driveway. We also have a switch by the front door for us to turn the PIRs 'on' (they then come on & turn themselves off, but are controlled now by PIR) but also over ride them 'off'. This all works fine. We also spec'd a timer/have cabled for it, that would have the lights come on for set periods of the day, ie ambient lighting morning & evenings/enable us to have them on for a longer period of time. Our electrician is trying to work out a way to do it, so that the whole system works OK...ie PIRs, manual switch & then also a timer to do it. I accept I have over complicated things, so if it can't be done I may have to accept this!! However...before I do give up on it, does anyone here have any pointers I could suggest to our electrician to enable this to work? The ideal: [B] Default; [/B]During winter we have the switch 'on', enaling PIRs to control the lighting. They trigger as we step out the front door and/or as we drive home. [B]''off''[/B] via switch; we turn them off at night due to wild life triggering them/holidays [on via switch enables PIR] [B]Timer[/B]; can over ride PIRs and Switch for eg hour in the morning/hour in evening for our commutes....also gives us a way of 'forcing them on' for long periods Does anyone know if this would work, or whether (as per our Electrician's thoughts, timer -vs- PIR) is likely to cause problems? Just welcome anything I can suggest to Electrician to try? Many thanks, [/QUOTE]
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