convert outdoor light into motion sensor

#CONVERT OUTDOOR LIGHT INTO MOTION SENSOR HOW TO#

If you and your wife use smartphones, you can also just skip the motion sensor and use the phone's GPS to tell HUE when you're home. If you really want flexible control of lighting with rules, it's the best way. This may be a bit much for your project, but if you want reliable and elegant, grab a HUE starter kit, and one of their outdoor sensors (wireless). I can probably scrounge up a lot of the stuff I need from the used parts bins at work. A time delay relay for $14,Ī small transformer, a solid state relay, and a box to put it all in for maybe another 40-50$. I can get a remote receiver and three remotes for around $100. I’ve done a little more looking around today. This is just where my mind went for getting a remote control setup. No garage, just a carport, so I’m not able to integrate with an opener. I bought a new motion sensor deal, as there was old, dead one that had been wired to the light and after fiddling for an hour or more with the adjustments, it cycled on and off all night. Don’t want to need to fiddle with my phone while driving. and have it go off automatically when we leave. The Alexa/google options are cool, but I want to be able to trigger it by driving in. I just want light when I need it, then off it goes. I don’t want the light on all night long. Sorry Bert, I’ve never been able to tolerate photocell lights. I could house it all in a Hoffman box or something.

#CONVERT OUTDOOR LIGHT INTO MOTION SENSOR HOW TO#

I’m not sure how to add a countdown timer into this. Most I know of are low voltage, so I would need a transformer that would be running 24/7, and a relay to handle the load. I know I could get really complicated and get a receiver and remotes from an entry system. The remote is not really conducive to living on the car visor. It seems with a quick google search, most ready-made options only have one remote so you don’t have to go outside to turn on/off Christmas lights, etc. One for each car, and one to live at the back door. Without the timer, I would need 3 remotes. Of course a more elegant solution with a nice fixture would be better.

Then it times itself back off after we walk to the house. Is there a way wire up just the remote and lighting components out of an old garage door opener? This would be the perfect setup- drive up and click the remote, the light comes on. I’ve started forming a new plan to put in a remote control unit of some sort. The carport and walk into the house is very dark.

With the days getting shorter, I’ve discovered a need at the new place.

Convert outdoor light into motion sensor