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Motion Controlled Floodlights.... Frank B. 12-10-2006
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Posted by Frank B. on December 10, 2006, 5:41 pm


My old motion controlled floodlights can't come on and STAY on. Is
there some way I can tweak the sensor to simply allow it to stay on all the
time until I shut it off myself?



Posted by Charles Schuler on December 10, 2006, 5:47 pm



> My old motion controlled floodlights can't come on and STAY on. Is
> there some way I can tweak the sensor to simply allow it to stay on all
> the time until I shut it off myself?

Old? How old? Some can be switched to the floodlight mode by switching the
circuit on and off, once or twice. Do you have a manual?



Posted by Frank B. on December 10, 2006, 6:15 pm



>
>> My old motion controlled floodlights can't come on and STAY on. Is
>> there some way I can tweak the sensor to simply allow it to stay on all
>> the time until I shut it off myself?
>
> Old? How old? Some can be switched to the floodlight mode by switching
> the circuit on and off, once or twice. Do you have a manual?
>No manual. It has a two-position switch on the bottom. I can't make out
what either position says. I seem to get motion detection in one position
and NOTHING in the other. I don't know how old the unit is but I think it's
seen better days.




Posted by HeyBub on December 10, 2006, 7:24 pm


Frank B. wrote:
> My old motion controlled floodlights can't come on and STAY on. Is
> there some way I can tweak the sensor to simply allow it to stay on
> all the time until I shut it off myself?

If it says on, how does it ever get off so that it can come on again?

You flip the switch, right?

Some motion detectors use the interruption of primary power as a signal to
do something different than their regular action. Stay on, stay off, reset,
make an obscene noise, whatever.

You can spend your life trying to figure out what the combination is (and
never succeed) or just replace the unit.



Posted by Frank B. on December 10, 2006, 7:32 pm



> Frank B. wrote:
>> My old motion controlled floodlights can't come on and STAY on. Is
>> there some way I can tweak the sensor to simply allow it to stay on
>> all the time until I shut it off myself?
>
> If it says on, how does it ever get off so that it can come on again?
>
> You flip the switch, right?
>
> Some motion detectors use the interruption of primary power as a signal to
> do something different than their regular action. Stay on, stay off,
> reset, make an obscene noise, whatever.
>
> You can spend your life trying to figure out what the combination is (and
> never succeed) or just replace the unit.
>
>Yeah, I have my eye on a Raab replacement unit.



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