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Problem with Motion Sensor Light Control sherwindu 08-02-2006
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Posted by sherwindu on August 2, 2006, 2:15 am
My Heath Motion Sensor has stopped working properly. It is stuck in the dusk
position and will not switch to full lighting even though I see the sensor
flashing as I
walk by. The unit will go on full lighting if I put it into test mode, but only
momentarily until it comes out of this mode. Do atmospheric conditions affect
these
settings, and what adjustments can I try on the control settings to fix this?
Is it possible that the sensor is damaged?

Sherwin D.


Posted by RBM on August 2, 2006, 6:47 am
Sounds like a bad photocell, I'd replace the unit as there are no
serviceable parts


> My Heath Motion Sensor has stopped working properly. It is stuck in the
> dusk
> position and will not switch to full lighting even though I see the sensor
> flashing as I
> walk by. The unit will go on full lighting if I put it into test mode,
> but only
> momentarily until it comes out of this mode. Do atmospheric conditions
> affect
> these
> settings, and what adjustments can I try on the control settings to fix
> this?
> Is it possible that the sensor is damaged?
>
> Sherwin D.
>



Posted by Kevin Ricks on August 2, 2006, 7:51 am

> My Heath Motion Sensor has stopped working properly. It is stuck in the
> dusk
> position and will not switch to full lighting even though I see the sensor
> flashing as I
> walk by. The unit will go on full lighting if I put it into test mode,
> but only
> momentarily until it comes out of this mode. Do atmospheric conditions
> affect
> these
> settings, and what adjustments can I try on the control settings to fix
> this?
> Is it possible that the sensor is damaged?
>
> Sherwin D.
>

Is the sensor window clean? Note the sensor is not the flashing part it is
somewhere else nearby.
Kevin





Posted by sherwindu on August 4, 2006, 2:02 am
Happy to report the Motion Sensor is working again. The solution was to increase
the sensitivity setting from minimum to about 1/3 of maximum. Could be the
sensor
had lost some of it's sensitivity and needed the extra boost.

Sherwin D.

sherwindu wrote:

> My Heath Motion Sensor has stopped working properly. It is stuck in the dusk
> position and will not switch to full lighting even though I see the sensor
> flashing as I
> walk by. The unit will go on full lighting if I put it into test mode, but
only
> momentarily until it comes out of this mode. Do atmospheric conditions affect
> these
> settings, and what adjustments can I try on the control settings to fix this?
> Is it possible that the sensor is damaged?
>
> Sherwin D.


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