Motion sensor plug-in - can't find
Hi, I'm trying to find a motion sensor plug-in. Essentially, I need a motion sensor that I can plug into an outlet and then plug something else into it. This will be used to plug in a set of low level lighting hidden below the edge of the kitchen cabinets -- that way there's some lighting when someone comes in from outside or just walking through during the night... The only one's I have found online have been related to fully integrated home automation systems (my wife says i can't spend that much!!!). Radio Shack didn't have anything either. Stores? Website? Thanks Casey B. Chelsea, Michigan
Strangely enough, check Home Depot. We have them. -- --jmowreader
Thanks Jim, I'm doing a complete rip out and replace kitchen. I will definitely include these in the under counter lighting if for no other reason than for convenience. Question, are they adjustable? Dale
Butting in here... I've been wanting to do this for my laundry room but can you use the motion detector switch on a two way switch, and will it fit in on a switch plate that has three switches. Does it turn the lights off after a certain amount of time of not detecting motion. The laundry room is the room we enter from the garage. Sure would be nice to have the light come on when our hands are full. Or if that doesn't work I could add lights underneath the cabinets but the outlet there is behind the washer and probably couldn't detect motion. Sunny
I know they can be turned so the sensor sees different areas. I don't think you can set the sensitivity levels on them, though. Also check RadioShack; this seems like a product they would carry. -- --jmowreader
One caution I will offer, with the caveats that 1) I am not an expert 2) The switch I am talking about was manufactured at least 7 years ago. A while back, while in a rental, the kitchen had a motion sensor switch made by Leviton. It had a motion detector, as well as an override switch. Worked great (or so I thought). The light if going off by timer would flash three times to let you know that it was about to turn off. Over a period of some months, I noticed that the lights in the kitchen kept burning out. I don't know if it was the switch, or just the way it operated. But my surmise is that when it "flashed" to warn you, the filament would get slammed with current. So, in effect, for each "on" event, you had an equivalent of four "on" events. Thus shortening the life of the bulb. No telling how this would affect flourescents. I replaced the switch, and the problem went away. Just food for thought...find out how it operates before you buy it...or you might be buying more bulbs than anticipated. Bob