Finish:White Motion Light Set with Dual-brite Motion sensor activates wall switch to turnon light at half power at dusk, and full bright when motion is detected. Controls up to 300 watts incandescent lighting. Motion sensor uses 2 AAA batteries (not included). 2 Year warranty. Mostly assembled.
$ 27.95
Works ok but range can take some improvement,
I bought this item to provide an automatic light at the brick stairs at one entrance to my front yard. The motion sensor was put right at the gate and it controls the light switch in my kitchen nicely. The distance between sensor and switch is about 20 ft. But when I tried to move the sensor to another spot, about 30 ft. distance, it became a little erratic. This is a cry from the claimed working distance of 100 ft.
One word of caution: this device will not work with cfl bulbs. The rocker switch may be able to turn the lights on and off, but the receiver in the switch will not work with the sensor when cfl bulbs are in the circuit.
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|Pretty good but noth without its faults,
I purchased two of these to bring lights on in the driveway as people approached the house. Installation went pretty easy for anyone with a rudimentary understanding of electronics. However, the users/installation manual was difficult to understand/follow and was clearly not written by a native english speaker. In addition, the advertised function range is not as claimed. I have my detector hanging from an overhang about 30 ft from the actual switch. However, anything beyond this range (my preferred option) resulted in haphazard function. As I moved the detector closer to the wall switch, the strength of the signal was more reliable and ensured function. Outside of 30 ft is a crap shoot resulting in lights coming on sometimes and not others. Other functions of dim and auto-shut-off seem to work fine. However, once I figured out the users manual and moved the sensor in close, the unit is reliable and works as I desire.
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|It’s all about the Antenna,
I purchased this item to turn on my outside lights near my garage. The switch that controls them are inside the house so the signal has to go through the outside wall and then about 20′ feet to where the switch is. At first this didn’t work. Like many have pointed out, it just seemed broken. I was close to returning it when I decided to read through some of the reviews more closely. What I came across was that I needed to rethink that little antenna wire that I just shoved into the outlet box.
The symptoms of my problem was that the light would sometimes turn on, but not turn off. I did some experimenting by removing the sensor from the holder and tried it in different places closer to the switch. It worked perfectly when it was about 1 foot away… so I knew it was not defective. I then tried various distances and it dropped off quite quickly around 5 feet. Sounded like an antenna issue to me.
Since my switch is inside the house, but on an outside wall, which is insulated, I was not able to just drill a hole into the bottom of the electrical box and feed the wire into the wall cavity. I tried it, but not a chance with the insulation in there. The solution that ended up working was to run the antenna wire outside the box on the outside of the wall. I ran just lead it between the face plate and the wall and let it hang there. Tested the light in its original (preferred) location and it worked like a champ. In my case I have a white board just above that outlet so I finished it up by running the wire up behind that board so it’s barely noticeable.
I would give this product a higher rating, but I found that the instructions were nearly useless in getting it to work. Their website is slightly more helpful, but you have to work to find it. If it were not for the great reviews and comments here on Amazon, I would have just returned the product thinking it was broken.
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