09/05/20: Page Origin

After converting fluorescent fixtures to LEDs I started thinking about some of the lighting, I hesitate to say "difficulties".   One of the things Betty and I do is carry clothes from the utility room through the den, through the hall, into the corner bed room.   Which means turning the light on then off in the utility room, the hall and the corner bedroom, sometime with your hands full of laundry basket etc.   So I decided to try motion detecting wall switches in the utility room, the hall, and the corner bed room.   The first one I tried was the hall, I bought an expensive Leviton, thinking Leviton was a good name in electrical devices, WRONG!.   The Leviton was too sensitive and no adjustment on sensitivity.   The light would go on when the AC came on, in the middle of the night!   Not Good, so I bought an ELEGRP Occupancy Sensor Light Switch from Amazon, which has a sensitivity adjustment and a min time of 30seconds.   It works like a champ.   So I ordered 2 more  

Utility room, no light.

Motion Detecting wall switch in utility room, note lights are on.

Wider view of utility room with lights switched on because I stepped into it.   Betty is sitting beside me on her computer, I set the sensitivity so she could work without triggering the utility lights.

Hall with lights off, as I approach it.

As I got closer the motion detector switch saw me and lights on.   You can see a blank panel down the hall to the right, I had to move this switch so it couldn't see me in the bed room, I usually get up before Betty.   All 3 motion detectors are set for 30 seconds.

Motion Detector wall switch in corner bed room.   Note lights in the hall still on.