Thread: Cheap/ easy motion sensor

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Set the sensitive setting lower,on mine it looks like a triangle, with the point side as less senitive.and check your timer.it may be in test reset mode.

Hey sikntwizted I did notice that only one person mentioned using a 3 wire grounded cord and this light being a metal housing I would bet a Doubloon or two that it also has a ground wire or ground screw terminal somewhere on it. I would recommend using a grounded cord for proper protection against electrical shock out doors especially in wet areas, Grass, rain, sprinklers ... this will also insure that if you are plugged into a GFCI receptacle it will be able to do its job in insuring your safety. But I do like your Tut it has lots of Apps. Maybe for my cannon! Oh and the cord should be labeled for out door use I think you will find they will be a jacketed cord with individual wires inside which will be color coded and that will end the wich wire to connect where issue. This may raise the price of the project a couple a bucks but you should not put a price on safety.

the funny thing is, is that i had the sensitivity on min. and facing a wall, with no wind, or strobes

So I don't mean to cross post/derail threads but this one and the timer hack thread crossed paths for me, and I posted a working motion sensor/relay/fogger setup in another thread. It's over here.

I've been thinking about doing some motion sensors and looking for a reasonable price to do it. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Samhain1031

I've been thinking about doing some motion sensors and looking for a reasonable price to do it. Thanks.

I bought the base of a motion sensor light (no bulbs) for about $15 bucks last year at Canadian Tire. Do some lookin' 'round locally and see what you can find is the best advice I can give.

I have a couple of these now, and the only one I can get to reliably work is the cheap no frills one, which actually has a time dial on the bottom and not a switch. At its minimum setting it is on for 5 seconds. The other ones I have (Dual Bright something or other) won't work the way I want them to and have a long test setting. So if you're shopping around for these stay cheap and see what kind of settings they have. Pretty sure I got the cheap one at Walmart but I don't remember.