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internal PIR
Oct 29^th, 2011, 5:06pm

our landing light is switched by a ceiling mounted PIR, to stop the kids leaving it on all day.

the sensor doesn't detect people until they are quite close to it, so i thought the answer would be to move it to one end of the landing and add another at the other end.

the sensor has 3 connections - live and neutral in, and a switched live out. can you add an extra sensor by simply connecting them in parallel?

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Lectrician Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 8815 Total Thanks: 109 For This Post: 0 Braunton, North Devon United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: internal PIR Reply #1 - Oct 29^th, 2011, 6:41pm Yep, thats exactly what to do. You could change the PIR for a microwave occupancy detector. They are far more sensitive, less prone to false triggers, and balloon a larger area.
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Natedog Full Member Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 347 Total Thanks: 9 For This Post: 0 Swindon United Kingdom	Re: internal PIR Reply #2 - Oct 30^th, 2011, 3:01am Not heard of them, I'll look into them. Thanks dude
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