recommendation for PIR lantern style exterior light?

[fergus]

I currently have 2 mains switched external lights at the rear of my house, however, I'd like to convert these to PIR (with an option to have the lights on permanently).

I know most PIR offer this facility if you switch the power supply off and on within a pre-specified time period.

In terms of the PIR sensor, I'd like something fairly unobtrusive, but also something which won't be triggered by a leaf moving on a tree, etc

Any suggestions welcome!

[E36GUY]

You can get PIRs from Maplins for a tenner mate.

[fergus]

E36GUY said:

You can get PIRs from Maplins for a tenner mate.

£10 for a lantern with a built in PIR? Sounds overly cheap to me, but thks for the info.

[fergus]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

I know. I was trying to be polite in my reply. I specifically want a lantern with built in PIR, hence the title. The clue is in the question, and all that.

I want the minimum amount of stuff mounted on the wall and no further chasing, etc.

[steveo3002]

i messed around trying to set up a pair of pir latterns and found it was easier to get 2 plain lamps that you like and fit a pir sensor to control them both , that way you can mount the sensor in a more ideal place and get a decent quality one

[fergus]

steveo3002 said:

i messed around trying to set up a pair of pir latterns and found it was easier to get 2 plain lamps that you like and fit a pir sensor to control them both , that way you can mount the sensor in a more ideal place and get a decent quality one

Ta. I have an old house, with a roughcast finish on the section that the lamps are currently mounted on. There is no where within the routing of the two current 240v feeds to wire in a discrete PIR sensor. Also, making good the wall without it standing out like a sore phallus is going to be more work...

[simion_levi]

These P-lux lights are good if you want dusk-til-dawn LED - only 2W when it gets dark and ramps up to 8W when you set off the PIR. Must cost about £1.50 in electricity per year! Various designs available from a few places online, but Toolstation seem to be the cheapest for the standard size latern model.

http://www.greenlighting.co.uk/products-overview/p...

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p56948?table=no

[Dave_ST220]

/\ Yep, got them & like the way they work.

[fergus]

thks guys, just what I was after.

[E36GUY]

fergus said:

I know. I was trying to be polite in my reply. I specifically want a lantern with built in PIR, hence the title. The clue is in the question, and all that.

I want the minimum amount of stuff mounted on the wall and no further chasing, etc.

To be fair, you specifically said you had two external lights that you wanted to convert to PIR, not that you wanted to replace them outright.

[loughran]

To be fair.... he's right you know.