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M**R
A little different use for it
I plugged this into an extension cord and then placed it on my kitchen countertop with a blender plugged into it. It took less than 24 hours for my cat to decide that the countertops were not the place to go!
P**K
Let there be light... look ma no hands!
These motion activated sensors are great, I have installed two of these and they work like a charm. They have an adjustment for time on the back you can adjust them for two to six minutes when it doesn't sense motion it turns the item plugged into it off. I used both of these sensors for triggering LED lighting, one in a closet environment and the other in a warehouse to cut down on electricity costs. I was surprised at how much power this unit could handle (500 watts). The closet unit I have had in use for over a year and have had no problems with it. There are so many uses for these if you just use your imagination!
J**S
I love this Motion Detector Switch. It controls one of my bathroom lights, but it could do so many more things.
(I may have made a mistake in this review, see the postscript.).WHAT THIS MOTION DETECTOR SENSOR IS DOING FOR METhis motion detector is doing a fantastic job for me. Each time I enter my bathroom, a light turns on. As long as I move every few minutes, the light stays on. Several minutesafter I leave the room, the light turns off.------------------------------------------------HOW I SET UP MY NEW MOTION SENSORHere is how I got my good results:1. I made sure that there was a direct line-of-sight from the sensor to the door through which I always enter the bathroom. The fact that the plug was under a table did notaffect its sensitivity.2. I made sure that the switch on the detector was set to the position that says it was controlling a light and not something else.3. I set another dial to the approximate length of time I wanted the light (device) to stay on after I left the room.4. I plugged the light into the detector, then plugged the detector into the wall.5. If the unit had failed to work, I would have carefully changed fuses and tried again; and if that fixed the problem, I would have take the old fuse with me to the store andbought a few more fuses for the future.----------------------------------------------SUGGESTIONS TO THE MANUFACTURER / DISTRIBUTOR1. Use transparent tape to attach the spare fuse to the side of the detector unit.2. Emphasize in the directions that the switch specifying LIGHT or (OTHER) must be correctly set. I wonder if it is possible that some of the people who complain that yourdevice does not work correctly for them might be due to forgetting this step.3. Also emphasize in the directions that if the unit is not working, or stops working, that you should carefully change the fuse and see if that fixes it.---------------------------------------------MY REVIEW OF MOTION ACTIVATED SENSOR PLUGThis is wonderful. I got tired of having to feel for the light switch in the bathroom when I got up in the middle of the night. So a friend hung a spare light over the TVtable that is between the bathtub and the "Throne."Now, when I have to sit down for an enforced break, the light turns itself on automatically. I've had it for about six months now. It comeswith a spare fuse, so if you see someone post a note that it only worked for a few weeks, I wonder if they tried the spare fuse, or if they forgot to set the switch.properly for light, or if they do have it set to "light" mode but they have too many watts plugged in to the sensor.I cannot repeat enough: you need to be sure that you put the slide switch in the right position, either for a LIGHT, or for anything else.(I would love to understand why this switch being in the wrong position could cause problems. I invite the company to let me know. If it is interesting enough to others, Icould add it to this review for other's edification.)I'd also love to see what else this inventor has invented.JohnP.S. The light that is plugged in to my motion sensor switch is a CFL. I have not tried plugging in a full fluorescent bulb.I know that I might have made one mistake in this review. The L/O switch might control whether or not the switch works when the room is lit. I have not tested the unit in the "O" position, but in the "L" position, there are times that it does not work, but most of the time it does, because I have shades drawn in the bathroom most of the time.
P**R
It's an OK product ... was: Don't bother with it.
Insensitive sensor. Only worked intermittently. Very disappointed. Waste of money. Got a battery powered led with movement sensors from Cxxxxx that works great. Have other movement sensor lights that also work just fine.REVISED review. See the exchange of comments for more history.I originally bought two of these things. The first one I set up was a great disappointment. It is apparently defective. (I will handle that with the manufacturer, now.) As a result, I just put the other one in a drawer.Well, the second unit worked as expected. It turns on and off a clamp-on lamp with a 60 watt bulb in my windowless garage. It has been reliable and reacts to movement within a reasonable area around the sensor. (There are some barriers near the wall plug that block the sensor's view at certain angles -- this is expected. When near the device with a clear view of the sensor, a little red light (LED) blinks and then the attached lamp switches on. After two to three minutes, the lamp switches off.I only gave 4 stars because I did get a non-working unit -- of the two purchased, that 50% bad. Perhaps quality control might have been better. I understand there are limitations to QC and that some electronic components may "test" OK, then fail later or (as in my case) be "DOA."
T**N
good light works well, however buy some fuses
Mine worked well for a few weeks then the fuse went out. I couldn't use it until I went to go get some fuses. Since have replaced the fuse it has worked for about 5 months with no problem. When anyone walks in the kitchen it runs on the under cabinet halogen lights and then after a few min turns them off when no one is there. As long as someone is moving around in the kitchen the lights are on. It has never turned off the lights while someone is in the kitchen forcing me to move around to turn them back on.I I have been washing dishes in the sink and the under cabinet lights it turns on stayed on all the time. You can buy this one. they also have some that plug into the wall and have a sensor on a long extension that you can place anywhere. I put a piece of white cardboard on one side to make it blind to people going to the laundry room but not wanting to use the counters. That trick worked really well and it only comes on when people actually go in the kitchen. Before when people walked through the kitchen it would turn on so it has a wide detecting area. With cardboard and tape you can limit it and shape it easily. These were cheaper here than at my local lowes (different model same function) with amazon prime.Timthingsgodtaughtme dot wordpress dot com
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