Microwave sensors hall way lights

[chris day]

microwave sensors on lights are great, the only disadvantage is that they sense through doors meaning tenants activate the corridor light going to the toilet in the evening.

I managed to partially block the sensor with aluminium kitchen foil.. has anyone had similar issues?

 

[GBDamo]

microwave sensors on lights are great, the only disadvantage is that they sense through doors meaning tenants activate the corridor light going to the toilet in the evening.

I managed to partially block the sensor with aluminium kitchen foil.. has anyone had similar issues?

Does it not have an adjustable range, usually a set of dip switches or screw dial. If so reduce the range. If not replace with PIR.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Why are they taking a microwave with them to the toilet?

 

[chris day]

Does it not have an adjustable range, usually a set of dip switches or screw dial. If so reduce the range. If not replace with PIR.

Yes this is true, i managed to dial all of them down however the complaint came from one he had to wall mount, the beam can be dialed down from the downward angle.

 

[YoungBart]

Yeah I've had this myself on a contract i was running to replace some lighting in schools, put some LED bulkheads with integral MW sensors in a couple of small stores and they detected movement through the doors, even when turned as low as they would go. In the end I think the contractor bypassed the MW sensor and fitted a good old PIR.