Motion sensor for workshop lighting

[RichD1]

Has anyone installed a motion sensor into their workshop lighting circuit?

If so which sensor have you used and how was it wired?

I'd like to have individual control over the 3 x fluorescent fittings but fit the sensor in the live feed to the individual switches from the consumer unit so that it will switch off any light which is left on if no motion detected and back on when I return.

Richard

 

[Lons]

Has anyone installed a motion sensor into their workshop lighting circuit?

If so which sensor have you used and how was it wired?

I'd like to have individual control over the 3 x fluorescent fittings but fit the sensor in the live feed to the individual switches from the consumer unit so that it will switch off any light which is left on if no motion detected and back on when I return.

Richard

I use a seperate one outside to control a couple of security lights and was only around a tenner from screwfix if I remember correctly. I'd think it would do the job but you have to keep moving around to keep it active which I could see being a possible nuisance maybe if you're relatively still cutting a joint or whatever. You could set the timer for maybe 5 minutes which could cover everthing apart from "dropping off" :wink:

Bob

just looked and there are loads. The ceiling mounted ones look interesting. Might pinch your idea.
http://www.screwfix.com/search.do?fh_search=pir+sensor

 

[No skills]

Have a look at some interior ceiling and wall mounted ones and see what the sensor coverage is like, then have a look in the workshop and see where you want to put them and try to work out if the sensor will actually see you moving. If badly placed they can be a complete pain in the posterior.

Fwiw

 

[dc_ni]

I worked in a factory that had motion sensor lights and it was a pita.
It was alright when all of production was running as there was enough movement to keep the lights on but when there was only a couple of people left the lights would go off when working in one spot.
The other problem was the patchy sensor cover but that was more down to bad installation.

Dave

 

[user 18352]

Likewise, I had one in the spray booth back of my workshop, lasted a month and I took it back out again, even at max setting was a pain, and it wasn't cheap either.

I had thought of using an arduino and heat detection, but its way down my todo list.

I'm lucky if the lights on in the workshop its blatent from the house, if you cant see it what about some sorta subtle external indicator.