Re: I'm so ruddy P****D off!

["David Amphlett" <dave_yahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been pondering the same sort of problem

ideas I'm mulling (but haven't implemented yet) are:

*) obviously a PIR being triggered should be enough to turn the light
on
*) I'm thinking of putting pressure pads under the carpet infront of
the settee and pressure on them would keep the light on but not
necessarily turn it on.
*) alternative or additional to pressure pads would be ir-beam across
the seats of the settee. pro's and con's to this, but wouldn't work
where we have a settee at right angles to a window !!

I'm liking the idea of the pressure pads though as it has the side
effect that if you lie down on the settee, the lights turn off -
cool :)

I think you'd also want someway to force on - similar to the 'boost'
on central heating. ie be able to say force on for 2 hours, but that
shouldn't be the default - maybe do this by pressing a momentary
switch once for each hour to force on.




--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "darren_karp2001" <darren@a...>
wrote:
>
>
> LOL....
>
> But seriously what do you think about using PIR's? The only
downside
> I can see is if there is no movement in the room when there
actually
> is someone in there the lights would go off plus I believe that
there
> is a few second delay in the PIR resetting which would be very
> annoying.
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Phil Harris" <phil@a...>
wrote:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: darren_karp2001 [mailto:darren@a...]
> > > Sent: 09 February 2005 20:42
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] I'm so ruddy P****D off!
> > >
> > > What is it about my wife and two kids that they cannot turn
a
> > > light switch off when they leave a room? I've told them time
> > > and time again....no wonder my lecky bill is so damn high!
> > >
> > > What can I do?
> > >
> > > Darren
> >
> > Kill the wife and bury her deep under the patio ... Sell the kids
> off into
> > white slavery.
> >
> > Well that's my plan.
> >
> > Phil