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Re: Light sensor for OFF at dusk and ON at daylight?



On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:50:17 -0400, "Petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
>"Stubby" <William.Plummer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de groupe de
>discussion :
>8fd119b3-bc27-448d-b6fb-5e45c597aa16@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On Oct 17, 11:05 pm, dh@. wrote:
>>> I'm interested in finding a light sensor/110V outlet combination
>>> that turns things off at dusk an on at daylight, instead of the
>>> other way around as most of them do. Can anyone suggest where to
>>> get such a thing, or where else I can ask about it?
>>
>> You could use two light sensors in a box (with ventilation!).  The
>> first looks at the world while the second looks at the light on the
>> first sensor.

    That idea worked great. It's probably the way I'll go with it

>Just put a 110 volt realy at the place of the lamp connection in a simple
>dusk detector and use a N.C. connection on it to feed what ever you want..
>if the relay is OFF (when the detector see some light) the currenty pass ..
>simple simple simple..

    I'm interested in trying that but don't know an easy place to
get the relay, or what an N.C. connection is. I did however get
two light sensors like "Stubby" suggested and it seems to work
pretty well.


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