Re: Landscape Lighting Controller

[sftong2000@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Jim,

    Too bad the motion controlled floodlights of mine do not have photo
sensor. Maybe because I bought it very cheap!

     Any idea of the typical household how they have their lighting
controller housed, position and installed ?

Thanks
Sean

jim.griffin@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Sean,
>   You may be over engineering your solution.   Most modern motion
> controlled floodlights have a built in photo sensor that detects
> whether it is daytime or nighttime.
>
> Additionally, sunrise and sunset change everyday.   With a timer,
> you'll need to adjust it regularly to correspond with the changes to
> day and night.  Using one with a built in photo sensor will alleviate
> this and other problems associated with using a timer.
>
> -jim