Re: Landscape Lighting Controller

["Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx>]

"Charles Sullivan" <cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.11.12.18.28.19.662579@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> X10's PR511 motion activated floodlight has integral dawn/dusk
> control and timer.  That's probably all you'll need.  It can also
> be manually turned on/off via X10 power line signals, and can send
> X10 signals to control other X10 devices when motion is detected.
>
> (I don't own any of these floodlights myself so can't say how well
> they work.)

We've used them at 2 houses.  The old one worked perfectly for many years.
But, just before we moved it started coming on randomly any time of the day.
I never did find out the reason why.

We now live in a much warmer climate.  The two we have now work well except
for the warmest nights.  If they click on during the night we can usually
see a fox or other large animal wandering off.

The only real quirk they have is that they come on multiple times during
lightning storms in sync with particularly bright flashes.  Each time they
go off again after the timeout.

The fact that they can also be switched on manually is very convenient.

Jeff