Re: X10 PR511 Motion/Floor light

[Art Todesco <actodesco@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/4/2014 5:53 PM, sawadee2u@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Here's a link. The price has gone up..
> http://www.x10-store.com/duflmodeph.html
>
> I have used 10 of these around the house for years. Have had to replace them often, very often. The quality of design and construction does not lend them to be reliable.  But, there is nothing else that I can purchase that does what it does.  Three of mine are now not working as I have stopped replacing them with the price increase..
> Guess it is about time I come up with a work around.  Good luck.
>
Well, as I started this thread almost a year ago, I'll keep going.  I
have replace my motion detector with a 2 unit, across the driveway,
detector, an Optex AX-70 unit.  The output, which is a closed circuit,
feeds a 555 timer, which is set for about 5 minutes.  When the beam is
interrupted, the 555 output changes and operates an x10 powerflash
module, which in turn, sends out an x10 signal.  This signal is then
interpreted by an 1132CU.  Depending on time of day, etc., it will turn
on the house floods and/or operate an x10 chime (not when I'm sleeping).
  BTW, the 555 time prevents multiple triggers when we are just working
in the area and passing through the beam multiple times.  But the good
thing is that I never get triggers from cool breezes from up the
mountain.  I have never gotten false triggers from animals, although I
know a deer or a bear might be tall enough to interrupt the beam.  One
of the original PR511s is still mounted on a lamp post and is now only
being used as an appliance module for the lamp.  I will be changing it
to wall switch module or something similar.  The other PR511 is set up
for portable use and is used at Halloween and Christmas for decorations.
  At Christmas, it turns on a bunch of red and green flood lights along
the driveway and saves a bunch of electricity not having them on all the
time.