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Replacement Motion Sensor Heads
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| Saucer Man 2008-02-19, 5:25 pm |
| I'm looking to get a replacement Motion Sensor head for my flood lights.
They are a cheap brand and an electrician told me to find a replacement head
since I'm having problems with the current one. I can only find the cheap
$20 Cooper/Regent or Heath-Zeneth heads around. Does anyone know of a
better brand that is available?
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"Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> I'm looking to get a replacement Motion Sensor head for my flood lights.
> They are a cheap brand and an electrician told me to find a replacement
> head since I'm having problems with the current one. I can only find the
> cheap $20 Cooper/Regent or Heath-Zeneth heads around. Does anyone know of
> a better brand that is available?
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> Thanks.
I would recommend the H-Z units sold by www.grainger.com, they're not sold
under the H-Z name, and resemble the ones sold by Home Depot, but are much
better quality. They also have higher wattage units if you need them
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| John Grabowski 2008-02-19, 8:25 pm |
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"Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> I'm looking to get a replacement Motion Sensor head for my flood lights.
> They are a cheap brand and an electrician told me to find a replacement
> head since I'm having problems with the current one. I can only find the
> cheap $20 Cooper/Regent or Heath-Zeneth heads around. Does anyone know of
> a better brand that is available?
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In Addition to what RBM said, you could go to an electrical supply company
to get a different brand. I have been using the Rab brand for a few years
now. They cost around $60.00.
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| Saucer Man 2008-02-19, 8:25 pm |
| Thanks for these tips!
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"John Grabowski" <jgrabows1@optonline.net> wrote in message
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> "Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> In Addition to what RBM said, you could go to an electrical supply company
> to get a different brand. I have been using the Rab brand for a few years
> now. They cost around $60.00.
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| gfretwell@aol.com 2008-02-20, 3:25 am |
| On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:29:06 -0500, "Saucer Man"
<saucerman@nospam.net> wrote:
>I'm looking to get a replacement Motion Sensor head for my flood lights.
>They are a cheap brand and an electrician told me to find a replacement head
>since I'm having problems with the current one. I can only find the cheap
>$20 Cooper/Regent or Heath-Zeneth heads around. Does anyone know of a
>better brand that is available?
Of those two the Heath/Zenith is the best. I have about 20 around the
house of various brands and styles, inside and out. The Heaths hold up
fairly well if you keep them out of the sun. Direct sun will kill any
of them.
The Regents are pure crap. I have some a few months old that you have
to do gynmastics in front of to get them to light.
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| On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:07:32 -0500, gfretwell@aol.com wrote:
>Of those two the Heath/Zenith is the best. I have about 20 around the
>house of various brands and styles, inside and out. The Heaths hold up
>fairly well if you keep them out of the sun. Direct sun will kill any
>of them.
I second this recommendation for Heath: we've got one outside on the
garage facing north that doesn't get direct sun, and it's pretty old.
It must be at least 11 years old and works just great, very responsive
to motion.
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| gfretwell@aol.com 2008-02-20, 1:26 pm |
| On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:29:39 GMT, KLS <xymergy@suds.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:07:32 -0500, gfretwell@aol.com wrote:
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>I second this recommendation for Heath: we've got one outside on the
>garage facing north that doesn't get direct sun, and it's pretty old.
>It must be at least 11 years old and works just great, very responsive
>to motion.
I am experimenting with a sunvisor over my south facing detectorrs
that seems tio extend the life, I glued a PVC strip cut off of some
old verticle blinds about 3" long over the head to shade it.
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| Saucer Man 2008-02-20, 8:25 pm |
| Ok. I'm gonna go out and see if I can find one of those Heath-Zeneth by
Granger or a Rab brand. They're kind of expensive but hopefully they won't
turn on when I turn off other switches in my house!
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"KLS" <xymergy@suds.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:07:32 -0500, gfretwell@aol.com wrote:
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> I second this recommendation for Heath: we've got one outside on the
> garage facing north that doesn't get direct sun, and it's pretty old.
> It must be at least 11 years old and works just great, very responsive
> to motion.
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| Tony Hwang 2008-02-20, 8:25 pm |
| Saucer Man wrote:
> Ok. I'm gonna go out and see if I can find one of those Heath-Zeneth by
> Granger or a Rab brand. They're kind of expensive but hopefully they won't
> turn on when I turn off other switches in my house!
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Hmmm,
I have an El Cheapo in my garage which is ~14 years old. It has
adjustment for sensitivity, time delay to go off. I screwed in two
LED lamps. This thing will last LONG time. Only thing I hate about this
thing is it comes on and stays on if power fail. occurs, I have to turn
the breaker feeding it off/on to reset it.
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| gfretwell@aol.com 2008-02-21, 1:26 pm |
| On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:49:53 -0500, "Saucer Man"
<saucerman@nospam.net> wrote:
>Ok. I'm gonna go out and see if I can find one of those Heath-Zeneth by
>Granger or a Rab brand. They're kind of expensive but hopefully they won't
>turn on when I turn off other switches in my house!
If you have electrical problems that cause "dips" in the line you will
get false trips ... on any detector.
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| Saucer Man 2008-02-21, 8:25 pm |
| What exactly is a dip and what would cause it? How can I check for them?
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> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:49:53 -0500, "Saucer Man"
> <saucerman@nospam.net> wrote:
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> If you have electrical problems that cause "dips" in the line you will
> get false trips ... on any detector.
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"Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> What exactly is a dip and what would cause it? How can I check for them?
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> <gfretwell@aol.com> wrote in message
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Low voltage fluctuations. Here is a link to the H-Z models sold by Grainger.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/itemDetails.shtml[color=darkred]
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"RBM" <rbm@noemail.com> wrote in message
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> Low voltage fluctuations. Here is a link to the H-Z models sold by
> Grainger. http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/itemDetails.shtml
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| Saucer Man 2008-02-22, 5:25 pm |
| Ok. Thanks. I ordered one and will see what happens.
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| Saucer Man 2008-02-29, 8:26 pm |
| I received the Grainger version of the H-Z replacement sensor. It solved my
problem. With the Regent sensor, if I operated my garage light switch or my
laundry room light switch, the motion light went on. With the H-Z, they
don't go on. Thanks again!
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"Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> Ok. Thanks. I ordered one and will see what happens.
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