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Andrew Gabriel

In article ,
(A.Lee) writes:

I have seen one bathroom where there is a PIR sensor inside the door,
which lights up around 6 ceiling mounted low voltage
spotlights/downlights.
I'd like to replicate this.

These are a disaster in a bathroom. You need good general lighting
in a bathroom for shaving, make-up, washing, etc. Downlighters can't
provide general lighting -- they light the top of your head and the
floor. If you painted the floor brilliant white, they might just
manage to light the rest of the room.

The PIR is a good idea.

PIR sensors. Easy to fit? Reliable?
How do they work? say it is daytime, but you want the lights on, will
they turn on then?

They have an adjustable light level trigger, which can normally be
adjusted to the point where they ignore the ambient level and come
on anyway.

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Andrew Gabriel
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