We had a security light installed for my mother at her back door which
worked fine for a couple months. Now when someone walks up to the door it
no longer comes on but when you walk back to your car then it comes on. How
do we fix this? TIA

"Dinah" wrote in message
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We had a security light installed for my mother at her back door which
worked fine for a couple months. Now when someone walks up to the door it
no longer comes on but when you walk back to your car then it comes on.
How do we fix this? TIA

Put a sign up that says walk backwards towards the door???

;-]

Sounds like you need to adjust the sensitivity....

"Dinah" wrote in message
...
We had a security light installed for my mother at her back door which
worked fine for a couple months. Now when someone walks up to the door it
no longer comes on but when you walk back to your car then it comes on.
How
do we fix this? TIA


Zillions of things cause this. Shall we pick a few.
Read the direction to see if there is a sensor adjustment.
COLD on el cheap o stuff
Aiming of the sensor

Dinah wrote:
We had a security light installed for my mother at her back door which
worked fine for a couple months. Now when someone walks up to the
door it no longer comes on but when you walk back to your car then it
comes on. How do we fix this? TIA

Stopped working when it got cold did it? Common problem many of them
become less sensitive when cold. You may be able to adjust it.


--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

Joseph Meehan wrote:
Dinah wrote:

We had a security light installed for my mother at her back door which
worked fine for a couple months. Now when someone walks up to the
door it no longer comes on but when you walk back to your car then it
comes on. How do we fix this? TIA


Stopped working when it got cold did it? Common problem many of them
become less sensitive when cold. You may be able to adjust it.


Well, actually, many sensors get less
sensitive when it gets hot outside. When
everything is near 100 degrees,
including your body, the sensor can't
tell the
difference.

I had so much trouble with cold I tossed it in the trash. in the winter
every car going up the street would trip it.....


in the summer it was dead. not worth the effort

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:49:47 GMT, Art Todesco
wrote:

Joseph Meehan wrote:
Dinah wrote:

We had a security light installed for my mother at her back door which
worked fine for a couple months. Now when someone walks up to the
door it no longer comes on but when you walk back to your car then it
comes on. How do we fix this? TIA


Stopped working when it got cold did it? Common problem many of them
become less sensitive when cold. You may be able to adjust it.


Well, actually, many sensors get less
sensitive when it gets hot outside. When
everything is near 100 degrees,
including your body, the sensor can't
tell the
difference.


I notice that with a motion-sensing switch in my garage. It becomes
less reliable in the summer.
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what
to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb
contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:51:18 GMT, "Dinah" wrote:

We had a security light installed for my mother at her back door which
worked fine for a couple months. Now when someone walks up to the door it
no longer comes on but when you walk back to your car then it comes on. How
do we fix this? TIA


Tell all your friends to walk backwards when they come to the door...
lol

It may have moved a little from winds. Adjust the angle, there is
usually a sensitivity control too.

Of course if you got a tree branch growing near it, or some other
change that can affect it too.