Hi all,
I bought some solar lights with a PIR sensor as recently our nearby street light has been replaced with an LED type which isn't as bright as it was/different spread of light. It can only be a good thing but now where I could see my front door keyhole, now we struggle.
The thing is, the PIR sensor is WAY too sensitive and in normal applications I wouldn't be so bothered. However due to our drive being quite small and we have alot of foot traffic/cars whizzing passed our house, I can see the battery not being able cope especially in the winter months.
I have tried a few methods of covering the sensors internally before the diffuser with clear plastic which has lessened the effect but if I double up any time, it's either 5metres or 800mm.
Does anyone have any advice to offer on "dialling down" the sensitivity without actually having a potentiometer? I've read about soldering resistors onto the board's but electronics isn't really my thing per say (don't mind tinkering with projects without going out my depth)
I've attached a photo of the light but when I searched for them online, it seems they have been pulled from their website
I'll strip one down later and take a photo of the board. Someone maybe able to reverse engineer it?
Thank you
I bought some solar lights with a PIR sensor as recently our nearby street light has been replaced with an LED type which isn't as bright as it was/different spread of light. It can only be a good thing but now where I could see my front door keyhole, now we struggle.
The thing is, the PIR sensor is WAY too sensitive and in normal applications I wouldn't be so bothered. However due to our drive being quite small and we have alot of foot traffic/cars whizzing passed our house, I can see the battery not being able cope especially in the winter months.
I have tried a few methods of covering the sensors internally before the diffuser with clear plastic which has lessened the effect but if I double up any time, it's either 5metres or 800mm.
Does anyone have any advice to offer on "dialling down" the sensitivity without actually having a potentiometer? I've read about soldering resistors onto the board's but electronics isn't really my thing per say (don't mind tinkering with projects without going out my depth)
I've attached a photo of the light but when I searched for them online, it seems they have been pulled from their website
I'll strip one down later and take a photo of the board. Someone maybe able to reverse engineer it?
Thank you