Author: Stuart Matheson Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Does anyone else have any mad ideas to do with
computers for if they came into a large sum of money?
Can you de-activate the bathroom light at all or is it hardwired to the
sensor?
2008/10/8 Steve Kemp <steve@???>
> On Wed Oct 08, 2008 at 13:23:26 +0100, Victor Churchill wrote:
>
> > I have always fancied the idea of a house with webcams and floor
> > pressure sensors so that it turns on the lights for you as you're
> > going up stairs and then turns them off again.
>
> I've recently rewired a couple of lights in my house, so that the
> bathroom light comes on when it detects movement (if it is "dark")
> and goes off 60 seconds after movement has ceased.
>
> The lightswitch was about 30 quid, and fitting it was easy enough
> even for a software guy like me. I think that a similar solution
> would be cheaper and more practical than N pressure sensors and the
> associated wiring. Although that depends on the layout of the stairs
> and the placement of the switches.
>
> (I've also fitted remote controlled lighting in my bedroom, but
> that is just sheer lazyness!)
>
> Steve
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