Two Nice Motion Sensing Lights - One For Out and One For In

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November 23, 2012, 12:00:56 pm

In the last week, I've added two motion-sensing battery powered LED lights to problem areas around the house with no wheels. Both of them would have been useful around Arby as well. Both lights have ambient light sensors so they only turn on when you need them.
The first is a Dorcy floodlight on sale now at Cyberguys for under $20. It is sealed and can be mounted outside. Three D batteries are supposed to last one - two years in normal use. There is only one LED but it is very bright with a good spread. It has a 30ft 180 degree motion sensing view. I mounted it to a palm tree pointed so it looks directly at the back right corner of the house. This way it covers both approaches to the back door and will also fire up when I open that door from the inside.
http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=68518&core_cross=SEARCH_SKU

The second light is intended for use indoors, has slim-line design with a pivoting head and 6 LEDS and would be great for inside an RB wardrobe or in the bath area. I mounted mine on the weather-protected upper corner of the main house entry door. Now I don't have to find the right key in the dark or fumble for the keyhole. The mount is a "cradle" type and the light just drops in. When I go out for the paper before dawn, I grab it and take it to the driveway with me.
http://www.amazon.com/Rite-Lite-LPL905M-Wireless-Multi-Directional/dp/B003VPXCJM

Isn't technology grand for lazy people?

George

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Re: Two Nice Motion Sensing Lights - One For Out and One For In

Reply #1 – November 23, 2012, 12:42:37 pm

Yahoo Message Number: 135341

Thanks for the tips, George! I just ordered one of the Rite Lites for my rig's entryway; I'm planning to mount it so that it automatically lights up the interior steps as I enter the coach. (I already have solar-powered lights mounted on the retracting exterior steps, in addition to a solar-powered light above the keyhole.)

Andy Baird http://www.andybaird.com/travels/

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Reply #2 – November 23, 2012, 05:16:46 pm

Yahoo Message Number: 135352

I forgot to mention that I always mounted things like this

Re: Two Nice Motion Sensing Lights - One For Out and One For In

Reply #3 – November 23, 2012, 05:55:10 pm

Yahoo Message Number: 135354

"I forgot to mention that I always mounted things like this in the rig with 3M Command Strip 'refills.' "
The key word here is "in." :-) My experience with 3M Command Adhesive strips has been that they are great for indoor use... but if used on the rig's exterior, after about a year the foam hardens, disintegrates, and the adhesive lets go. I use regular Command Adhesive a lot inside my rig, but I wouldn't mount anything I cared about on an exterior surface with it.
Now, 3M does make a supposedly weatherproof Command Adhesive version--it's pale blue instead of white. But the risk of having exterior items such as lights fall by the wayside while I'm driving is enough to dissuade me from trusting any version of Command Adhesive for exterior use. Instead, for exterior mounting I use 3M Dual Lock or 3M VHB (Very High Bonding strength) tape. In ten years, I've never had either one fail in exterior use.

Andy Baird http://www.andybaird.com/travels/

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Reply #4 – November 24, 2012, 06:19:23 am

Yahoo Message Number: 135359

Oh, I agree completely, Andy. I don't trust Velcro adhesives outside either.

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Reply #5 – November 26, 2012, 10:52:47 am

Yahoo Message Number: 135389

By the way.. If you're ordering the 2nd light from Amazon, the first (Dorcy) is also available from Amazon as well for about $5 less and you might be able to combine them into a single shipment to save a few $$.. Also -- if you search on Amazon for the "dorcy flood lite" you'll get a number of responses -- make sure you choose the 41-1071 model as mentioned above -- there's also a 41-1072 model which may be a prior year model since it does not show up on the Dorcy website at all..