Good Day, I have been trying to find a replacement for my 3 motion sensor light PIR lenses. But Have had no luck. I read about using the milk carton plastic and this seems to be the only option I have unless replacing all 3 at $70 each. Any ideas or solutions would be appreciated. Thank you
Lighting – PIR sensor Cracked on two of the outdoor lights and the other shattered. Allen & Roth from Lowes. No support at all
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Assuming you're talking about motion sensors like this:
Switches like that need power. They can work by trickling current through incandescents if hooked up like a normal single-throw switch (in series with feed going to lights). If the switch has 4 wires (hot, return, switched, and ground) then you can hook them all up and it will power itself using it's own hot + return. In that case, it shouldn't have to trickle power through the light's circuit, and fluorescents should be able to turn off.
I've done this. I have a great solution.
Simply take the hot circuit to the sensor and to the light switch and run them in parallel. The only downfall is that you won't be able to turn the light off when the sensor has control. But I haven't found this to be a problem.
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I've had the same problem and I don't like buying a new sensor for want of a $0.01 piece of plastic. Yes, I've found that a piece cut from a milk jug seems to work perfectly for me.