Adjusting security lights - why so difficult?

Question

Every couple of years I end up replacing a deteriorating garden/yard proxim ity security light and face frustration in setting it up. The lights are ob viously mounted ladder (or at least step-ladder) high. And the small pot fo r setting sensitivity is awkwardly located behind the body if the lamp. I'v e tried several suppliers but the'standard' type always shares the same bas ic flawed design.

Does anyone know of a reasonably priced UK product that has an intelligent design please? Perhaps a downward facing pot with a deepscrew slot that cou ld therefore be reached from ground level with a pole-plus-screwdriver.

Terry, East Grinstead, UK

default · Accepted Answer

You can't set the adjustment before you mount?

terrypingm · Answer

I could, but it needs setting in realistic circumstances, at the appropriate level of darkness and when I approach at a certain distance and position

terrypingm · Answer

I could, but it needs to be set in realistic conditions, i.e. at appropriate level of darkness and when I am at a certain distance and angle from it.

default · Answer

These probably aren't LED lights you replace every few years.(?)

So I'd assume it is the motion sensor that dies? Why not a low voltage system with the sensor mounted low and the light mounted high?

I've a number of 12V lights around my property, that run from a single

12V supply. It was just a lot easier to get light just where I wanted it without making a big production with the insulation requirements and safety of mains voltages.

The motion sensors typically die from exposure to UV sunlight - eats the plastic in the lens. The ones out of the sun last a lot longer. The lights last and last; 10+ years now.

Adjusting security lights - why so difficult?

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