Re: Bathroom project - Cbus style lighting system....1 room only though!!

["noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Stephen,
Thanks for that, I think the power supply option is going to be easier
for me, i already have a 5A socket in the loft I was using for a tv
amplifier so can use that to simply run.  Nice one many thanks.

Noel


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Stephen McGarry <Selfbuild@...> wrote:
>
> power the PIR and timer in paralell the use the output of the PIR to
activate a relay with the contacts in series after
> the timer. Thus PIR stays powered and doesnt do the 'turn on thing'.
Alternately use as small power supply to replace
> the battery in the timer.
>
> HTH
> Stephen
>
> noel_pilot wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > It's Christmas day, I've got a small stash of money to let me get
> > cracking on my bathroom so I'm looking to order my stuff! :) this
goes
> > nicely with my chilled eve, wine and royle family!!
> >
> > one question on this, ideally i'd put the PIR before the timer
that
> > way the light wont turn on when the powers supplied each evening
as it
> > would if the timer was in front of the PIR.
> >
> > Only problem with this is that the timer then doesn't have any
power
> > to it to power the timer!!! Now I know a few have battery backup
but
> > this means that the timers going to be running on battery backup
near
> > enough permanently! something like http://tinyurl.com/a6xgze
> > <http://tinyurl.com/a6xgze> the only
> > time it would actually have mains power would be during the brief
> > periods that someone uses the bathroom between 2200 and 0600.
> >
> > Has anyone used any mains timers predominantly on battery
backup??
> > Some of the other timers on sites i've looked at get slated, this
one
> > slightly less so than others.
> >
> > Any advice all??! Thanks
> >
> > Noel
> > Happy Christmas,
> >
> >
>



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