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hmm. Anyone played with home automation?
realised when stashing something in the basement that I expected the lights to come on automatically like I set them in the laundry. Which got me digging at motion sensors, specifically ones that will trigger a connected socket (running 100m of LED rope light will light up anything) and now I'm looking for a motion sensor that will trigger a connected socket and preferably not need to constantly be connected to an outside cloud network because fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck that
Have fun in the Arduino or Raspberry pi rabbit hole you're about to go down...
I'm not sure if one that is just wireless will do the job? I've not dabbled but noticed that Ikea has some bits and bobs
Is this anything https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/tradfri-wireless-motion-sensor-smart-white-90370469/
mmm problem is most of the time when they say "wireless" they mean "not physically connected but requires your wifi to tap into a gigantic backhaul that passes constant data back to our servers to operate"
I'm gonna build a hubitat (I swear I am mum really!) but the box itself is backburnered atm, as is wiring up the basement network-wise so was hoping I could find even some cheap shitty plug in adapter like the remotes you can get for power points.
I have a doorbell that plugs directly into a socket but is wireless to the akshul door. No web anything. Maybe something like that could be reverse engineered to work a light switch instead of a doorbell.
no passthrough :/ the socket part just pulls power to run the receiver and noisemaker parts that pick up the signal from the buttonpress.
Yeah, that sucks. It really feels like a self contained "dumb" (ie not smart appliance) motion activated light should or does exist...
There are those lights that are made for sticking in gardens beside paths (though often those are solar), or the outdoor lights that come on but it depends on how far you need the motion detected and the second one might need to be hard wired.
Ikea does have self contained motion lights that run off rechargeable batteries and may be stick on (intended for cupboards or drawers) but they might not be powerful enough for a room and obvious drawbacks with batteries.
There was a self contained outdoor light but it was meant to be attached by a bolt and was solar powered.
Woolies/Big W also has a self contained battery thingy which might work for temporary use until you do the hubitat https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/1074588760/crest-rechargeable-led-with-motion-sensor-medium
Or this little motion sensor emergency torch guy https://www.amazon.com.au/AP-Emergency-Sensor-Light-Rechargeable/dp/B00AC1K3Z4