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Multiple light sensors

jester77 · 2016-11-14 13:01:20

I have a light switch at the top and another at the bottom of the stairs going into my basement. I want to replace the switches with simple sensors as light is always needed. The manufacturer of the light switches I have installed around the house have a light sensor version that I can just replace easily enough, it also…

14-11-2016 2:01pm

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I have a light switch at the top and another at the bottom of the stairs going into my basement. I want to replace the switches with simple sensors as light is always needed.

The manufacturer of the light switches I have installed around the house have a light sensor version that I can just replace easily enough, it also offers a setting to leave the light on for 30 seconds of no activity which is handy.

Is there anything I need to look out for, could having 2 sensors be an issue, could one cancel the other and end up turning off the light when approaching the bottom?

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jester77 wrote:

Is there anything I need to look out for, could having 2 sensors be an issue, could one cancel the other and end up turning off the light when approaching the bottom?

Usually these things hold the lights on.

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