I bought today a "hands free" garbage can for the kitchen. It said on the box that it has a motion detector for hands free operation. The unit as a whole is well made and has features I like. The problem is that when slid under the counter the motion detector detects the underside of the counter and the lid opens and stays open. So it must detect reflected IR, whether moving or not. The under counter position is where it must go. The hands free opening is why I bought it, it is for use in the kitchen. All the electronics are in the top, which comes off in order to remove the garbage receptacle. So I need some sort of sheet IR absorber so that the thing will work properly under the counter. I can operate it manually but I don't want to touch the garbage can when I'm cooking and have food of one sort or another stuck to my fingers. Anybody have any ideas? I thought about maybe taking the thing apart and putting a mirror inside that would make the sensor see at an angle so that it wouldn't detect the underside of the countertop but then it might open when someone walks past. So it looks like what I really is a good IR absorbing material that I can fasten somehow to the countertop underside. Any suggestions? Thanks, Eric
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8 years ago