OT: Slave light switch

they make motion sensors for interior lights, usable in bathrooms or offices, for instance. they take the place of the switch.

I use these at workstations in the shop, they are not "ugly" if you have an outlet nearby can use a corded light fixture:

Have you googled just merely, "motion sensors?" They can be quite unobtrusive, you know. And with a proper fish tape and a little advice from the old guy at the home improvement store, couldn't you string some wires above the ceiling, from below?

And, wouldn't a photocell-based slave light still require stringing some wires so that the light in the alcove knows when the hallway light comes on?

I've even seen battery-powered closet lights with a pull string. Not very bright, but at least you won't trip over stuff. And, of course, you'd need to replace the batteries from time to time.

Good Luck! Rich

Thanks guys,

I can get to the ceiling wiring for the alcove OK, just no way to connect up with the wiring or switch plate for the passage lights.

I tried a motion sensing battery powered light but the On-duration was non adjustable and I want the light to stay on as long as the passage lights are on. I don't mind if the alcove light stays on longer than the passage lights, I just do not want it off before them.

I may try using one of those lights that come on at dusk and off at dawn and see if I can move the sensor to pick up the passage lights. I was just hoping there may be something already available like that, being the lazy or fart I am. {grin}

Dave

Once in my house, the bathroom had a light and a fan that came on simultaneously - I didn't want that; I wanted to be able to leave the fan on but turn the light off after, say, a hot shower or a particularly nasty dump, so I went to the home improvement store, bought a duplex switch and about 15 feet of blue wire, rented a fish tape, and fished the new wire up to the fan.

But let me reiterate - you _can_ get just the motion sensor, without those unwieldy outdoor lamp sockets, and they're all adjustable for on-time, or maybe sensivity. I put one of those on the back porch of the house for when I got home at night, so I could see to unlock the back door.

But as long as you don't stand stock-still, you will continue to stimulate the PIR (passive infrared receiver) sensor.

Good Luck! Rich

Battery powered, for short service? I got a trio of triangular lights similar to these at Costco a couple years ago for twenty bucks. I use them in my closets and under the sink. They're great, and the LEDs are movable for aiming to the spot I need.

Will something like this work?

-- Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air... -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are battery powered motion sensor lights. This is $8.99 right now.

Here's another option:

Replace the switch with an X-10 (or similar) controller, and use a slave module for the light, either from a receptacle module, or and edison module. I would suggest the Leviton rather than the X10 versions, because dealing with the X10 people leaves a bad taste.

I deal usually with these people.

jk

This sort of thing?

Would something like flat wire be able to be run?

Can you fish the wires in with a pole? It's not necessary for wires to have a human attached when they make the trip, after all.

Can you guide the light to the alcove (just use a spotlight from some more convenient location)? Or maybe use a track light, the electric connection can be at the far end of the track, might be easier to wire there?

Wiremold? That runs on the surface and can be run unobtrusively, like next to baseboards and in corners. My dad used miles of it in basements on outside block walls and other spots where wiring couldn't be fished. The big boxes have carried it in the past, haven't gone looking for it recently. They used to have shallow switches for the system, too.

Stan

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? what am i using them for ?

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Do you have some oddball newsreader that's putting all those spaces in? Or do you have spasms in your thumbs? Please tell me it's not intentional.

Bob

I saw both metal and plastic Wiremold at Lowes a few days ago.

Do you expect people to wade through this crap?