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The lights in the most reasonably trafficked areas of my apartment are automated. The kitchen and bathroom mainly. If I'm in the kitchen I'm actively cooking o
by yurishimo 8y ago
The lights in the most reasonably trafficked areas of my apartment are automated. The kitchen and bathroom mainly.
If I'm in the kitchen I'm actively cooking or using the sink and pacing around, so the motion sensor keeps the lights on. After 1 minute of no motion, they turn off. Important to set timers though as the lights are no longer a reminder if something is in the oven or on the stovetop.
For the bathroom, I have a sensor placed precisely to view both inside and out of the shower with the curtain closed. This means the lights won't turn off while someone is in the shower unless they stand really still for 2 minutes. If someone wants to take a bath and won't move much, I can override the sensor to a longer shutoff time.
At 6:30pm I have a light that turns on to simulate that we're home. Looking to move this to a "sunset minus 30 minutes" model soon so it appears more organic.
At 2am, all of the lights turn off in case we forgot, or as a friendly reminder to go to bed. It hasn't worked today. :)
- stevekemp 8y agoWe have some battery-powered motion-detector LED lights about 1ft from the ground in our bathroom and hallway. Makes walking around late at night less painful. (Children's toys end up everywhere!)
- roryisok 8y agoNow that's clever. But I'd really love if someone would invent a kind of roomba that puts away toys
- beenBoutIT 8y agoToys that put themselves away will get here before the Roomba that puts away toys does.
- roryisok 8y agoBut then I'd have to buy all new toys.
- icebraining 8y agoGood luck getting individual LEGO pieces to put themselves away :)
- roryisok 8y agoYou need some kind of katamari damacy style ball of Lego that rolls around collecting pieces and getting bigger
- kungtotte 8y agoFor the bath, couldn't you add a sensor that detects water level in the bath and use it to override the lights? Even something as simple as measuring the weight of the tub would work, and would simultaneously cover the shower cases too.
- roryisok 8y agoMeasuring the weight of the tub doesn't sound simple. A camera or ultrasonic level meter would be easier to set up
- kungtotte 8y agoSimple and easy aren't the same thing :)
- icebraining 8y agoUltrasonic distance sensors are pretty simple, though.
- stevekemp 8y agoVisitors might be alarmed to see a camera pointing at the bath!