Looking for an automatic light when it's night time

[happinlucky]

I live alone and it can get pretty dark outside my dorm at night time. I don't want to leave the light on the whole day naman when I leave in the morning.

Is there such a thing as a light that can detect if it's night time? Or a timed light? I just want it to be on during the night time so that it's not too dark when I go home.

[Papichulo168]

Meron nun. It detects the ambient light and switches on or off the attached bulb. Yun nga lang you have to use an incandescent bulb not the CFL bulb.

I bought mine at Cherry Foodarama at Shaw but you can those at Handyman (Robinson's) or Ace Hardware (SM).

[gotta lick it]

you could also get one with a motion detector at Raon, Quiapo.

[Kenbone]

Go to any hardware in a mall and get those night lights they use for baby nurseries. Just plug them in a socket. The light turns on when it's dark and off when you turn the main light on. They even have those low power LEDs now.

[cooltechieydad]

may ganung night light na nabibili sa hardware stores. may iba ibang versions niyan pero recommend ko yung kinakabit na lang sa ilaw mo para di ka na bumili ng bago. yung ganito gumagana naman sa CFL bulbs, ganun yung nakakabit na ilaw sa garden namin.

[jasperjugan]

mahal po ba yang ganyang mga night light sockets?

[gotta lick it]

++400p but ...

the only disadvantage of these things, it runs on stand-by power. so watch your electric bill peak a little bit.

[happinlucky]

Meron nun. It detects the ambient light and switches on or off the attached bulb. Yun nga lang you have to use an incandescent bulb not the CFL bulb.

I bought mine at Cherry Foodarama at Shaw but you can those at Handyman (Robinson's) or Ace Hardware (SM).

Anong brand ng night light yung gamit mo? at how much?

at ano ba difference ng CFL sa incandescent bulb?

[happinlucky]

you could also get one with a motion detector at Raon, Quiapo.

motion detector? mahal ba yung ganun?

[cooltechieydad]

Anong brand ng night light yung gamit mo? at how much?

at ano ba difference ng CFL sa incandescent bulb?

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/tra...le-of-the-bulb

this will explain the difference bet incandescent bulbs and cfl...

i suggest you go for the cfl buibs so that you can save on energy

[gotta lick it]

actually, there are now companies installing BMS units for houses. Building Managemant Systems which controls lighting, power, facilities, and security of one's home in an Ipad.





but again, everything will be running on standby power.

[Lilit]

Sa mga hardware sa malls, pati na rin sa CD-R King, may mga timer device na pwedeng i-set to turn on and off kung kelan mo gusto. Pina-plug ito sa ordinaryong socket, tapos meron ding socket na pwede namang saksakan ng lamp, TV o radio. Sa Ace, Handyman, etc., around P400 ang isa, sa CD-R King, mas mura yata pero hindi ako sure sa quality.

[happinlucky]

actually, there are now companies installing BMS units for houses. Building Managemant Systems which controls lighting, power, facilities, and security of one's home in an Ipad.





but again, everything will be running on standby power.

i guess it's better to have standby power kaysa makalimutan all together na isara yung ilaw.

yun kasi yung mahirap if dormer ka, walang magpapatay ng ilaw for you if nakaalis ka na ng bahay.

[happinlucky]

Sa mga hardware sa malls, pati na rin sa CD-R King, may mga timer device na pwedeng i-set to turn on and off kung kelan mo gusto. Pina-plug ito sa ordinaryong socket, tapos meron ding socket na pwede namang saksakan ng lamp, TV o radio. Sa Ace, Handyman, etc., around P400 ang isa, sa CD-R King, mas mura yata pero hindi ako sure sa quality.

ah so similar ito dun sa pinost na picture ni cooltechieydad?

hehe, ayoko naman cd-r king, baka madali masira :P

[happinlucky]

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/tra...le-of-the-bulb

this will explain the difference bet incandescent bulbs and cfl...

i suggest you go for the cfl buibs so that you can save on energy

salamat po for sharing this link!

okay, ngayon gagamit na lang ako ng CFL bulbs para tipid sa kuryente

[Lilit]

ah so similar ito dun sa pinost na picture ni cooltechieydad?

hehe, ayoko naman cd-r king, baka madali masira :P

Hindi. Yung kay cooltechieydad, light sensitive. nag-o-on kapag dumilim tapos namamatay uli sa umaga, parang streetlights ng Meralco. Yung sinasabi ko, pwedeng i-set na mag-on ng, say, 6:15 pm at mag-off ng midnight para kunwari natulog ka na. Kung may living at bedroom ka, buy 2, tapos i-set yung sa living room to turn off just when yung sa bedroom turns on para kunwari may movement sa loob ng bahay. Tas pwede nga rin ikabit sa TV or radio para may ingay din.

[mrplayshoe]

meron ako nabili sa ace hardware na led light nabubukas sya pag madilim 105 pesos lang

[May27]

been using TRONIX brand for 2yrs... stable po, install and forget.
the device will work efficiently if its sensor is properly exposed.

check this for details, http://www.innovatronix.com/tronixmanuals/ANL.pdf.

you can find the store in SM Malls and at AYALA MRT (Tronix Digital Photo...)

[eojlin]

been using TRONIX brand for 2yrs... stable po, install and forget.
the device will work efficiently if its sensor is properly exposed.

check this for details, http://www.innovatronix.com/tronixmanuals/ANL.pdf.

you can find the store in SM Malls and at AYALA MRT (Tronix Digital Photo...)

I just bought one of these sa MC Home Depot, The Fort, at P390.00. Meron din akong nakita nito sa Ace Hardware at P398.00. 'Will try it out this weekend, kapag okay, I might get another one.

Pinatesting ko sa store sa Watt Reader nila, and testing it with a 9W LED bulb (E27/standard thread). 8.3W lang ang reading sa set, well, baka yung bulb kinulang sa output. Tapos kapag inactive or standby (naka-off yung light bulb), zero (0) W naman yung consumption ng set. It's either efficient itong device na 'to or may topak lang yung Watt Reader sa store. Hehehe.

Btw, this one is a product of Antipolo and manufactured in Antipolo (well, according sa nakasulat sa packaging).