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New front lights
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I recently got bored and decided that the generic "Coach lantern" PIR thing that I had converted to run an 18w PL-S lamp on HF gear for the last 8 years had been there for quite long enough.
In it's place I decided to go for two el-cheapo Screwfix special twin GU-10 halogen things, one either side of the garage door.
I wanted both to come on at the same time so I sent some 4 core cable through the wall to the one nearest the front door which takes a switched live from that unit's PIR module and then sends it back inside the garage and across to the unit on the other side which has had it's own PIR module removed from the circuit.
Works quite nicely and as the PIR is rated to run 2 x 35w halogen lamps, it should have no trouble at all with the 4 x 5w Sylvania 4000k RefLED lamps that I used to use in my bathroom until I replaced those with some really nice integrated Ovia Inceptors.
It looks really nice in the dark and it has made me realise that I really do need to pull my finger out and clean the mortar splashes off the bricks lol.
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The far one has copped a load of rain, hail and snow lately and doesn't seem to care. No sign yet of any ingress.