Spent the day hardwiring some of my Fibaro (eyeball) motion sensors.
They take 3.3v CR123 batteries so initially I bought a variable 3/4.5/6/9/12v DC transformer off eBay for £7.50, cut the plug off, drilled the Fibaro and wired it.
That worked a treat and I wanted to do more.
I realised standard ATX PC power supplies have a few 3.3v outputs (the orange wires) so went digging in my cupboard for spare working PSUs. I’ve plenty at work but none here (other than in old PCs), but I came across three 3v plugs in my cupboard! Result!
The next one I did also worked great.
The third I tried wouldn’t work; I then realised it was 3v 200ma which isn’t enough, but I was getting more daring now so tried a 5v plug I had to hand - and it worked!
So I’ve now got three Fibaro motion sensors hard wired. Turned sensitivity up to 8 (the highest (lowest) setting, and Off-interval down to 5 seconds as battery life isn’t an issue.
What a difference it makes in accurate motion tracking! Our kitchen and toilet lights no longer turn off whilst you’re in the room, even in the short time I’ve been testing today, because Indigo gets an incoming command every 5-10 seconds.
I think mine at 3v 10amp, 3v 500ma and 5v 2amp
3v 200ma doesn’t work.
I’ll tidy/rewire them next time we decorate but each one is ok for where they are. They have MAF (mother approval factor) particularly as the lights don’t go out!
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