Huckster79
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Well you guys have given me some solid advice on some other stuff for my kitchen remodel… so here goes again:
wanting to add lighting to the interior of the cabinets… figure it will add some “elegance” as well as functionality of being able to find stuff easier.
I figured it would be a simple project… my conundrum comes in switching them on. The google has been of little help as all info I find is for under cabinet lights…
was hoping a motion sensor would fire the light- regardless of which door was open or even the drawer up top. See pic below- figured if I ran LED tape lights where it’s marked in red you wouldn’t see them direct and they would illuminate all shelves and even the drawer… figured motion sensor where green mark is.
But almost all the switches say “PIR” or “passive infrared” and says it senses human body temp - concerned that may not fire light unless we wave our hand inside- guess not end of world. But will it fire sensing the drawer being pulled out?
anyone with experience with PIR switches as to how sensitive they are? Some articles say they’ll fire at any motion others say only body heat….
mechanical or magnetic switch cud work but wouldn’t fire on the drawer moving, and would need one on both doors of cabinets with two doors… possibly could run them in parallel? Also liked idea that motion switch could be completely out of the way.
Any ideas?
wanting to add lighting to the interior of the cabinets… figure it will add some “elegance” as well as functionality of being able to find stuff easier.
I figured it would be a simple project… my conundrum comes in switching them on. The google has been of little help as all info I find is for under cabinet lights…
was hoping a motion sensor would fire the light- regardless of which door was open or even the drawer up top. See pic below- figured if I ran LED tape lights where it’s marked in red you wouldn’t see them direct and they would illuminate all shelves and even the drawer… figured motion sensor where green mark is.
But almost all the switches say “PIR” or “passive infrared” and says it senses human body temp - concerned that may not fire light unless we wave our hand inside- guess not end of world. But will it fire sensing the drawer being pulled out?
anyone with experience with PIR switches as to how sensitive they are? Some articles say they’ll fire at any motion others say only body heat….
mechanical or magnetic switch cud work but wouldn’t fire on the drawer moving, and would need one on both doors of cabinets with two doors… possibly could run them in parallel? Also liked idea that motion switch could be completely out of the way.
Any ideas?