As a means to provide safety and security while saving energy costs, the motion lamp fills many lighting voids for businesses and residential areas. Designed to turn on a light when motion is detected, a motion lamp can also be a distraction for some.
As a safety measure, a motion lamp can be installed in areas around the home where traffic is minimal and the use of constantly burning light, especially outdoors at night, would be waste of electricity and possibly an annoyance if it shines through windows. However, if you need to travel that area after dark, having a light automatically come on can prevent tripping over unseen obstacles.
Fir security purposes, a motion lamp can be a deterrent to crime as a would-be burglar sneaking into an area of your yard may be frightened off when a light suddenly comes on lighting the doorway they have been attempting to enter. Care must be taken when installing and setting up a motion lamp, however as small animals may also cause the light to activate giving you false alerts of an intruder. Most motion lamps have sensitivity adjustments to compensate for this erroneous activation.
Indoor Use Can Save Electric Costs
Another use for a motion lamp can be indoors, in rooms where some people typically forget to turn off a light when they leave the room. One such place may be the bathroom where a motion detector switch can be used to replace the normal on-off switch. The light will come on automatically when a person enters the room and shuts itself off a few moments after the person leaves the room.
Other uses could be your entry way inside your home for those times when you enter with your hands full and have to find a place in the dark to set down your load before searching in the dark for a light switch. When you enter a motion lamp will come on automatically, illuminating your way until you can free your hands of their burden.
When you install a motion lamp anywhere inside or outside of your home, it may be a good idea to have it connected to an off switch as well for the times when an automatically activated light is not desired. For example, you are trying to view outside your home at night and you do no want an interior light to come one. Being able to shut down the motion lamp switch would be necessary.