Re: How can I fool the motion sensors connected to our lights?

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From: Mike Morris
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1989 07:53

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(Michael McClary) writes:

>I have just started work somewhere where the lights are controlled by a system
>of motion sensors-if nothing moves in a pre-determined amount of time
>the lights go off. I find this system most annoying as I am often
>sitting at my desk working when the lights decide to go out and I
>have to wave my arms to get them to go back on again. What I would
>like to do is to build a device with a timer where when the timer was
>wound some sort of signal would be broadcast that would fool the
>motion sensors into thinking something was moving.

Tape some aluminum foil to the blades of a cheap desk fan.

Mike Morris
UUCP: Morris@Jade.JPL.NASA.gov
#Include quote.cute.standard   | The opinions above probably do not even come
cat flames.all > /dev/null     | close to those of my employer(s), if any.

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