Timeline for How to disable our outdoor motion light?
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| Mar 25, 2020 at 10:43 | comment | added | Weather Vane | That is why I suggested experimenting with acetate sheet, to find a filter that works. | |
| Mar 25, 2020 at 10:40 | comment | added | motosubatsu | @Demon with respect to sunglasses it may not be about getting one's that are "darker" but about getting lenses that cut the particular wavelengths you have sensitivity to. Your ophthalmologist should be able to help you in that regard. | |
| Mar 24, 2020 at 22:34 | comment | added | Weather Vane | If there were a way to temporarily disable a motion activated lamp, then every burglar on the planet would know it. | |
| Mar 24, 2020 at 22:29 | comment | added | Demon | I didn't demand that you "just answer the question". I asked that you "Please just answer the question that I asked". If you can't answer the question that's asked it would probably be best not to post an answer to it. | |
| Mar 24, 2020 at 22:18 | comment | added | Weather Vane | Right. You want to disable the motion sensor, before you reach its activation range. You can't do that from within the apartment. Therefore you need a remote control. You can't disable it before you leave the apartment, because your movements won't always mesh with your room-mate. I have given you the best suggestions I can come up with, but I can't "just answer the question" on demand. | |
| Mar 24, 2020 at 22:16 | comment | added | Demon | Please just answer the question I asked. | |
| Mar 24, 2020 at 22:15 | comment | added | Weather Vane | Perhps you can modify it with a remote control switch like this or similar. But that is shopping. | |
| Mar 24, 2020 at 22:12 | comment | added | Demon | @WeatherVane Because this situation is a recent development. Where I live LED lights are only just gaining any popularity and the old lights which are far more dim and emit less harmful wavelengths aren't anywhere near as much of an issue. The two of us enter and leave the house at very different times so as long as I can return the light to normal after turning it off it won't be a problem for either of us. That's why I asked for a lifehack that will temporarily disable it instead of something else. | |
| Mar 24, 2020 at 22:09 | history | edited | Weather Vane | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 24, 2020 at 21:54 | comment | added | Demon | That doesn't answer the question I asked and it doesn't really help. LEDs are crazy bright and emit blue light, one of the worst wavelengths for photophobia. Shading my eyes or squinting is not enough to keep me from being blinded by the sudden blue flood light and I have yet to find shades tinted dark enough to truly make a difference. I need to be able to temporarily disable the light, like the question asks. | |
| Mar 24, 2020 at 15:00 | comment | added | BrettFromLA | In addition to shading your eyes with your hand, you could hold up a larger object to better shade your eyes such as a magazine, backpack, or purse. | |
| Mar 23, 2020 at 13:41 | history | edited | Weather Vane | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 23, 2020 at 13:40 | comment | added | Weather Vane | @motosubatsu thanks for reminding me, I thought of that when out in the sun after posting. | |
| Mar 23, 2020 at 13:39 | comment | added | motosubatsu | Nice! Might be worth adding sunglasses to the list? | |
| Mar 23, 2020 at 10:38 | history | answered | Weather Vane | CC BY-SA 4.0 |