alfiesauce
Senior Member
Someone posted a while ago about a system that would turn on step lights automatically.
The poor quality pictures below are a picture of two identical boxes that we use for our step lights.
The ingredients are as follows-
a disconnect means
16V transformer
12V DC power supply
timer / trigger system
2 remote floor pad switches place on the bottom and top steps (under carpet- I do have an idea brewing about how to do this without a pad switch though)
a 12V relay
and then the step lights.
It's not a cheap system. I've heard rumors these boxes costing us over 200 bucks and the pads are over 30 I think. I'm right now researching building our own as I think I can do it cheaper and I have a few other ideas I want to incorperate into it for more flexibility and control.
Sorry for the poor picture quality.. I just use my cheap phone camera right now...
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The poor quality pictures below are a picture of two identical boxes that we use for our step lights.
The ingredients are as follows-
a disconnect means
16V transformer
12V DC power supply
timer / trigger system
2 remote floor pad switches place on the bottom and top steps (under carpet- I do have an idea brewing about how to do this without a pad switch though)
a 12V relay
and then the step lights.
It's not a cheap system. I've heard rumors these boxes costing us over 200 bucks and the pads are over 30 I think. I'm right now researching building our own as I think I can do it cheaper and I have a few other ideas I want to incorperate into it for more flexibility and control.
Sorry for the poor picture quality.. I just use my cheap phone camera right now...
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