The light in my front porch (stoop in Usonian) just went pop.

It has a bayonet fitting, and has been a compact fluorescent om a smash-proof enclosure which has lasted about 5 or 6 years.

Do I use a normal domestic compact flash or LED bulb, or is there a special version more resilient to either low/high temperatures, or moisture?

Thanks

Ferdinand

I've always just used a normal bulb but switched to one that has a flame effect last time I changed it. 

I put in a CF into our outside light at work, it lasted about 7 years. Then put an LED one in, that has lasted about 8 years now.

I no longer work at that place.

We have an old cast iron lamp post, by our drive, which I renovated a couple of years ago. I used LED filament bulbs, which have survived pretty well considering where they are fitted.

 

https://www.ultraleds.co.uk/tear-drop-st64-squirrel-cage-led-filament-lamp-b22-400lm-2200k-extra-warm-white-easydim

 

No no no - you over complicate that massively !

 

So you have home automation running a tpu . Cctv ip camera linked to tpu .You can then identify if a person . Tpu then triggers a zigbee relay . Zigbee relay turns on light . Easy peasy until it (expletive deleted)s up of course ! . Then you can have any type of light .

Edited November 20, 20241 yr by Pocster
Knob too big

31 minutes ago, Pocster said:

No no no - you over complicate that massively !

 

So you have home automation running a tpu . Cctv ip camera linked to tpu .You can then identify if a person . Tpu then triggers a zigbee relay . Zigbee relay turns on light . Easy peasy until it (expletive deleted)s up of course ! . Then you can have any type of light .

 

I'm not sure I should admit this but that is pretty much what I've got! Specifically, a Reolink Doorbell with AI person detection that triggers a Shelly smart relay to turn the porch light on. It was born out of an overreaction of being annoyed by the PIR sensor triggering in the wind! Overkill, yes, but it works ridiculously well. 

Just now, MJNewton said:

 

I'm not sure I should admit this but that is pretty much what I've got! Specifically, a Reolink Doorbell with AI person detection that triggers a Shelly smart relay to turn the porch light on. It was born out of an overreaction of being annoyed by the PIR sensor triggering in the wind! Overkill, yes, but it works ridiculously well. 

Yous me bro 

9 minutes ago, MJNewton said:

but it works ridiculously well

Does it allow burglars to sneak around in the dark as they are not on your friends list?

2 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

Does it allow burglars to sneak around in the dark as they are not on your friends list?

It has night vision too! 

8 minutes ago, MJNewton said:

It has night vision too! 

So only recognizes your black and white friends.

 

Or the hot ones.

Edited November 20, 20241 yr by SteamyTea

Just now, SteamyTea said:

So only recognizes your black and white friends.

 

Are you accusing my doorbell of being racist? 😉

18 minutes ago, MJNewton said:

 

Are you accusing my doorbell of being racist? 😉

Well as it has AI, yes.

Likes green people.

 

This is @Pocster taking a walk in the woods, without a dog.  Not sure what he expects to find.

 

5 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

Well as it has AI, yes.

Likes green people.

 

This is @Pocster taking a walk in the woods, without a dog.  Not sure what he expects to find.

 

I’m actually shitting in the woods thanks 

Edited November 20, 20241 yr by Pocster

9 minutes ago, Pocster said:

I’m actually shitting in the woods thanks 

That is because you are a bear

Now. Now.