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|    Cursitor Doom to Phil Hobbs    |
|    Re: PIR motion detector circuit    |
|    21 May 19 17:41:07    |
      From: curd@notformail.com              On Mon, 20 May 2019 13:56:49 -0400, Phil Hobbs wrote:              > When it's cold outside, the PIR's temperature is higher than ambient       > because of thermal conduction from the house via the mounting. A quick       > gust of wind will cool the sensor, which looks just the same as the       > ambient warming up.              The problem is trying to use PIRs outside - period.                            --       This message may be freely reproduced without limit or charge only via       the Usenet protocol. Reproduction in whole or part through other       protocols, whether for profit or not, is conditional upon a charge of       GBP10.00 per reproduction. Publication in this manner via non-Usenet       protocols constitutes acceptance of this condition.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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