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Habistat
Sun Switch (Day on)
| | Electronic,
light activated switch for mains equipment | |
| Switches
up to 600 watts off when the light levels fall and on again when they brighten. |
| | Used
in sophisticated management of environmental heating and lighting |
The Sun
Switch is a light activated mains electricity switch. When the Sun Switch is in
the light, the power will be switched on and when it is in the dark, the power
will be switched off. The difference between the on and off levels has been adjusted
so that the unit does not flicker at the triggering point nor will it switch on
and off due to minor variations in brightness. Essentially, the unit detects day
and night and can therefore switch things on that are required during daylight
hours. The range
of items that can be switched is only limited by a maximum load of 600 watts and
the imagination. Most uses will include switching those things that act like an
artificial sun, that is heaters and lights. One of the major advantages of the
Sun Switch is that natural day/night cycle is duplicated, including the seasonal
variations of long day length summers and short day length winters. The
Sun Switch is the ideal unit to switch heaters and lights in sequence with the
natural photoperiod. Because in nature the sun supplies both heat and light, it
may be sensible to provide both from the Sun Switch. A simple multi-socket could
be used as long as the total load does not exceed a maximum of 600 watts. In conjunction
with a Sun Switch, the equivalent switching on of dark activated equipment can
be achieved with a Moon Switch. |